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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getchar.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getchar.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0417ddb --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/getchar.3p @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "GETCHAR" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" getchar +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +getchar \- get a byte from a stdin stream +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <stdio.h> +.br +.sp +int getchar(void); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIgetchar\fP() function shall be equivalent to \fIgetc\fP(\fIstdin\fP). +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Refer to \fIfgetc\fP(). +.SH ERRORS +.LP +Refer to \fIfgetc\fP(). +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +If the integer value returned by \fIgetchar\fP() is stored into a +variable of type \fBchar\fP and then compared against the +integer constant EOF, the comparison may never succeed, because sign-extension +of a variable of type \fBchar\fP on widening to +integer is implementation-defined. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIgetc\fP(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, +\fI<stdio.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |