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diff --git a/man3p/puts.3p b/man3p/puts.3p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3cab68c02 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3p/puts.3p @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "PUTS" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" puts +.SH NAME +puts \- put a string on standard output +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <stdio.h> +.br +.sp +int puts(const char *\fP\fIs\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIputs\fP() function shall write the string pointed to by \fIs\fP, +followed by a <newline>, to the standard output +stream \fIstdout\fP. The terminating null byte shall not be written. +.LP +The +\fIst_ctime\fP and \fIst_mtime\fP fields of the file shall be marked +for update between the successful execution of \fIputs\fP() +and the next successful completion of a call to \fIfflush\fP() or +\fIfclose\fP() on the same stream or a call to \fIexit\fP() +or \fIabort\fP(). +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon successful completion, \fIputs\fP() shall return a non-negative +number. Otherwise, it shall return EOF, shall set an error +indicator for the stream, \ and \fIerrno\fP shall be set to indicate +the error. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +Refer to \fIfputc\fP() . +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS Printing to Standard Output +.LP +The following example gets the current time, converts it to a string +using \fIlocaltime\fP() and \fIasctime\fP(), and prints it to +standard output using \fIputs\fP(). It then prints the number of minutes +to an event for which it is waiting. +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fB#include <time.h> +#include <stdio.h> +\&... +time_t now; +int minutes_to_event; +\&... +time(&now); +printf("The time is "); +puts(asctime(localtime(&now))); +printf("There are %d minutes to the event.\\n", + minutes_to_event); +\&... +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +The \fIputs\fP() function appends a <newline>, while \fIfputs\fP() +does not. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIfopen\fP() , \fIfputs\fP() , \fIputc\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 . |