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NAME

       fgetws - get a wide-character string from a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <wchar.h>

       wchar_t *fgetws(wchar_t *restrict ws, int n,
              FILE *restrict stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The  fgetws()  function  shall read characters from the stream, convert
       these to the corresponding wide-character  codes,  place  them  in  the
       wchar_t  array  pointed  to  by ws, until n-1 characters are read, or a
       <newline> is read, converted, and transferred to ws, or an  end-of-file
       condition  is encountered. The wide-character string, ws, shall then be
       terminated with a null wide-character code.

       If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position  indicator
       for the stream is unspecified.

       The  fgetws()  function  may  mark  the  st_atime  field  of  the  file
       associated with stream for update. The st_atime field shall  be  marked
       for  update  by  the  first  successful  execution of fgetc(), fgets(),
       fgetwc(), fgetws(), fread(), fscanf(), getc(),  getchar(),  gets(),  or
       scanf()  using stream that returns data not supplied by a prior call to
       ungetc() or ungetwc().

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, fgetws() shall return ws.  If the stream is
       at  end-of-file,  the end-of-file indicator for the stream shall be set
       and fgetws() shall return a null pointer. If a read error  occurs,  the
       error  indicator  for  the stream shall be set, fgetws() shall return a
       null pointer,  and shall set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       Refer to fgetwc() .

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       fopen()   ,   fread()   ,    the    Base    Definitions    volume    of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>, <wchar.h>

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 .