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NAME

       fwide - set stream orientation

SYNOPSIS

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

       int fwide(FILE *stream, int mode);

DESCRIPTION

       The  fwide()  function  shall  determine  the orientation of the stream
       pointed to by stream. If mode is greater than zero, the function  first
       attempts  to make the stream wide-oriented.  If mode is less than zero,
       the  function  first  attempts  to  make  the   stream   byte-oriented.
       Otherwise, mode is zero and the function does not alter the orientation
       of the stream.

       If the orientation of the stream has already been  determined,  fwide()
       shall not change it.

       Since  no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an application
       wishing to check for error situations should set errno to 0, then  call
       fwide(),  then  check errno, and if it is non-zero, assume an error has
       occurred.

RETURN VALUE

       The fwide() function shall return a value greater than zero  if,  after
       the  call,  the  stream has wide-orientation, a value less than zero if
       the  stream  has  byte-orientation,  or  zero  if  the  stream  has  no
       orientation.

ERRORS

       The fwide() function may fail if:

       EBADF  The stream argument is not a valid stream.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       A  call  to  fwide() with mode set to zero can be used to determine the
       current orientation of a stream.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <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 .