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FWIDE(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FWIDE(3)
NAME
fwide - set and determine the orientation of a FILE stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
int fwide(FILE *stream, int mode);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fwide():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _ISOC99_SOURCE
|| _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
DESCRIPTION
When mode is zero, the fwide() function determines the current orientation of stream. It returns a positive value if stream is wide-character oriented, that is,
if wide-character I/O is permitted but char I/O is disallowed. It returns a negative value if stream is byte oriented—that is, if char I/O is permitted but
wide-character I/O is disallowed. It returns zero if stream has no orientation yet; in this case the next I/O operation might change the orientation (to byte
oriented if it is a char I/O operation, or to wide-character oriented if it is a wide-character I/O operation).
Once a stream has an orientation, it cannot be changed and persists until the stream is closed.
When mode is nonzero, the fwide() function first attempts to set stream's orientation (to wide-character oriented if mode is greater than 0, or to byte oriented
if mode is less than 0). It then returns a value denoting the current orientation, as above.
RETURN VALUE
The fwide() function returns the stream's orientation, after possibly changing it. A positive return value means wide-character oriented. A negative return
value means byte oriented. A return value of zero means undecided.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
NOTES
Wide-character output to a byte oriented stream can be performed through the fprintf(3) function with the %lc and %ls directives.
Char oriented output to a wide-character oriented stream can be performed through the fwprintf(3) function with the %c and %s directives.
SEE ALSO
fprintf(3), fwprintf(3)
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