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puts(3)
NAME
  puts, fputs - Writes a string to a stream

SYNOPSIS
  #include <stdio.h>

  int puts(
	  const char *string );

  int fputs(
	  const char *string,
	  FILE *stream );

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc)

PARAMETERS
  string
      Points to a string to be written to output.

  stream
      Points to the FILE structure of an open file.

DESCRIPTION
  The puts() function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by the
  string parameter, followed by a newline character, to the standard output
  stream, stdout.

  The fputs() function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by the
  string parameter to the output stream specified by the stream parameter.
  The fputs() function does not append a newline character.

  Neither function writes the terminating null byte.

  The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file are marked for update between
  the successful execution of the puts() or fputs() function and the next
  successful completion of a call to one of the following:

    ·  An fflush() or fclose() function on the same stream

    ·  The exit() or abort() function

NOTES
  AES Support Level:
      Full use.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, the puts() and fputs() functions return the
  number of characters written. Both subroutines return EOF on an error.

ERRORS
  The puts() and fputs() functions fail under either of the following
  conditions:

    ·  The stream is unbuffered.

    ·  The stream's buffer needed to be flushed, the function call caused an
       underlying write() or lseek() to be invoked, and this underlying
       operation fails with incomplete output.

  In addition, if any of the following conditions occur, the puts() or
  fputs() function sets errno to the corresponding value.

  [EAGAIN]
      The O_NONBLOCK option is set for the file descriptor underlying stream
      and the process would be delayed in the write operation.

  [EBADF]
      The file descriptor underlying stream is not a valid file descriptor
      open for writing.

  [EFBIG]
      An attempt was made to write to a file that exceeds the process's file
      size limit or the maximum file size.

  [EINTR]
      The read operation was interrupted by a signal that was caught, and no
      data was transferred.

  [EIO]
      The implementation supports job control; the process is a member of a
      background process group attempting to write to its controlling
      terminal; TOSTOP is set; the process is neither ignoring nor blocking
      SIGTTOU, and the process group of the process is orphaned. This error
      may also be returned under implementation-defined conditions.

  [ENOSPC]
      There was no free space remaining on the device containing the file.

  [EPIPE]
      An attempt was made to write to a pipe or FIFO that is not open for
      reading by any process. A SIGPIPE signal will also be sent to the
      process.

SEE ALSO
  Functions: fgetws(3), fputws(3), gets(3), printf(3), putc(3), putwc(3).

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