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4.8 `ferror'--test whether read/write error has occurred
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int ferror(FILE *FP);
DESCRIPTION
The `stdio' functions maintain an error indicator with each file
pointer FP, to record whether any read or write errors have occurred on
the associated file or stream. Use `ferror' to query this indicator.
See `clearerr' to reset the error indicator.
RETURNS
`ferror' returns `0' if no errors have occurred; it returns a nonzero
value otherwise.
PORTABILITY
ANSI C requires `ferror'.
No supporting OS subroutines are required.
SEE ALSOferror is part of the library. The full documentation for is main‐
tained as a Texinfo manual. If info and are properly installed at your
site, the command
info
will give you access to the complete manual.
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