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NAMEfwide — set stream orientation
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
int fwide(FILE *stream, int mode);
DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008
defers to the ISO C standard.
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. Other‐
wise, 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.
The fwide() function shall not change the setting of errno if success‐
ful.
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 orienta‐
tion.
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 POSIX.1‐2008, <stdio.h>, <wchar.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri‐
cal and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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