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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/fileno.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/fileno.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6e7ba65b --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/fileno.3p @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +'\" et +.TH FILENO "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +fileno +\(em map a stream pointer to a file descriptor +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <stdio.h> +.P +int fileno(FILE *\fIstream\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIfileno\fR() +function shall return the integer file descriptor associated with +the stream pointed to by +.IR stream . +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, +\fIfileno\fR() +shall return the integer value of the file descriptor associated with +.IR stream . +Otherwise, the value \-1 shall be returned and +.IR errno +set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +The +\fIfileno\fR() +function shall fail if: +.TP +.BR EBADF +The stream is not associated with a file. +.P +The +\fIfileno\fR() +function may fail if: +.TP +.BR EBADF +The file descriptor underlying +.IR stream +is not a valid file descriptor. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +Without some specification of which file descriptors are associated +with these streams, it is impossible for an application to set up the +streams for another application it starts with +\fIfork\fR() +and +.IR exec . +In particular, it would not be possible to write a portable version of +the +.IR sh +command interpreter (although there may be other constraints that would +prevent that portability). +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "Section 2.5.1" ", " "Interaction of File Descriptors and Standard I/O Streams", +.IR "\fIdirfd\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIfdopen\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIfopen\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIstdin\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<stdio.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 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 . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |