From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/fpurge.3 | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/fpurge.3 (limited to 'man/man3/fpurge.3') diff --git a/man/man3/fpurge.3 b/man/man3/fpurge.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4057c90 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/fpurge.3 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Andries Brouwer . +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH fpurge 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +fpurge, __fpurge \- purge a stream +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +/* unsupported */ +.B #include +.P +.BI "int fpurge(FILE *" stream ); +.P +/* supported */ +.B #include +.B #include +.P +.BI "void __fpurge(FILE *" stream ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The function +.BR fpurge () +clears the buffers of the given stream. +For output streams this discards any unwritten output. +For input streams this discards any input read from the underlying object +but not yet obtained via +.BR getc (3); +this includes any text pushed back via +.BR ungetc (3). +See also +.BR fflush (3). +.P +The function +.BR __fpurge () +does precisely the same, but without returning a value. +.SH RETURN VALUE +Upon successful completion +.BR fpurge () +returns 0. +On error, it returns \-1 and sets +.I errno +to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EBADF +.I stream +is not an open stream. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR __fpurge () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe race:stream +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +None. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR fpurge () +4.4BSD. +Not available under Linux. +.TP +.BR __fpurge () +Solaris, glibc 2.1.95. +.SH NOTES +Usually it is a mistake to want to discard input buffers. +.SH SEE ALSO +.\" .BR fclean (3), +.BR fflush (3), +.BR setbuf (3), +.BR stdio_ext (3) -- cgit v1.2.3