NAME

gets, fgets − get a string from a stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

char ∗gets(s)
char ∗s;

char ∗fgets(s, n, stream)
char ∗s;
FILE ∗stream;

DESCRIPTION

Gets reads a string into s from the standard input stream stdin.  The string is terminated by a newline character, which is replaced in s by a null character.  Gets returns its argument. 

Fgets reads n−1 characters, or up through a newline character, whichever comes first, from the stream into the string s. The last character read into s is followed by a null character.  Fgets returns its first argument. 

SEE ALSO

puts(3S), getc(3S), scanf(3S), fread(3S), ferror(3S)

DIAGNOSTICS

Gets and fgets return the constant pointer NULL upon end-of-file or error. 

BUGS

Gets deletes a newline, fgets keeps it, all in the name of backward compatibility. 

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS 4.3 BSD  —  May 15, 1985