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32.Dd May 9, 2016
33.Dt FUNOPEN 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm funopen ,
37.Nm fropen ,
38.Nm fwopen
39.Nd open a stream
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In stdio.h
44.Ft FILE *
45.Fn funopen "const void *cookie" "int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)" "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)" "fpos_t (*seekfn)(void *, fpos_t, int)" "int (*closefn)(void *)"
46.Ft FILE *
47.Fn fropen "void *cookie" "int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)"
48.Ft FILE *
49.Fn fwopen "void *cookie" "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn funopen
53function
54associates a stream with up to four
55.Dq Tn I/O No functions .
56Either
57.Fa readfn
58or
59.Fa writefn
60must be specified;
61the others can be given as an appropriately-typed
62.Dv NULL
63pointer.
64These
65.Tn I/O
66functions will be used to read, write, seek and
67close the new stream.
68.Pp
69In general, omitting a function means that any attempt to perform the
70associated operation on the resulting stream will fail.
71If the close function is omitted, closing the stream will flush
72any buffered output and then succeed.
73.Pp
74The calling conventions of
75.Fa readfn ,
76.Fa writefn ,
77.Fa seekfn
78and
79.Fa closefn
80must match those, respectively, of
81.Xr read 2 ,
82.Xr write 2 ,
83.Xr lseek 2 ,
84and
85.Xr close 2
86with the single exception that they are passed the
87.Fa cookie
88argument specified to
89.Fn funopen
90in place of the traditional file descriptor argument.
91.Pp
92Read and write
93.Tn I/O
94functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
95on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
96.Xr setvbuf 3 .
97They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
98They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
99or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
100They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
101than the one most recently specified.
102.Pp
103All user
104.Tn I/O
105functions can report an error by returning \-1.
106Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
107.Va errno
108appropriately if an error occurs.
109.Pp
110An error on
111.Fn closefn
112does not keep the stream open.
113.Pp
114As a convenience, the include file
115.In stdio.h
116defines the macros
117.Fn fropen
118and
119.Fn fwopen
120as calls to
121.Fn funopen
122with only a read or write function specified.
123.Sh RETURN VALUES
124Upon successful completion,
125.Fn funopen
126returns a
127.Dv FILE
128pointer.
129Otherwise,
130.Dv NULL
131is returned and the global variable
132.Va errno
133is set to indicate the error.
134.Sh ERRORS
135.Bl -tag -width Er
136.It Bq Er EINVAL
137The
138.Fn funopen
139function
140was called without either a read or write function.
141The
142.Fn funopen
143function
144may also fail and set
145.Va errno
146for any of the errors
147specified for the routine
148.Xr malloc 3 .
149.El
150.Sh SEE ALSO
151.Xr fcntl 2 ,
152.Xr open 2 ,
153.Xr fclose 3 ,
154.Xr fopen 3 ,
155.Xr fopencookie 3 ,
156.Xr fseek 3 ,
157.Xr setbuf 3
158.Sh HISTORY
159The
160.Fn funopen
161functions first appeared in
162.Bx 4.4 .
163.Sh BUGS
164The
165.Fn funopen
166function
167may not be portable to systems other than
168.Bx .
169.Pp
170The
171.Fn funopen
172interface erroneously assumes that
173.Vt fpos_t
174is an integral type; see
175.Xr fseek 3
176for a discussion of this issue.
177