Manual of FILE(3type) (v6.9.1)

NAME

FILE - input/output stream

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

typedef /* ... */  FILE;

DESCRIPTION

An object type used for streams.

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

C89, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

The following header also provides this type: <wchar.h>.

SEE ALSO

fclose(3), flockfile(3), fopen(3), fprintf(3), fread(3), fscanf(3), stdin(3), stdio(3)