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GETS 3 ""
.AT 3
NAME
gets - get a line from stdin
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> char *gets(s) char *s;DESCRIPTIONThis interface is obsoleted by fgets(3). As it makes no effort to avoid overwriting its buffer, it's a clear security problem.It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
The gets function reads characters from the input stream pointed to by stdin , into the array pointed to by s , until end-of-file is encountered or a new-line character is read. Any newline character is discarded, and a null character is written immediately after the last character read into the array.
The gets function returns s if successful. If end-of-file is encountered and no characters have been read into the array, the contents of the array remain unchanged and a null pointer is returned. If a read error occurrs during the operation, the array contents are indeterminate and a null pointer is returned.
"SEE ALSO"getc(3), ferror(3) fread(3), scanf(3)STANDARDSThe gets function is ANSI C compatible.