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36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt FUNOPEN 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm funopen ,
41.Nm fropen ,
42.Nm fwopen
43.Nd open a stream
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <stdio.h>
46.Ft FILE *
47.Fn funopen "void  *cookie" "int  (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)" "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)" "fpos_t (*seekfn)(void *, fpos_t, int)" "int (*closefn)(void *)"
48.Ft FILE *
49.Fn fropen "void  *cookie" "int  (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)"
50.Ft FILE *
51.Fn fwopen "void  *cookie" "int  (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn funopen
55function associates a stream with up to four
56.Dq Tn I/O No functions .
57Either
58.Fa readfn
59or
60.Fa writefn
61must be specified;
62the others can be given as an appropriately typed
63.Dv NULL
64pointer.
65These
66.Tn I/O
67functions will be used to read, write, seek and close 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 exceptions that they are passed the
87.Fa cookie
88argument specified to
89.Fn funopen
90in place of the traditional file descriptor argument and that
91the seek function takes an
92.Li fpos_t
93argument and not an
94.Li off_t
95argument.
96.Pp
97Read and write
98.Tn I/O
99functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
100on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
101.Xr setvbuf 3 .
102They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
103They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
104or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
105They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
106than the one most recently specified.
107.Pp
108All user
109.Tn I/O
110functions can report an error by returning \-1.
111Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
112.Va errno
113appropriately if an error occurs.
114.Pp
115An error on
116.Fn closefn
117does not keep the stream open.
118.Pp
119As a convenience, the include file
120.Aq Pa stdio.h
121defines the macros
122.Fn fropen
123and
124.Fn fwopen
125as calls to
126.Fn funopen
127with only a read or write function specified.
128.Sh RETURN VALUES
129Upon successful completion,
130.Fn funopen
131returns a
132.Dv FILE
133pointer.
134Otherwise,
135.Dv NULL
136is returned and the global variable
137.Va errno
138is set to indicate the error.
139.Sh ERRORS
140.Bl -tag -width Er
141.It Bq Er EINVAL
142The
143.Fn funopen
144function was called without either a read or write function.
145The
146.Fn funopen
147function may also fail and set
148.Va errno
149for any of the errors specified for the routine
150.Xr malloc 3 .
151.El
152.Sh SEE ALSO
153.Xr fcntl 2 ,
154.Xr open 2 ,
155.Xr fclose 3 ,
156.Xr fopen 3 ,
157.Xr fseek 3 ,
158.Xr setbuf 3
159.Sh HISTORY
160The
161.Fn funopen
162functions first appeared in
163.Bx 4.4 .
164.Sh BUGS
165The
166.Fn funopen
167function may not be portable to systems other than
168.Bx .
169