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FPURGE(3bsd) LOCAL FPURGE(3bsd)
NAME
fpurge -- flush a stream
LIBRARY
library ``libbsd''
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
(See libbsd(7) for include usage.)
int
fpurge(FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
The function fpurge() erases any input or output buffered in the given
stream. For output streams this discards any unwritten output. For
input streams this discards any input read from the underlying object but
not yet obtained via getc(3); this includes any text pushed back via
ungetc(3).
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, EOF is returned and
the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
[EBADF] stream is not an open stream.
SEE ALSO
fclose(3), fopen(3), setvbuf(3)
HISTORY
The fpurge() function first appeared in 4.4BSD-Lite.
BSD November 14, 2024 BSD
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