FGETWLN(3) | Library Functions Manual | FGETWLN(3)

# NAME

`fgetwln` — get a line of wide characters from a stream

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <stdio.h>`
`#include <wchar.h>`

wchar_t *
`fgetwln`(FILE * restrict stream, size_t * restrict len);

# DESCRIPTION

The `fgetwln`() function returns a pointer to the next line from the stream referenced by stream. This line is not a standard wide-character string as it does not end with a terminating null wide character. The length of the line, including the final newline, is stored in the memory location to which len points and is guaranteed to be greater than 0 upon successful completion. (Note, however, that if the last line in the stream does not end in a newline, the returned text will not contain a newline.)

# RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion a pointer is returned; this pointer becomes invalid after the next I/O operation on stream (whether successful or not) or as soon as the stream is closed. Otherwise, `NULL` is returned.

The `fgetwln`() function does not distinguish between end-of-file and error; the routines feof(3) and ferror(3) must be used to determine which occurred. If an error occurs, the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. The end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all subsequent attempts to read will return `NULL` until the condition is cleared with clearerr(3).

The text to which the returned pointer points may be modified, provided that no changes are made beyond the returned size. These changes are lost as soon as the pointer becomes invalid.

# ERRORS

[`EBADF`]
  The argument stream is not a stream open for reading.

The `fgetwln`() function may also fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the routines malloc(3), mbrtowc(3), read(2), stat(2), or realloc(3).

# SEE ALSO

ferror(3), fgetln(3), fgetws(3), fopen(3)

# HISTORY

The `fgetwln`() function first appeared in OpenBSD 5.7.

January 13, 2015 | Debian