NAME

puts — put a string on standard output

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

int puts(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION

The puts() function writes the string pointed to by s , followed by a newline character, to the standard output stream stdout . The terminating null byte is not written.

The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file will be marked for update between the successful execution of puts() and the next successful completion of a call to fflush() or fclose() on the same stream or a call to exit() or abort().

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, puts() returns a non-negative number. Otherwise it returns EOF, sets an error indicator for the stream and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

Refer to fputc(3) .

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

The puts() function appends a newline character, while fputs(3) does not.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

fputs(3) , fopen(3) , putc(3) , stdio(3) , <stdio.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.