Standard library header <cstdio>
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This header was originally in the C standard library as <stdio.h>
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This header is part of the C-style input/output library.
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[edit] Types
FILE | type, capable of holding all information needed to control a C I/O stream |
fpos_t | type, capable of uniquely specifying a position in a file |
unsigned integer type returned by the sizeof operator (typedef) |
[edit] Macros
implementation-defined null pointer constant (macro constant) | |
stdinstdoutstderr |
expression of type FILE* associated with the input stream expression of type FILE* associated with the output stream expression of type FILE* associated with the error output stream (macro constant) |
EOF |
integer constant expression of type int and negative value (macro constant) |
FOPEN_MAX |
number of files that can be open simultaneously (macro constant) |
FILENAME_MAX |
size needed for an array of char to hold the longest supported file name (macro constant) |
BUFSIZ |
size of the buffer used by std::setbuf (macro constant) |
_IOFBF_IOLBF_IONBF |
argument to std::setbuf indicating fully buffered I/O argument to std::setbuf indicating line buffered I/O argument to std::setbuf indicating unbuffered I/O (macro constant) |
SEEK_SETSEEK_CURSEEK_END |
argument to std::fseek indicating seeking from beginning of the file argument to std::fseek indicating seeking from the current file position argument to std::fseek indicating seeking from end of the file (macro constant) |
TMP_MAX |
maximum number of unique filenames that can be generated by std::tmpnam (macro constant) |
L_tmpnam |
size needed for an array of char to hold the result of std::tmpnam (macro constant) |
[edit] Functions
File access | |
opens a file (function) | |
open an existing stream with a different name (function) | |
closes a file (function) | |
synchronizes an output stream with the actual file (function) | |
sets the buffer for a file stream (function) | |
sets the buffer and its size for a file stream (function) | |
Direct input/output | |
reads from a file (function) | |
writes to a file (function) | |
Unformatted input/output | |
Narrow character | |
gets a character from a file stream (function) | |
gets a character string from a file stream (function) | |
writes a character to a file stream (function) | |
writes a character string to a file stream (function) | |
reads a character from stdin (function) | |
(until C++14) |
reads a character string from stdin (function) |
writes a character to stdout (function) | |
writes a character string to stdout (function) | |
puts a character back into a file stream (function) | |
Formatted input/output | |
Narrow/multibyte character | |
reads formatted input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer (function) | |
(C++11)(C++11)(C++11) |
reads formatted input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer using variable argument list (function) |
(C++11) |
prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer (function) |
prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer using variable argument list (function) | |
File positioning | |
returns the current file position indicator (function) | |
gets the file position indicator (function) | |
moves the file position indicator to a specific location in a file (function) | |
moves the file position indicator to a specific location in a file (function) | |
moves the file position indicator to the beginning in a file (function) | |
Error handling | |
clears errors (function) | |
checks for the end-of-file (function) | |
checks for a file error (function) | |
displays a character string corresponding of the current error to stderr (function) | |
Operations on files | |
erases a file (function) | |
renames a file (function) | |
creates and opens a temporary, auto-removing file (function) | |
returns a unique filename (function) |