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.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T. Copyright (c) 2003, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
.TH puts 3C "18 Jun 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "Standard C Library Functions"
.SH NAME
puts, fputs \- put a string on a stream
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <stdio.h>

\fBint\fR \fBputs\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIs\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBfputs\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIs\fR, \fBFILE *\fR\fIstream\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBputs()\fR function writes the string pointed to by \fIs\fR, followed by a \fBNEWLINE\fR character, to the standard output stream \fBstdout\fR (see \fBIntro\fR(3)). The terminating null byte is not written.
.sp
.LP
The \fBfputs()\fR function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by \fIs\fR to the named output \fIstream\fR. The terminating null byte is not written.
.sp
.LP
The \fBst_ctime\fR and \fBst_mtime\fR fields of the file will be marked for update between the successful execution of \fBfputs()\fR and the next successful completion of a call to \fBfflush\fR(3C) or \fBfclose\fR(3C) on the same stream or a call to \fBexit\fR(2) or \fBabort\fR(3C).
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
On successful completion, both functions return the number of bytes written; otherwise they return \fBEOF\fR and set \fBerrno\fR to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
Refer to \fBfputc\fR(3C).
.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
Unlike \fBputs()\fR, the \fBfputs()\fR function does not write a NEWLINE character at the end of the string.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBexit\fR(2), \fBwrite\fR(2), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBabort\fR(3C), \fBfclose\fR(3C), \fBferror\fR(3C), \fBfflush\fR(3C), \fBfopen\fR(3C), \fBfputc\fR(3C), \fBprintf\fR(3C), \fBstdio\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)