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| <h3 class="section">4.16 <code>fmemopen</code>—open a stream around a fixed-length string</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-fmemopen-177"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong> |
| <pre class="example"> #include <stdio.h> |
| FILE *fmemopen(void *restrict <var>buf</var>, size_t <var>size</var>, |
| const char *restrict <var>mode</var>); |
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| </pre> |
| <p><strong>Description</strong><br> |
| <code>fmemopen</code> creates a seekable <code>FILE</code> stream that wraps a |
| fixed-length buffer of <var>size</var> bytes starting at <var>buf</var>. The stream |
| is opened with <var>mode</var> treated as in <code>fopen</code>, where append mode |
| starts writing at the first NUL byte. If <var>buf</var> is NULL, then |
| <var>size</var> bytes are automatically provided as if by <code>malloc</code>, with |
| the initial size of 0, and <var>mode</var> must contain <code>+</code> so that data |
| can be read after it is written. |
| |
| <p>The stream maintains a current position, which moves according to |
| bytes read or written, and which can be one past the end of the array. |
| The stream also maintains a current file size, which is never greater |
| than <var>size</var>. If <var>mode</var> starts with <code>r</code>, the position starts at |
| <code>0</code>, and file size starts at <var>size</var> if <var>buf</var> was provided. If |
| <var>mode</var> starts with <code>w</code>, the position and file size start at <code>0</code>, |
| and if <var>buf</var> was provided, the first byte is set to NUL. If |
| <var>mode</var> starts with <code>a</code>, the position and file size start at the |
| location of the first NUL byte, or else <var>size</var> if <var>buf</var> was |
| provided. |
| |
| <p>When reading, NUL bytes have no significance, and reads cannot exceed |
| the current file size. When writing, the file size can increase up to |
| <var>size</var> as needed, and NUL bytes may be embedded in the stream (see |
| <code>open_memstream</code> for an alternative that automatically enlarges the |
| buffer). When the stream is flushed or closed after a write that |
| changed the file size, a NUL byte is written at the current position |
| if there is still room; if the stream is not also open for reading, a |
| NUL byte is additionally written at the last byte of <var>buf</var> when the |
| stream has exceeded <var>size</var>, so that a write-only <var>buf</var> is always |
| NUL-terminated when the stream is flushed or closed (and the initial |
| <var>size</var> should take this into account). It is not possible to seek |
| outside the bounds of <var>size</var>. A NUL byte written during a flush is |
| restored to its previous value when seeking elsewhere in the string. |
| |
| <p><br> |
| <strong>Returns</strong><br> |
| The return value is an open FILE pointer on success. On error, |
| <code>NULL</code> is returned, and <code>errno</code> will be set to EINVAL if <var>size</var> |
| is zero or <var>mode</var> is invalid, ENOMEM if <var>buf</var> was NULL and memory |
| could not be allocated, or EMFILE if too many streams are already |
| open. |
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| <p><br> |
| <strong>Portability</strong><br> |
| This function is being added to POSIX 200x, but is not in POSIX 2001. |
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| <p>Supporting OS subroutines required: <code>sbrk</code>. |
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