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# Standard library header <cstdio>

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This header was originally in the C standard library as `<stdio.h>`.

This header is part of the C-style input/output library.

### [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
size_t | unsigned integer type returned by the `sizeof` operator (typedef) [edit]

### [edit] Macros

NULL | implementation-defined null pointer constant (macro constant) [edit]
stdin stdout stderr | 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_SET SEEK_CUR SEEK_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
fopen | opens a file (function) [edit]
freopen | open an existing stream with a different name (function) [edit]
fclose | closes a file (function) [edit]
fflush | synchronizes an output stream with the actual file (function) [edit]
setbuf | sets the buffer for a file stream (function) [edit]
setvbuf | sets the buffer and its size for a file stream (function) [edit]
##### Direct input/output
fread | reads from a file (function) [edit]
fwrite | writes to a file (function) [edit]
##### Unformatted input/output
##### Narrow character
fgetc getc | gets a character from a file stream (function) [edit]
fgets | gets a character string from a file stream (function) [edit]
fputc putc | writes a character to a file stream (function) [edit]
fputs | writes a character string to a file stream (function) [edit]
getchar | reads a character from stdin (function) [edit]
gets | reads a character string from stdin(until C++14) (function) [edit]
putchar | writes a character to stdout (function) [edit]
puts | writes a character string to stdout (function) [edit]
ungetc | puts a character back into a file stream (function) [edit]
##### Formatted input/output
##### Narrow/multibyte character
scanf fscanf sscanf | reads formatted input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer (function) [edit]
vscanf vfscanf vsscanf (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | reads formatted input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer using variable argument list (function) [edit]
printf fprintf sprintf snprintf (C++11) | prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer (function) [edit]
vprintf vfprintf vsprintf vsnprintf (C++11) | prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer using variable argument list (function) [edit]
##### File positioning
ftell | returns the current file position indicator (function) [edit]
fgetpos | gets the file position indicator (function) [edit]
fseek | moves the file position indicator to a specific location in a file (function) [edit]
fsetpos | moves the file position indicator to a specific location in a file (function) [edit]
rewind | moves the file position indicator to the beginning in a file (function) [edit]
##### Error handling
clearerr | clears errors (function) [edit]
feof | checks for the end-of-file (function) [edit]
ferror | checks for a file error (function) [edit]
perror | displays a character string corresponding of the current error to stderr (function) [edit]
##### Operations on files
remove | erases a file (function) [edit]
rename | renames a file (function) [edit]
tmpfile | creates and opens a temporary, auto-removing file (function) [edit]
tmpnam | returns a unique filename (function) [edit]

### [edit] Notes

- NULL is also defined in the following headers:
  - `<clocale>`
  - `<ctime>`
  - `<cstddef>`
  - `<cstring>`
  - `<cwchar>`
- std::size_t is also defined in the following headers:
  - `<ctime>`
  - `<cstddef>`
  - `<cstring>`
  - `<cwchar>`

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