getc, getchar, fgetc, getw \- get character or word from stream
returns the next character from the named input
returns the next character from the named input, without advancing the pointer.
Note that it may cause the buffer to be filled and is inadvisable for pipes.
but is a genuine function, not a macro;
it may be used to save object text.
word (32-bit integer on a VAX-11) from the named input
upon end of file or error, but since that is a good
should be used to check the success of
assumes no special alignment in the file.
These functions return the integer constant
at end of file or upon read error.
`Reading bad file', means an attempt has been made to
read from a stream that has not been opened for
Peekc was a product of the laboratory for computer science, M.I.T.
The end-of-file return from
is incompatible with that in UNIX editions 1-6.
Because it is implemented as a macro,
argument with side effects incorrectly.