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-.TH PUTS 3 2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PUTS 3 2014-01-11 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
fputc, fputs, putc, putchar, puts \- output of characters and strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.I stream
more than once.
.PP
-.BI "putchar(" c );
+.BI "putchar(" c )
is equivalent to
-.BI "putc(" c , stdout ).
+.BI "putc(" c ", " stdout ).
.PP
.BR puts ()
writes the string
.PP
For nonlocking counterparts, see
.BR unlocked_stdio (3).
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR fputc (),
.BR putc ()
and
return a nonnegative number on success, or
.B EOF
on error.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
C89, C99.
.SH BUGS
It is not advisable to mix calls to output functions from the
.BR write (2)
for the file descriptor associated with the same output stream; the results
will be undefined and very probably not what you want.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR write (2),
.BR ferror (3),
+.BR fgets (3),
.BR fopen (3),
.BR fputwc (3),
.BR fputws (3),
.BR fseek (3),
.BR fwrite (3),
-.BR gets (3),
.BR putwchar (3),
.BR scanf (3),
.BR unlocked_stdio (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.