The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2003 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.
NAME
ferror - test error indicator on a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int ferror(FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
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The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the
requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to
the ISO C standard.
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The ferror() function shall test the error indicator for the stream pointed to by stream.
RETURN VALUE
The ferror() function shall return non-zero if and only if the error indicator is set for stream.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
clearerr() , feof() , fopen()
, the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.
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