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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/open_memstream.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/open_memstream.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/open_memstream.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c08fc210 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/open_memstream.3 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: open_memstream.3,v 1.4 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Martin Pieuchot <mpi@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ +.Dt OPEN_MEMSTREAM 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm open_memstream , +.Nm open_wmemstream +.Nd open a memory buffer stream +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdio.h +.Ft FILE * +.Fn open_memstream "char **pbuf" "size_t *psize" +.In wchar.h +.Ft FILE * +.Fn open_wmemstream "wchar_t **pbuf" "size_t *psize" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn open_memstream +and +.Fn open_wmemstream +functions create, respectively, a seekable byte-oriented or wide-oriented +stream for writing. +A dynamically allocated buffer, using +.Xr malloc 3 , +is then wrapped to the pointer referenced by +.Fa pbuf +and grows automatically as required. +.Pp +When the stream is either closed or flushed, the address of the buffer is +stored in the pointer referenced by +.Fa pbuf . +At the same time the smaller of the current position and the buffer length is +written in the variable pointed to by +.Fa psize . +This value represents, respectively, +the number of bytes or wide characters contained in the buffer, +not including the terminating null character. +.Pp +The buffer memory should be released after the stream is closed. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, +.Fn open_memstream +and +.Fn open_wmemstream +return a +.Dv FILE +pointer. +Otherwise, +.Dv NULL +is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa pbuf +or the +.Fa psize +argument is +.Dv NULL . +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn open_memstream +and +.Fn open_wmemstream +functions +may also fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors +specified for the routine +.Xr malloc 3 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fmemopen 3 , +.Xr fopen 3 , +.Xr funopen 3 , +.Xr malloc 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The functions +.Fn open_memstream +and +.Fn open_wmemstream , +conform to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn open_memstream +and +.Fn open_wmemstream +functions first appeared in +.Ox 5.4 . |
