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NAME
       fwide — set stream orientation


SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <wchar.h>

       int fwide(FILE *stream, int mode);


DESCRIPTION
       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
       POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  fwide()  function  shall  determine  the orientation of the stream pointed to by stream.  If mode is
       greater than zero, the function first attempts to make the stream wide-oriented. If  mode  is  less  than
       zero,  the  function  first  attempts  to  make the stream byte-oriented. Otherwise, mode is zero and the
       function does not alter the orientation of the stream.

       If the orientation of the stream has already been determined, fwide() shall not change it.

       The fwide() function shall not change the setting of errno if successful.

       Since no return value is reserved to indicate an  error,  an  application  wishing  to  check  for  error
       situations  should  set errno to 0, then call fwide(), then check errno, and if it is non-zero, assume an
       error has occurred.


RETURN VALUE
       The fwide() function shall return a value greater than zero if, after the  call,  the  stream  has  wide-
       orientation,  a  value  less  than  zero if the stream has byte-orientation, or zero if the stream has no
       orientation.


ERRORS
       The fwide() function may fail if:

       EBADF  The stream argument is not a valid stream.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       A call to fwide() with mode set to zero can be used to determine the current orientation of a stream.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdio.h>, <wchar.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard  for  Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,  Inc
       and  The  Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event
       of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,  the  original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
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