NAME

       fputs - put a string on a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       int fputs(const char *restrict s, FILE *restrict stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The  fputs() function shall write the null-terminated string pointed to by s to the stream
       pointed to by stream. The terminating null byte shall not be written.

       The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file  shall  be  marked  for  update  between  the
       successful  execution  of fputs() and the next successful completion of a call to fflush()
       or fclose() on the same stream or a call to exit() or abort().

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, fputs() shall return  a  non-negative  number.  Otherwise,  it
       shall  return EOF, set an error indicator for the stream,    and set errno to indicate the
       error.

ERRORS

       Refer to fputc() .

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Printing to Standard Output
       The following example gets the current time, converts it to a string using localtime() and
       asctime(),  and  prints  it to standard output using fputs(). It then prints the number of
       minutes to an event for which it is waiting.

              #include <time.h>
              #include <stdio.h>
              ...
              time_t now;
              int minutes_to_event;
              ...
              time(&now);
              printf("The time is ");
              fputs(asctime(localtime(&now)), stdout);
              printf("There are still %d minutes to the event.\n",
                  minutes_to_event);
              ...

APPLICATION USAGE

       The puts() function appends a <newline> while fputs() does not.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       fopen() , putc() , puts() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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 http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .