NAME

       puts - put a string on standard output

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       int puts(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION

       The  puts()  function  shall write the string pointed to by s, followed by a <newline>, to
       the standard output stream stdout. 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 puts() 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, puts() shall return a non-negative number. Otherwise, it shall
       return  EOF,  shall  set  an  error indicator for the stream,    and errno shall be set 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 puts(). 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 ");
              puts(asctime(localtime(&now)));
              printf("There are %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() , fputs()  ,  putc()  ,  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 .