Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 1

putws or fputws Subroutine

Purpose

Writes a wide-character string to a stream.

Syntax

#include <stdio.h>

int putws ( String) const wchar_t *String;

int fputws (String, Stream) const wchar_t *String; FILE *Stream;

The putws subroutine writes the const wchar_t string pointed to by the String parameter to the standard output stream (stdout) as a multibyte character string and appends a new-line character to the output. In all other respects, the putws subroutine functions like the puts subroutine.

The fputws subroutine writes the const wchar_t string pointed to by the String parameter to the output stream as a multibyte character string. In all other respects, the fputws subroutine functions like the fputs subroutine.

After the putws or fputws subroutine runs successfully, and before the next successful completion of a call to the fflush or fclose subroutine on the same stream or a call to the exit or abort subroutine, the st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file are marked for update.

Parameters

String	Points to a string to be written to output.
Stream	Points to the FILE structure of an open file.

Return Values

Upon successful completion, the putws and fputws subroutines return a nonnegative number. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and the errno global variable is set to indicate the error.

Error Codes

The putws or fputws subroutine is unsuccessful if the stream is not buffered or data in the buffer needs to be written, and one of the following errors occur:

EAGAIN	The O_NONBLOCK flag is set for the file descriptor underlying the Stream parameter, which delays the process during the write operation.
EBADF	The file descriptor underlying the Stream parameter is not valid and cannot be updated during the write operation.
EFBIG	The process attempted to write to a file that already equals or exceeds the file-size limit for the process.
EINTR	The process has received a signal that terminates the read operation.
EIO	The process is in a background process group attempting to perform a write operation to its controlling terminal. The TOSTOP flag is set, the process is not ignoring or blocking the SIGTTOU flag, and the process group of the process is orphaned.
ENOSPC	No free space remains on the device containing the file.
EPIPE	The process has attempted to write to a pipe or first-in-first-out (FIFO) that is not open for reading. The process also receives a SIGPIPE signal.
EILSEQ	The wc wide-character code does not correspond to a valid character.

Implementation Specifics

These subroutines are part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.

Related Information

National Language Support Overview for Programming, Subroutines Overview, Understanding Wide Character Input/Output Subroutines in AIX 5L Version 5.1 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs.