NAME

FILE - input/output stream

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

typedef /* ... */  FILE;

DESCRIPTION

An object type used for streams.

STANDARDS

C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.

NOTES

The following header also provides this type: <wchar.h>.

SEE ALSO

fclose(3), flockfile(3), fopen(3), fprintf(3), fread(3), fscanf(3), stdin(3), stdio(3)