C file input/output: Difference between revisions

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! style="font-family:monospace" | [[Standard streams#Standard input (stdin)|stdin]]

| A pointer to a {{mono|FILE}} pointerwhich refers forto the standard input stream, usually a keyboard.

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! style="font-family:monospace" | [[Standard streams#Standard output (stdout)|stdout]]

| A pointer to a {{mono|FILE}} pointerwhich refers forto the standard output stream, usually a display terminal.

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! style="font-family:monospace" | [[Standard streams#Standard error (stderr)|stderr]]

| A pointer to a {{mono|FILE}} pointerwhich refers forto the standard error stream, often a display terminal.

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===Member types===

Data types defined in the {{mono|<stdio.h>}} header include:

*{{mono|[https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io FILE]}} – Aalso FILEknown pointer,as commonlya obtained{{anchor|file fromhandle}}'''file an[[Handle <code>fopen</code> call(computing)|handle]]''', this is a pointer to an [[opaque data typepointer|opaque type]] containing the information about a file or text stream needed to perform input or output operations on it, including:

**platform-specific identifier of the associated I/O device, such as a [[file descriptor]]

**the buffer