11/3/71 | GETW, GETC, |
| FOPEN (III) |
NAME |
getw, getc, fopen -- buffered input |
SYNOPSIS |
mov $filename , r0jsr r5,fopen; iobuf |
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| jsr r5,getc; iobuf(character in r0) |
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| jsr r5,getw; iobuf(word in r0) |
DESCRIPTION |
These routines are used to provide a buffered input facility.iobuf is the address of a 134(10) byte buffer area whose |
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| contents are maintamed by these routines. Its format is: ioptr: . =. +2 / file descriptor.=.+ 2 / characters left in buffer |
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| .=.+ 2 / ptr to next character. = .+28. / the buffer |
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| fopen should be called initially to open the file. On return,the error bit (c--bit) is set if the open failed. If fopen is never called, get will read from the standard input file. getc returns the .next byte from the file in r0. The error bitis set on end of file or a read error. |
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| getw returns the next word in r0. getc and getw may be usedalternately; there are no odd/even problems. iobuf must be provided by the user; it must be on a wordboundary. |
FILES |
kept in /etc/liba.a |
SEE_ALSO |
sys open, sys read; putc, putw, fcreat |
DIAGNOSTICS |
c--bit set on EOF or error |
BUGS |
for greater speed, the buffer should be 512 bytes long.Unfortunately, this will cause several existing programs to |
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| stop working. |
OWNER |
dmr |
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