setbuf—specify full buffering for a file or stream #include <stdio.h>
void setbuf(FILE *fp, char *buf);
Description
setbuf specifies that output to the file or stream identified by fp
should be fully buffered. All output for this file will go to a
buffer (of size BUFSIZ, specified in `stdio.h'). Output will
be passed on to the host system only when the buffer is full, or when
an input operation intervenes.
You may, if you wish, supply your own buffer by passing a pointer to
it as the argument buf. It must have size BUFSIZ. You can
also use NULL as the value of buf, to signal that the
setbuf function is to allocate the buffer.
Warnings
setbuf before performing any file operation other
than opening the file.
If you supply a non-null buf, you must ensure that the associated storage continues to be available until you close the stream identified by fp.
Returns
setbuf does not return a result.
Portability
setbuf. However, they differ on the meaning of a NULL buffer
pointer: the SVID issue 2 specification says that a NULL buffer
pointer requests unbuffered output. For maximum portability, avoid
NULL buffer pointers.
Supporting OS subroutines required: close, fstat, isatty,
lseek, read, sbrk, write.