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getc(3) Library Functions Manual getc(3)
getc - get character from stream
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <stdio.h>
int getc(FILE *stream);
getc() is equivalent to fgetc(3), except for the BUGS (see below).
Use fgetc(3) instead.
C23, POSIX.1-2024.
POSIX.1-2001, C89.
Multiple evaluation
It may be implemented as a macro, and it may evaluate stream more
than once.
Name
The name is inconsistent. It is often confused with getchar(3),
as normally <stdio.h> functions without the "f" prefix in their
name are variants that use stdin.
fgetc(3)
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Linux man-pages 6.16 2025-10-10 getc(3)
Pages that refer to this page: flockfile(3), fpurge(3), getw(3), sscanf(3), stdio(3)
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