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FMEMOPEN(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual FMEMOPEN(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
fmemopen — open a memory buffer stream
#include <stdio.h>
FILE *fmemopen(void *restrict buf, size_t size,
const char *restrict mode);
The fmemopen() function shall associate the buffer given by the buf
and size arguments with a stream. The buf argument shall be either a
null pointer or point to a buffer that is at least size bytes long.
The mode argument points to a string. If the string is one of the
following, the stream shall be opened in the indicated mode.
Otherwise, the behavior is undefined.
r Open the stream for reading.
w Open the stream for writing.
a Append; open the stream for writing at the first null byte.
r+ Open the stream for update (reading and writing).
w+ Open the stream for update (reading and writing). Truncate
the buffer contents.
a+ Append; open the stream for update (reading and writing); the
initial position is at the first null byte.
Implementations shall accept all mode strings allowed by fopen(), but
the use of the character 'b' shall produce implementation-defined
results, where the resulting FILE * need not behave the same as if
'b' were omitted.
If a null pointer is specified as the buf argument, fmemopen() shall
allocate size bytes of memory as if by a call to malloc(). This
buffer shall be automatically freed when the stream is closed.
Because this feature is only useful when the stream is opened for
updating (because there is no way to get a pointer to the buffer) the
fmemopen() call may fail if the mode argument does not include a '+'.
The stream shall maintain a current position in the buffer. This
position shall be initially set to either the beginning of the buffer
(for r and w modes) or to the first null byte in the buffer (for a
modes). If no null byte is found in append mode, the initial position
shall be set to one byte after the end of the buffer.
If buf is a null pointer, the initial position shall always be set to
the beginning of the buffer.
The stream shall also maintain the size of the current buffer
contents; use of fseek() or fseeko() on the stream with SEEK_END
shall seek relative to this size. For modes r and r+ the size shall
be set to the value given by the size argument. For modes w and w+
the initial size shall be zero and for modes a and a+ the initial
size shall be either the position of the first null byte in the
buffer or the value of the size argument if no null byte is found.
A read operation on the stream shall not advance the current buffer
position beyond the current buffer size. Reaching the buffer size in
a read operation shall count as ``end-of-file''. Null bytes in the
buffer shall have no special meaning for reads. The read operation
shall start at the current buffer position of the stream.
A write operation shall start either at the current position of the
stream (if mode has not specified 'a' as the first character) or at
the current size of the stream (if mode had 'a' as the first
character). If the current position at the end of the write is larger
than the current buffer size, the current buffer size shall be set to
the current position. A write operation on the stream shall not
advance the current buffer size beyond the size given in the size
argument.
When a stream open for writing is flushed or closed, a null byte
shall be written at the current position or at the end of the buffer,
depending on the size of the contents. If a stream open for update is
flushed or closed and the last write has advanced the current buffer
size, a null byte shall be written at the end of the buffer if it
fits.
An attempt to seek a memory buffer stream to a negative position or
to a position larger than the buffer size given in the size argument
shall fail.
Upon successful completion, fmemopen() shall return a pointer to the
object controlling the stream. Otherwise, a null pointer shall be
returned, and errno shall be set to indicate the error.
The fmemopen() function shall fail if:
EINVAL The size argument specifies a buffer size of zero.
The fmemopen() function may fail if:
EINVAL The value of the mode argument is not valid.
EINVAL The buf argument is a null pointer and the mode argument does
not include a '+' character.
ENOMEM The buf argument is a null pointer and the allocation of a
buffer of length size has failed.
EMFILE {FOPEN_MAX} streams are currently open in the calling process.
The following sections are informative.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
static char buffer[] = "foobar";
int
main (void)
{
int ch;
FILE *stream;
stream = fmemopen(buffer, strlen (buffer), "r");
if (stream == NULL)
/* handle error */;
while ((ch = fgetc(stream)) != EOF)
printf("Got %c\n", ch);
fclose(stream);
return (0);
}
This program produces the following output:
Got f
Got o
Got o
Got b
Got a
Got r
None.
This interface has been introduced to eliminate many of the errors
encountered in the construction of strings, notably overflowing of
strings. This interface prevents overflow.
A future revision of this standard may mandate specific behavior when
the mode argument includes 'b'.
fdopen(3p), fopen(3p), freopen(3p), fseek(3p), malloc(3p),
open_memstream(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, stdio.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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IEEE/The Open Group 2013 FMEMOPEN(3P)
Pages that refer to this page: stdio.h(0p), fclose(3p), fdopen(3p), fflush(3p), fopen(3p), freopen(3p), open_memstream(3p)