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.\" FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:08:59 ru Exp
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.Dd August 6, 2002
.Dt FPUTWS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fputws ,
.Nm fputws_l
.Nd output a line of wide characters to a stream
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdio.h
.In wchar.h
.Ft int
.Fo fputws
.Fa "const wchar_t *restrict ws"
.Fa "FILE *restrict stream"
.Fc
.In stdio.h
.In wchar.h
.In xlocale.h
.Ft int
.Fo fputws_l
.Fa "const wchar_t *restrict ws"
.Fa "FILE *restrict stream"
.Fa "locale_t loc"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn fputws
function writes the wide character string pointed to by
.Fa ws
to the stream pointed to by
.Fa stream .
.Pp
Although the
.Fn fputws
function uses the current locale, the
.Fn fputws_l
function may be passed a locale directly. See
.Xr xlocale 3
for more information.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn fputws
function
returns 0 on success and \-1 on error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn fputws
function will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EBADF
The
.Fa stream
argument supplied
is not a writable stream.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fn fputws
function may also fail and set
.Va errno
for any of the errors specified for the routine
.Xr write 2 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ferror 3 ,
.Xr fputs 3 ,
.Xr putwc 3 ,
.Xr stdio 3 ,
.Xr xlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn fputws
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .