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.\" @(#)getc.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/getwc.3,v 1.5 2002/12/04 18:57:45 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/getwc.3,v 1.8 2007/01/09 00:28:06 imp Exp $
.\"
-.Dd October 10, 2002
+.Dd March 3, 2004
.Dt GETWC 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fgetwc ,
.Nm getwc ,
.Nm getwchar
-.Nd get next wide-character from input stream
+.Nd get next wide character from input stream
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft wint_t
.Fn getwc "FILE *stream"
.Ft wint_t
-.Fn getwchar
+.Fn getwchar "void"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn fgetwc
function
-obtains the next input wide-character (if present) from the stream pointed at by
+obtains the next input wide character (if present) from the stream pointed at by
.Fa stream ,
or the next character pushed back on the stream via
.Xr ungetwc 3 .
.Fn getwc
with the argument
.Dv stdin .
+.Pp
+Extended locale versions of these functions are documented in
+.Xr getwc_l 3 .
+See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-If successful, these routines return the next wide-character
+If successful, these routines return the next wide character
from the
.Fa stream .
If the stream is at end-of-file or a read error occurs,
.Xr fopen 3 ,
.Xr fread 3 ,
.Xr getc 3 ,
+.Xr getwc_l ,
.Xr putwc 3 ,
.Xr stdio 3 ,
.Xr ungetwc 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn fgetwc ,
-.Fn getwc
+.Fn getwc ,
and
.Fn getwchar
functions