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explain_fgetc_or_die

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NAME

explain_fgetc_or_die - input of characters and report errors

SYNOPSIS

#include <libexplain/fgetc.h>
int explain_fgetc_or_die(FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

The explain_fgetc_or_die function is used to call the fgetc (3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr , obtained from explain_fgetc (3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

int c = explain_fgetc_or_die(fp);

The fp, exactly as to be passed to the fgetc (3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.