The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

#### NAME

> ungetc - push byte back into input stream

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``#include <stdio.h>
> int ungetc(int` c`, FILE *`stream`);
> ``

#### DESCRIPTION

> [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard.

> The ungetc() function shall push the byte specified by c (converted to an unsigned char) back onto the input stream pointed to by stream. The pushed-back bytes shall be returned by subsequent reads on that stream in the reverse order of their pushing. A successful intervening call (with the stream pointed to by stream) to a file-positioning function ( fseek(), fsetpos(), or rewind()) shall discard any pushed-back bytes for the stream. The external storage corresponding to the stream shall be unchanged.

> One byte of push-back shall be provided. If ungetc() is called too many times on the same stream without an intervening read or file-positioning operation on that stream, the operation may fail.

> If the value of c equals that of the macro EOF, the operation shall fail and the input stream shall be left unchanged.

> A successful call to ungetc() shall clear the end-of-file indicator for the stream. The value of the file-position indicator for the stream after reading or discarding all pushed-back bytes shall be the same as it was before the bytes were pushed back. The file-position indicator is decremented by each successful call to ungetc(); if its value was 0 before a call, its value is unspecified after the call.

#### RETURN VALUE

> Upon successful completion, ungetc() shall return the byte pushed back after conversion. Otherwise, it shall return EOF.

#### ERRORS

> No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> None.

#### RATIONALE

> None.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> fseek(), getc(), fsetpos(), read(), rewind(), setbuf(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

End of informative text.

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