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.TH getc 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
getc \- get character from stream
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdio.h>
.P
.BI "int getc(FILE *" stream );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR getc ()
is equivalent to
.BR fgetc (3),
except for the BUGS
(see below).
.P
Use
.BR fgetc (3)
instead.
.SH STANDARDS
C23, POSIX.1-2024.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C89.
.SH BUGS
.SS Multiple evaluation
It may be implemented as a macro,
and it may evaluate
.I stream
more than once.
.SS Name
The name is inconsistent.
It is often confused with
.BR getchar (3),
as normally
.I <stdio.h>
functions without the "f" prefix in their name
are variants that use
.IR stdin .
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fgetc (3)