FILE(3type)

FILE3type

Input/output stream

Usage

#include <stdio.h>

typedef /* ... */ FILE;

Library

Standard C library (libc)

Overview

An object type used for streams.

Notes

The following header also provides this type: <wchar.h>.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2024.

History

C89, POSIX.1-1988.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.