GETCHAR_UNLOCKED(3POSIX)

✨ GETCHAR_UNLOCKED(3POSIX) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual page for getchar_unlocked 💖 it's short, it's sweet, it's lowkey a redirect, and we're gonna read it together fr fr.

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.

⚠️ heads up bestie: the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. OR the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all 😭 vibe check failed, no cap.

👑 NAME 👑

getchar_unlocked — stdio with explicit client locking 💅

like... it's stdio, but you are the one holding the lock. main character energy, honestly.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <stdio.h>

int getchar_unlocked(void);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, zero arguments, returns an int. slay ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Refer to getc_unlocked().

...yeah. that's literally the whole description, bestie. it's giving "go read the other page" and honestly? valid. getc_unlocked() is where all the actual lore lives — this page is just the little sibling pointing at it 🫶 iykyk.

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

okay so here's the legal bit, and because it's legal I'm giving it to you exactly as written — no remixing, no paraphrasing, the facts stay facts periodt:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

🫶 quick translation of the legal-ese, since I got you: the IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document — if this page and the original Standard ever disagree, the Standard wins, every time. no arguing with the ref 💀

IEEE/The Open Group · 2017 · GETCHAR_UNLOCKED(3POSIX) — and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 go read getc_unlocked() next, it's literally the sequel and it ate 🎀✨