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.SH NAME
FILE \- input/output stream
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdio.h>
.P
.BR typedef " /* ... */  " FILE;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
An object type used for streams.
.SH STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2024.
.SH HISTORY
C89,
POSIX.1-1988.
.SH NOTES
The following header also provides this type:
.IR <wchar.h> .
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fclose (3),
.BR flockfile (3),
.BR fopen (3),
.BR fprintf (3),
.BR fread (3),
.BR fscanf (3),
.BR stdin (3),
.BR stdio (3)