Module posix.stdio

A few Standard I/O functions not already in Lua core.

Functions

ctermid () Name of controlling terminal.
fileno (file) File descriptor corresponding to a Lua file object.

Constants

posix.stdio Stdio constants.


Functions

ctermid ()
Name of controlling terminal.

Returns:

    string controlling terminal for current process

See also:

fileno (file)
File descriptor corresponding to a Lua file object.

Parameters:

  • file file Lua file object

Returns:

    int file descriptor for file, if successful

Or

  1. nil
  2. string error message
  3. int errnum

Usage:

    STDOUT_FILENO = P.fileno (io.stdout)

Constants

posix.stdio
Stdio constants. Any constants not available in the underlying system will be nil valued.

Fields:

  • _IOFBF int fully buffered
  • _IOLBF int line buffered
  • _IONBF int unbuffered
  • BUFSIZ int size of buffer
  • EOF int end of file
  • FOPEN_MAX int maximum number of open files
  • FILENAME_MAX int maximum length of filename

Usage:

      -- Print stdio constants supported on this host.
      for name, value in pairs (require "posix.stdio") do
        if type (value) == "number" then
          print (name, value)
         end
      end
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