.TH GETC 3F
.UC
.SH NAME
getc, fgetc \- get a character from a logical unit
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B integer function getc (char)
.br
.B character char
.sp 1
.B integer function fgetc (lunit, char)
.br
.B character char
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines return the next character from a file associated with a
fortran logical unit, bypassing normal fortran I/O.
.I Getc
reads from logical unit 5, normally connected to the control terminal input.
.PP
The value of each function is a system status code. Zero indicates no
error occured on the read; \-1 indicates end of file was detected.
A positive value will be either a UNIX system error code or an f77 I/O error
code. See perror(3F).
.SH FILES
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
getc(3S), intro(2), perror(3F)