.TH FGETC 3 .SH NAME fgetc, getchar \- get character from a device .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <io.h> .PP .B int fgetc(dev) .br .B int .B dev; .PP .B int getchar() .SH DESCRIPTION These procedures are included for compatibility with \s-2UNIX\s0. .I Fgetc returns the next character from the named input .IR device . .PP .I Getchar() is identical to .IR getc(CONSOLE) . .PP Note that .I fgetc is exactly equivalent to .I getc. .SH "SEE ALSO" getc(2), putc(2), gets(3), scanf(3), .SH DIAGNOSTICS These functions return SYSERR to indicate an illegal device or read error.