UNGETC(3) MachTen Programmer’s Manual UNGETC(3)

NAME
ungetc - un-get character from input stream

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>

int
ungetc(int c, FILE *stream)

DESCRIPTION
The ungetc() function pushes the character c (converted to an unsigned
char) back onto the input stream pointed to by stream. The pushed-backed
characters will be returned by subsequent reads on the stream (in reverse
order). A successful intervening call, using the same stream, to one of
the file positioning functions (fseek(3), fsetpos(3), or rewind(3))
will discard the pushed back characters.

One character of push-back is guaranteed, but as long as there is suffi-
cient memory, an effectively infinite amount of pushback is allowed.

If a character is successfully pushed-back, the end-of-file indicator for
the stream is cleared.

RETURN VALUES
The ungetc() function returns the character pushed-back after the conver-
sion, or EOF if the operation fails. If the value of the argument c
character equals EOF, the operation will fail and the stream will remain
unchanged.