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From: Andrey Tarasevich <noone@noone.net>
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Subject: Re: Buffer contents well-defined after fgets() reaches EOF ?
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 17:06:02 -0800
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On Sun 2/9/2025 3:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 23:12:44 -0800, Andrey Tarasevich wrote:
> 
>> If `fgets` reads nothing (instant end-of-file), the entire buffer
>> remains untouched.
> 
> You mean, only a single null byte gets written.

No. The buffer is not changed at all in such case.

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Best regards,
Andrey