C Stdlib IO Functions and System Call Equivalents

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I’m reading The C Programming Language and trying to remember C’s standard library functions for IO and their system call equivalents. I couldn’t find a side-by-side chart online, so I created this to help me.

C stdlib return value header system call return value header
files file pointer FILE *fp stdio.h file descriptor int td
streams stdin, stdout, stderr stdio.h 0, 1, 2
open FILE *fopen(char *name, char *mode) file pointer on success, NULL on failure stdio.h int open(char *name, int flags, int perms) file descriptor on success, -1 on error fctnl.h
create (fopen creates file if it doesn’t exist) int creat(char *name, int perms) fctnl.h
read int getc(FILE *fp); getchar = getc(stdin) next char, EOF on end of file or error stdio.h int read(int fd, char *buf, int n) number bytes read, 0 on EOF, -1 on error stdio.h
read char *fgets(char *line, int maxline); gets = fgets(stdin) *line on success, NULL on EOF or error stdio.h
write int putc(int c, FILE *fp) char written on success, EOF on error stdio.h int write(int fd, char *buf, int n) number bytes written, 0 on EOF, -1 on error stdio.h
write int fputs(char *line, FILE *fp); puts = fputs(stout) non-negative int on success, EOF on error stdio.h
close int fclose(FILE *fp) 0 on success stdio.h int close(int fd) 0 on success unistd.h
perms r, w, a
flags O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR fctnl.h
BUFSIZ stdio.h