fgetc
 getc

 NAME
  fgetc - get a single character from a file pointer
  getc  - get a single character from a file pointer (MACRO)

 SYNOPSIS
  #include <stdio.h>

  int c = fgetc(fp);
  int c = getc(fp);                   (MACRO)
  FILE *fp;

 FUNCTION
  [f]getc() reads a single character from a file pointer.  The value
  returned is actually an int because EOF (-1) must be differentiated
  from a 255.

  [f]getc() returns an integer 0-255 or EOF (-1) if an end of file
  occurs.

 NOTE
  refer to the file_pointer manual page for general information

 EXAMPLE
  /*
   *  copy stdin to stdout using getc/putc.  Normally one uses
   *  fread/fwrite, but I'll save that for the fread manual page.
   *
   *  note that I output the initial message to stderr so it does
   *  not get stuck into stdout in case the user has redirected
   *  stdout.
   */

  #include <stdio.h>

  main()
  {
      int c;

      fputs("Type a couple of lines, then ^ (EOF)n", stderr);
      while ((c = getc(stdin)) != EOF) {
      putc(c, stdout);
      }
      return(0);
  }

 INPUTS
  FILE *fp;   file pointer

 RESULTS
  int c;      character 0 to 255, or EOF (-1).

 SEE ALSO
  putc, fputc, fread, fwrite