Name

gzgetc — Reads the next single character from the compressed file stream referenced by file.

Library

Libz.lib

Synopsis

#include <zlib.h>
int gzgetc (gzFile file);

Return Value

On success, gzgetc() shall return the uncompressed character read, otherwise, on end of file or error, gzgetc() shall return -1.

Detailed Description

The gzgetc() function shall read the next single character from the compressed file stream referenced by file, which shall have been opened in a read mode (see gzopen() and gzdopen()).

Examples

#include <stdio.h>
#include <zlib.h>

void Gzgetc( )
{ 
    gzFile file;   
    const char *s="ritesh";
    const char * fname = TESTFILE ;
    file = gzopen(fname, "rb");
    int l=  gzgetc(file);
    gzclose(file);     
}

Errors

On end of file or error, gzgetc() shall return -1. Further information can be found by calling gzerror() with a pointer to the compressed file stream.

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