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### 4.34 `getc_unlocked`—non-thread-safe version of getc (macro)

Synopsis

         #include <stdio.h>
         int getc_unlocked(FILE *fp);

         #include <stdio.h>
         int _getc_unlocked_r(FILE *fp);

Description
`getc_unlocked` is a non-thread-safe version of `getc` declared in `stdio.h`. `getc_unlocked` may only safely be used within a scope protected by flockfile() (or ftrylockfile()) and funlockfile(). These functions may safely be used in a multi-threaded program if and only if they are called while the invoking thread owns the ( FILE *) object, as is the case after a successful call to the flockfile() or ftrylockfile() functions. If threads are disabled, then `getc_unlocked` is equivalent to `getc`.

The `_getc_unlocked_r` function is simply the reentrant version of `get_unlocked` which passes an additional reentrancy structure pointer argument: ptr.

Returns
See `getc`.

Portability
POSIX 1003.1 requires `getc_unlocked`. `getc_unlocked` may be implemented as a macro, so arguments should not have side-effects.

Supporting OS subroutines required: `close`, `fstat`, `isatty`, `lseek`, `read`, `sbrk`, `write`.