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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>isastream - test a file descriptor (<b>STREAMS</b>)</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_286_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<div class="box"><code><tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSR')">XSR</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt=
"[Option Start]" border="0"> #include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/stropts.h.html">stropts.h</a>&gt;<br>
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int isastream(int</tt> <i>fildes</i><tt>); <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></tt></code></div>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<p>The <i>isastream</i>() function shall test whether <i>fildes</i>, an open file descriptor, is associated with a STREAMS-based
file.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>Upon successful completion, <i>isastream</i>() shall return 1 if <i>fildes</i> refers to a STREAMS-based file and 0 if not.
Otherwise, <i>isastream</i>() shall return -1 and set <i>errno</i> to indicate the error.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>The <i>isastream</i>() function shall fail if:</p>
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<dt>[EBADF]</dt>
<dd>The <i>fildes</i> argument is not a valid open file descriptor.</dd>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_286_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p>The Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../basedefs/stropts.h.html"><i>&lt;stropts.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 4, Version 2.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_286_12"></a>Issue 5</h4>
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<p>Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.</p>
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