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File descriptor out buffer
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/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <streambuf>
#include <cstdio>
// for write():
#ifdef _MSC_VER
# include <io.h>
#else
# include <unistd.h>
#endif
class fdoutbuf : public std::streambuf {
protected:
int fd; // file descriptor
public:
// constructor
fdoutbuf (int _fd) : fd(_fd) {
}
protected:
// write one character
virtual int_type overflow (int_type c) {
if (c != EOF) {
char z = c;
if (write (fd, &z, 1) != 1) {
return EOF;
}
}
return c;
}
// write multiple characters
virtual
std::streamsize xsputn (const char* s,
std::streamsize num) {
return write(fd,s,num);
}
};
class fdostream : public std::ostream {
protected:
fdoutbuf buf;
public:
fdostream (int fd) : std::ostream(0), buf(fd) {
rdbuf(&buf);
}
};
int main()
{
fdostream out(1); // stream with buffer writing to file descriptor 1
out << "31 hexadecimal: " << std::hex << 31 << std::endl;
}
31 hexadecimal: 1f
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