how C output LF to stdout without being changed to CR LF?

Question

On Windows this

#include 

int main() { 
    putc(\'A\',stdout);
    putc(\'\\r\',stdout); 
    putc(\'\\n\',stdout);
}

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Answer 1

The MSVC solution is:

#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
...
_setmode(1,_O_BINARY)

Other runtimes may provide the C99 solution or an alternate way. EDIT: I believe setmode([file number],O_BINARY) originated on Borland Turbo C, and other compilers for MS-DOS and Windows imitated it. The _ prefix is done to keep the namespace clean, and may not be present on some compilers.

Answer 2

A text file converts the C character '\n' into the native line ending on output, and converts the native line ending on input into a single '\n'.

To get the result you require, you'd have to change stdout into a binary file stream.

A partial answer is found here. If you have a C99-compliant library, using:

if (freopen(0, "wb", stdout) == 0)
    ...oops...operation failed...

will attempt to change standard output to a binary stream. However, on Windows, the 'C99-compliant library' might be a problem. Nominally, this is the portable (because standard) answer. There is likely a Windows-specific function to do the same job.

Answer 3

#ifdef _WIN32
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <io.h>
#endif

#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#define _setmode setmode
#endif

#include <stdio.h>

static void binary_stdout(void) {
#ifdef _WIN32
    _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_BINARY);
#endif
}

int main(void) {
    binary_stdout();
    printf("\n");
    return 0;
}