/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb CC, Run-time functions, fgetwc  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Reads the next character from a specified file, and converts it to
  a wide-character code.

  Syntax:

       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t fgetwc (FILE *file_ptr);