FREAD(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		     FREAD(3)



NAME
       fread, fwrite - binary stream input/output

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);

       size_t fwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
		     FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION
       The  function  fread()  reads  nmemb  elements of data, each size bytes
       long, from the stream pointed to by stream, storing them at  the  loca
       tion given by ptr.

       The  function  fwrite()	writes nmemb elements of data, each size bytes
       long, to the stream pointed to by stream, obtaining them from the loca
       tion given by ptr.

       For non-locking counterparts, see unlocked_stdio(3).

RETURN VALUE
       fread()	and  fwrite()  return the number of items successfully read or
       written (i.e., not the number of characters).  If an error  occurs,  or
       the  end-of-file is reached, the return value is a short item count (or
       zero).

       fread() does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers
       must use feof(3) and ferror(3) to determine which occurred.

CONFORMING TO
       C89, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       read(2), write(2), feof(3), ferror(3), unlocked_stdio(3)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  1996-05-17			      FREAD(3)