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1.1     ! root        1: .TH FREAD 3S  "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: fread, fwrite \- buffered binary input/output
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B #include <stdio.h>
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B fread(ptr, sizeof(*ptr), nitems, stream)
        !             9: .br
        !            10: .SM
        !            11: .B FILE
        !            12: .B *stream;
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B fwrite(ptr, sizeof(*ptr), nitems, stream)
        !            15: .br
        !            16: .SM
        !            17: .B FILE
        !            18: .B *stream;
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Fread
        !            21: reads, into a block beginning at
        !            22: .IR ptr ,
        !            23: .I nitems
        !            24: of data of the type of
        !            25: .I *ptr
        !            26: from the named input
        !            27: .IR stream .
        !            28: It returns the number of items actually read.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: If
        !            31: .I stream
        !            32: is
        !            33: .B stdin
        !            34: and the standard output is line buffered, then any partial output line
        !            35: will be flushed before any call to
        !            36: .IR read (2)
        !            37: to satisfy the
        !            38: .IR fread .
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Fwrite
        !            41: appends at most
        !            42: .I nitems
        !            43: of data of the type of
        !            44: .I *ptr
        !            45: beginning at
        !            46: .I ptr
        !            47: to the named output
        !            48: .IR stream .
        !            49: It returns the number of items actually written.
        !            50: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            51: read(2),
        !            52: write(2),
        !            53: fopen(3S),
        !            54: getc(3S),
        !            55: putc(3S),
        !            56: gets(3S),
        !            57: puts(3S),
        !            58: printf(3S),
        !            59: scanf(3S)
        !            60: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            61: .I Fread
        !            62: and
        !            63: .I fwrite
        !            64: return
        !            65: 0
        !            66: upon end of file or error.

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