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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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