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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" @(#)fread.3 6.6 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
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.\" Converted for Linux, Mon Nov 29 15:37:33 1993, faith@cs.unc.edu
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.\" Sun Feb 19 21:26:54 1995 by faith, return values
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.\" Modified Thu Apr 20 20:43:53 1995 by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
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.\" Modified Fri May 17 10:21:51 1996 by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
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.\"
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.TH FREAD 3 1996-05-17 "BSD MANPAGE" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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fread, fwrite \- binary stream input/output
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <stdio.h>
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.sp
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.BI "size_t fread(void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb ,
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.BI "FILE *" stream );
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.sp
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.BI "size_t fwrite(const void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb ,
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.BI "FILE *" stream );
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.BR fread ()
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reads
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.I nmemb
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elements of data, each
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.I size
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bytes long, from the stream pointed to by
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.IR stream ,
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storing them at the location given by
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.IR ptr .
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.PP
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The function
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.BR fwrite ()
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writes
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.I nmemb
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elements of data, each
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.I size
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bytes long, to the stream pointed to by
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.IR stream ,
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obtaining them from the location given by
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.IR ptr .
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.PP
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For non-locking counterparts, see
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.BR unlocked_stdio (3).
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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.BR fread ()
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and
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.BR fwrite ()
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return the number of items successfully read or written (i.e., not the
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number of characters). If an error occurs, or the end-of-file is
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reached, the return value is a short item count (or zero).
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.PP
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.BR fread ()
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does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use
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.BR feof (3)
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and
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.BR ferror (3)
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to determine which occurred.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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The functions
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.BR fread ()
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and
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.BR fwrite ()
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conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR read (2),
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.BR write (2),
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.BR feof (3),
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.BR ferror (3),
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.BR unlocked_stdio (3)
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