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FREAD(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  FREAD(3)

NAME
       fread, fwrite - buffered binary input/output

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <stdio.h>

       size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t itemsize, size_t nitems, FILE *stream)
       size_t fwrite(void *ptr, size_t itemsize, size_t nitems, FILE *stream)

DESCRIPTION
       Fread reads, into a block beginning at ptr, nitems of data of the type of *ptr from the named input stream.  It returns the number of items
       actually read.

       If stream is stdin and the standard output is line buffered, then any partial output line will be flushed before any  call  to  read(2)	to
       satisfy the fread.

       Fwrite  appends	at  most  nitems  of data of the type of *ptr beginning at ptr to the named output stream.  It returns the number of items
       actually written.

SEE ALSO
       read(2), write(2), fopen(3), getc(3), putc(3), gets(3), puts(3), printf(3), scanf(3).

DIAGNOSTICS
       Fread and fwrite return 0 upon end of file or error.

4th Berkeley Distribution					   May 15, 1985 							  FREAD(3)