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pack_fread(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual					       pack_fread(3alleg4)

NAME

       pack_fread - Reads n bytes from the stream. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       long pack_fread(void *p, long n, PACKFILE *f);

DESCRIPTION

       Reads `n' bytes from the stream `f', storing them at the memory location pointed to by `p'. Example:

	  unsigned char buf[256];
	  ...
	  if (pack_fread(buf, 256, input_file) != 256)
	     abort_on_error("Truncated input file!");

RETURN VALUE

       Returns the number of bytes read, which will be less than `n' if EOF is reached or an error occurs. Error codes are stored in errno.

SEE ALSO

       pack_fopen(3alleg4), pack_fopen_chunk(3alleg4), pack_feof(3alleg4), expackf(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2					       pack_fread(3alleg4)