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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man3/fread.3 b/static/unix-v10/man3/fread.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bd78f3fc --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man3/fread.3 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.TH FREAD 3S +.CT 2 file_io +.SH NAME +fread, fwrite \(mi buffered binary input/output +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <stdio.h> +.PP +.B int fread(ptr, sizeof(*ptr), nitems, stream) +.br +.SM +.B FILE +.B *stream; +.PP +.B int fwrite(ptr, sizeof(*ptr), nitems, stream) +.br +.SM +.B FILE +.B *stream; +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Fread +reads from the named input +.IR stream +at most +.I nitems +of data of the type of +.I *ptr +into a block beginning at +.I ptr. +It returns the number of items actually read. +.PP +.I Fwrite +appends to the named output +.I stream +at most +.I nitems +of data of the type of +.I *ptr +from a block beginning at +.I ptr. +It returns the number of items actually written. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR read (2), +.IR stdio (3) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.I Fread +and +.I fwrite +return 0 +upon end of file or error. +.SH BUGS +Write errors of the data for any +.I fwrite +call may occur a long time after that call. +.br +These routines are much slower than you might imagine. |
