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<H1>fread(3)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
fread, fwrite - buffered binary input/output
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;stdio.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <STRONG>fread(void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>ptr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <EM>itemsize</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <EM>nitems</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>FILE</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>stream</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <STRONG>fwrite(void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>ptr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <EM>itemsize</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>size_t</STRONG> <EM>nitems</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>FILE</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>stream</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Fread</STRONG> reads, into a block beginning at <EM>ptr</EM>, <EM>nitems</EM> of data of the type of
*<EM>ptr</EM> from the named input <EM>stream</EM>. It returns the number of items
actually read.
If <EM>stream</EM> is <STRONG>stdin</STRONG> and the standard output is line buffered, then any
partial output line will be flushed before any call to <STRONG><A HREF="../man2/read.2.html">read(2)</A></STRONG> to satisfy
the <STRONG>fread</STRONG>.
<STRONG>Fwrite</STRONG> appends at most <EM>nitems</EM> of data of the type of *<EM>ptr</EM> beginning at
<EM>ptr</EM> to the named output <EM>stream</EM>. It returns the number of items actually
written.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="../man2/read.2.html">read(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man2/write.2.html">write(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/fopen.3.html">fopen(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/getc.3.html">getc(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/putc.3.html">putc(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/gets.3.html">gets(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/puts.3.html">puts(3)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="../man3/printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/scanf.3.html">scanf(3)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Fread</STRONG> and <STRONG>fwrite</STRONG> return 0 upon end of file or error.
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