NAME
fread, fwrite - buffered binary input/output
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
fread(ptr, len, nitems, stream)
void *ptr;
size_t len, nitems;
FILE *stream;
fwrite(ptr, len, nitems, stream)
const void *ptr;
size_t len, 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.