1FREAD(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  FREAD(3)
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NAME

6       fread, fwrite - binary stream input/output
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdio.h>
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11       size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
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13       size_t fwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
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DESCRIPTION

17       The  function  fread()  reads  nmemb  elements of data, each size bytes
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21       The  function  fwrite()  writes nmemb elements of data, each size bytes
22       long, to the stream pointed to by stream, obtaining them from the loca‐
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25       For non-locking counterparts, see unlocked_stdio(3).
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RETURN VALUE

28       fread()  and  fwrite()  return the number of items successfully read or
29       written (i.e., not the number of characters).  If an error  occurs,  or
30       the  end-of-file is reached, the return value is a short item count (or
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33       fread() does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers
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CONFORMING TO

37       C89, POSIX.1-2001.
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SEE ALSO

40       read(2), write(2), feof(3), ferror(3), unlocked_stdio(3)
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COLOPHON

43       This  page  is  part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
44       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
45       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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49GNU                               1996-05-17                          FREAD(3)
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