NAME

fread, fwrite − buffered binary input/output

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

int fread ((char ∗) ptr, sizeof (∗ptr), nitems, stream)
FILE ∗stream;

int fwrite ((char ∗) ptr, sizeof (∗ptr), nitems, stream)
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.

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(3S), getc(3S), putc(3S), gets(3S), puts(3S), printf(3S), scanf(3S).