FREAD(3S)           UNIX Programmer's Manual            FREAD(3S)

NAME
     fread, fwrite - buffered binary  input/output  to  a  stream
     file

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

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

     int fwrite ((char *) ptr, sizeof (*ptr), nitems, stream)
     FILE *stream;

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
     Level:    HP-UX/RUN ONLY

     Origin:   System V

DESCRIPTION
     _F_r_e_a_d reads, into a block beginning at _p_t_r, _n_i_t_e_m_s  of  data
     of the type of *_p_t_r from the named input _s_t_r_e_a_m.  It returns
     the number of items actually read.

     _F_w_r_i_t_e appends at most _n_i_t_e_m_s of data of the  type  of  *_p_t_r
     beginning at _p_t_r to the named output _s_t_r_e_a_m.  It returns the
     number of items actually written.

SEE ALSO
     read(2),   write(2),    fopen(3S),    getc(3S),    gets(3S),
     printf(3S), putc(3S), puts(3S), scanf(3S).