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From: jan@root.co.uk (Joseph Nave)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: fread()
Message-ID: <2724@root44.co.uk>
Date: 29 May 91 17:13:35 GMT
References: <42589@cup.portal.com>
Organization: UniSoft Ltd., London, England
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In <42589@cup.portal.com> Joe_W_Wright@cup.portal.com writes:


>I have a K&R C compiler and would write, as functions, the fread()
>and fwrite() routines which don't exist in old C.  [We have only
>getc(fp) and putc(c,fp).]

>As I understand them, the prototype calls would be:

>    fread(&memory, sizeof(object), num_of_objects, fp);

>and the function might be:

>    int
>    fread(buf,size,num,fp) char *buf; int size,num; FILE *fp; {
>    }

>Questions: 1 # 7


>Thanks to any and all.

>Joe_Wright@cup.portal.com


You might like to take a look at the XPG3 guide for this function where
all these are answered

	Joe Nave
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