Reads from a file.
size_t fread (char * buffer, size_t size, size_t count, FILE * stream);
Required Header |
<stdio.h> |
Return Value
This function returns the number of bytes read.
Parameters
buffer
The destination buffer to read into
size
The size of an item in bytes
count
The number of items
stream
A pointer to the open FILE structure
Remarks
The fread function read up to size items from stream, which may be less than requested if an error occurs or the End Of File is encountered.