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--- Libc/Libc-262/stdio/fread.3
+++ Libc/Libc-583/stdio/fread.3
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)fread.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/8/94
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fread.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:08:59 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fread.3,v 1.9 2002/10/12 16:13:37 mike Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 8, 1994
.Dt FREAD 3
@@ -48,14 +48,16 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdio.h
.Ft size_t
-.Fn fread "void *ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE *stream"
+.Fn fread "void *restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nitems" \
+ "FILE *restrict stream"
.Ft size_t
-.Fn fwrite "const void *ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE *stream"
+.Fn fwrite "const void *restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nitems" \
+ "FILE *restrict stream"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The function
.Fn fread
reads
-.Fa nmemb
+.Fa nitems
objects, each
.Fa size
bytes long, from the stream pointed to by
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@
The function
.Fn fwrite
writes
-.Fa nmemb
+.Fa nitems
objects, each
.Fa size
bytes long, to the stream pointed to by
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
.Pp
The function
.Fn fread
-does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers
+does not distinguish between end-of-file and error; callers
must use
.Xr feof 3
and
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
The function
.Fn fwrite
returns a value less than
-.Fa nmemb
+.Fa nitems
only if a write error has occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr read 2 ,