--- fread.3.bsdnew 2009-11-11 13:33:08.000000000 -0800 +++ fread.3 2009-11-11 13:33:09.000000000 -0800 @@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .In stdio.h .Ft size_t -.Fn fread "void * restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE * restrict stream" +.Fn fread "void *restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nitems" \ + "FILE *restrict stream" .Ft size_t -.Fn fwrite "const void * restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE * restrict 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 @@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ storing them at the location given by The function .Fn fwrite writes -.Fa nmemb +.Fa nitems objects, each .Fa size bytes long, to the stream pointed to by @@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ the return value is a short object count .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 @@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ to determine which occurred. 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 ,