Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.35-0.1 Severity: normal Tags: patch File: /usr/share/man/man3/fread.3.gz
1. The return value is the number of characters in one case. 2. Doesn't the request to continue the fread synopsis line makes it longer then 80 characters? --- a/fread.3 2012-03-26 03:26:43.677236481 +0200 +++ b/fread.3 2012-03-26 03:26:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ fread, fwrite \- binary stream input/out .nf .B #include <stdio.h> .sp -.BI "size_t fread(void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb \ -", FILE *" stream ); +.BI "size_t fread(void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb ", +.BI " FILE *" stream ); .sp .BI "size_t fwrite(const void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb , .BI " FILE *" stream ); @@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ For nonlocking counterparts, see .BR fread () and .BR fwrite () -return the number of items successfully read or written (i.e., not the -number of characters). -If an error occurs, or the end-of-file is -reached, the return value is a short item count (or zero). +return the number of items successfully read or written. This number +equal the number of bytes only when +.I size +is 1. It might be less then the requested count (or zero) if an +error occurs, or the end-of-file is reached. .PP .BR fread () does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
