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pack_fread(3)                   Allegro manual                   pack_fread(3)

NAME

pack_fread - Reads n bytes from the stream. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h> long pack_fread(void *p, long n, PACKFILE *f);

DESCRIPTION

Reads `n' bytes from the stream `f', storing them at the memory location pointed to by `p'. Example: unsigned char buf[256]; ... if (pack_fread(buf, 256, input_file) != 256) abort_on_error("Truncated input file!");

RETURN VALUE

Returns the number of bytes read, which will be less than `n' if EOF is reached or an error occurs. Error codes are stored in errno.

SEE ALSO

pack_fopen(3), pack_fopen_chunk(3), pack_feof(3), expackf(3) Allegro version 4.4.2 pack_fread(3)

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