stdio/FreeBSD/fread.3.patch

   1 --- fread.3.bsdnew      2009-11-11 13:33:08.000000000 -0800
   2 +++ fread.3     2009-11-11 13:33:09.000000000 -0800
   3 @@ -44,14 +44,16 @@
   4  .Sh SYNOPSIS
   5  .In stdio.h
   6  .Ft size_t
   7 -.Fn fread "void * restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE * restrict stream"
   8 +.Fn fread "void *restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nitems" \
   9 +    "FILE *restrict stream"
  10  .Ft size_t
  11 -.Fn fwrite "const void * restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nmemb" "FILE * restrict stream"
  12 +.Fn fwrite "const void *restrict ptr" "size_t size" "size_t nitems" \
  13 +    "FILE *restrict stream"
  14  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  15  The function
  16  .Fn fread
  17  reads
  18 -.Fa nmemb
  19 +.Fa nitems
  20  objects, each
  21  .Fa size
  22  bytes long, from the stream pointed to by
  23 @@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ storing them at the location given by
  24  The function
  25  .Fn fwrite
  26  writes
  27 -.Fa nmemb
  28 +.Fa nitems
  29  objects, each
  30  .Fa size
  31  bytes long, to the stream pointed to by
  32 @@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ the return value is a short object count
  33  .Pp
  34  The function
  35  .Fn fread
  36 -does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers
  37 +does not distinguish between end-of-file and error; callers
  38  must use
  39  .Xr feof 3
  40  and
  41 @@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ to determine which occurred.
  42  The function
  43  .Fn fwrite
  44  returns a value less than
  45 -.Fa nmemb
  46 +.Fa nitems
  47  only if a write error has occurred.
  48  .Sh SEE ALSO
  49  .Xr read 2 ,