Libc-825.24.tar.gz

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diff --git a/stdio/FreeBSD/fread.3 b/stdio/FreeBSD/fread.3
index b0bf094304423fa12feaec43774d1a10443e1145..1ba5005db309bc160a668a5c3c0c7a2d69556276 100644 (file)
--- a/stdio/FreeBSD/fread.3
+++ b/stdio/FreeBSD/fread.3
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by the University of
-.\"    California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 .\"    without specific prior written permission.
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)fread.3    8.2 (Berkeley) 3/8/94
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fread.3,v 1.9 2002/10/12 16:13:37 mike Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fread.3,v 1.10 2007/01/09 00:28:06 imp Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 8, 1994
 .Dt FREAD 3
@@ -48,14 +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
@@ -66,7 +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
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ the return value is a short object count (or zero).
 .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 +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 ,