<refentry id="fread">
<refnamediv>
<refname>Fread</refname>
<refname>Fwrite</refname>
<refpurpose>read/write binary data</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>
#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
  <funcdef><function>fread</function></funcdef>
  <paramdef>char *<parameter>ptr</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>int <parameter>size</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>int <parameter>number</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>FILE *<parameter>fp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>

<funcprototype>
  <funcdef><function>fwrite</function></funcdef>
  <paramdef>char *<parameter>ptr</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>int <parameter>size</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>int <parameter>number</parameter></paramdef>
  <paramdef>FILE *<parameter>fp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>
Placeholder
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
<para>
Both functions return 0(NULL) at the end of file or error.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
<para>
System calls
<link linkend="read">read()</link>,
<link linkend="write">write()</link>.
<link linkend="fopen">Fopen()</link>,
<link linkend="getc">getc()</link>,
<link linkend="putc">putc()</link>,
<link linkend="printf">printf()</link>
</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>