.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH pack_fread 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
pack_fread \- Reads n bytes from the stream. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B long pack_fread(void *p, long n, PACKFILE *f);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Reads `n' bytes from the stream `f', storing them at the memory location
pointed to by `p'. Example:

.nf
   unsigned char buf[256];
   ...
   if (pack_fread(buf, 256, input_file) != 256)
      abort_on_error("Truncated input file!");
.fi
.SH "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.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pack_fopen (3alleg4),
.BR pack_fopen_chunk (3alleg4),
.BR pack_feof (3alleg4),
.BR expackf (3alleg4)