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.TH "al_fread(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual" "" "" "" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
al_fread \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro.h>

size_t\ al_fread(ALLEGRO_FILE\ *f,\ void\ *ptr,\ size_t\ size)
\f[]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Read \[aq]size\[aq] bytes into the buffer pointed to by \[aq]ptr\[aq],
from the given file.
.PP
Returns the number of bytes actually read.
If an error occurs, or the end\-of\-file is reached, the return value is
a short byte count (or zero).
.PP
al_fread() does not distinguish between EOF and other errors.
Use al_feof(3alleg5) and al_ferror(3alleg5) to determine which occurred.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_fgetc(3alleg5), al_fread16be(3alleg5), al_fread16le(3alleg5),
al_fread32be(3alleg5), al_fread32le(3alleg5)