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Subject: FREAD
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Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 11:41:06 EST
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	fread(ptr,sizeof(*ptr),nitems,stream);

if you want 7 bytes and there are only 4 left, do:
	
	n = fread(buf,1,7,stdin);	/* n will be 4 */

however if you switch the 1 & 7, n will be zero, but 4 bytes will
actually be read. to read integers one might do:

	n = fread(intbuf,2,k,stdin);

however, if the byte count is odd, the last integer will be ignored.
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