From ef5cd40e3fcff2bb20a74f20d40ba0d0182fcfde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arkadiusz Drabczyk Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:15:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fread.3: Explain that file position is moved after calling fread()/fwrite() Corresponding manpage on FreeBSD already contains that information. Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Drabczyk Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man3/fread.3 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man3/fread.3 b/man3/fread.3 index 2dd7be90d9..2dcca9b00e 100644 --- a/man3/fread.3 +++ b/man3/fread.3 @@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ is 1. If an error occurs, or the end of the file is reached, the return value is a short item count (or zero). .PP +The file position indicator for the stream is advanced by the number +of bytes successfully read or written. +.PP .BR fread () does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use .BR feof (3) -- 2.47.2