.\" zip_fread.mdoc \-- read from file
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.TH ZIP_FREAD 3 "March 10, 2009" NiH
.SH "NAME"
zip_fread \- read from file
.SH "LIBRARY"
libzip (-lzip)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
#include <zip.h>
.PP
int
zip_fread(struct zip_file *file, void *buf, zip_uint64_t nbytes);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The
zip_fread
function reads at most
\fBnbytes\fR
bytes from
\fBfile\fR
into
\fBbuf.\fR
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
If successful, the number of bytes actually read is returned.
Otherwise, \-1 is returned.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
libzip(3),
zip_fclose(3),
zip_fopen(3)
.SH "AUTHORS"

Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at>
and
Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>