al_fread(3)

al_fread3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
size_t al_fread(ALLEGRO_FILE *f, void *ptr, size_t size)

Overview

Read `size' bytes into the buffer pointed to by `ptr', from the given file.

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).

al_fread() does not distinguish between EOF and other errors. Use al_feof(3) and al_ferror(3) to determine which occurred.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.