[PATCH] fread.3: Add example

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Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/fread.3 | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man3/fread.3 b/man3/fread.3
index 2dd7be9..c19a59c 100644
--- a/man3/fread.3
+++ b/man3/fread.3
@@ -113,6 +113,59 @@ T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
 .TE
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+The program below demonstrates the use of
+.BR fread ()
+by parsing /bin/sh ELF executable in binary mode and printing its
+magic and class:
+.PP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+$ \fB./a.out\fP
+./a.out
+ELF magic: 0x7f454c46
+Class: 0x2
+.EE
+.in
+.SS Program source
+\&
+.EX
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+    FILE *fp = fopen("/bin/sh", "rb");
+    if (!fp) {
+        perror("fopen");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    unsigned char buffer[4];
+
+    size_t ret = fread(buffer, 4, 1, fp);
+    if (ret != 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "fread() failed: %zu\en", ret);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    printf("ELF magic: %#x%x%x%x\en", buffer[0], buffer[1], buffer[2],
+           buffer[3]);
+
+    ret = fread(buffer, 1, 1, fp);
+    if (ret != 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "fread() failed: %zu\en", ret);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    printf("Class: %#x\en", buffer[0]);
+
+    fclose(fp);
+
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+.EE
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR read (2),
 .BR write (2),
-- 
2.9.0




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