Re: [PATCH v2] fread.3: Add example

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Hello Arkadiusz,

On 6/18/20 4:22 PM, Arkadiusz Drabczyk wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks! Patch applied. One glitch below edited.

> ---
>  man3/fread.3 | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/fread.3 b/man3/fread.3
> index 2dd7be9..4af3850 100644
> --- a/man3/fread.3
> +++ b/man3/fread.3
> @@ -113,6 +113,61 @@ 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

I removed the preceding line (which did not render, and I assume was
cruft you meant to delete).


Thanks,

Michael

> +ELF magic: 0x7f454c46
> +Class: 0x02
> +.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, sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(*buffer), sizeof(*buffer),
> +              fp);
> +    if (ret != sizeof(*buffer)) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "fread() failed: %zu\en", ret);
> +        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> +    }
> +
> +    printf("ELF magic: %#04x%02x%02x%02x\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: %#04x\en", buffer[0]);
> +
> +    fclose(fp);
> +
> +    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
> +}
> +.EE
>  .SH SEE ALSO
>  .BR read (2),
>  .BR write (2),
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/



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