Thread: about system calls

Hi

Assume a process being run in user space makes a system call (say read() in a UNIX system), does it take less amount of time (ar any resource) to use a standart library function like fread()? Because our process makes a call to the OS for the system call and OS implements it in the kernel space.

PS: Assume I want to read a text file.So, use of fread() is possible instead of read().

Thnaks...

fread() is a wrapper for read(), so yes, fread() may be a bit slower by only a few clock ticks. But that is important only if you are writing a really time-critical application where every millisecond and clock tick counts. Most programs should use fread() is C applications.