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FSEEK(3)                NetBSD Library Functions Manual               FSEEK(3)


NAME
fgetpos, fseek, fseeko, fsetpos, ftell, ftello, rewind -- reposition a stream
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> int fseek(FILE *stream, long int offset, int whence); int fseeko(FILE *stream, off_t offset, int whence); long int ftell(FILE *stream); off_t ftello(FILE *stream); void rewind(FILE *stream); int fgetpos(FILE * restrict stream, fpos_t * restrict pos); int fsetpos(FILE * restrict stream, const fpos_t * restrict pos);
DESCRIPTION
The fseek() function sets the file position indicator for the stream pointed to by stream. The new position, measured in bytes, is obtained by adding offset bytes to the position specified by whence. If whence is set to SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END, the offset is relative to the start of the file, the current position indicator, or end-of-file, respectively. A successful call to the fseek() function clears the end- of-file indicator for the stream and undoes any effects of the ungetc(3) function on the same stream. The fseeko() function is identical to the fseek() function except that the offset argument is of type off_t. The ftell() function obtains the current value of the file position indi- cator for the stream pointed to by stream. The ftello() function is identical to the ftell() function except that the return value is of type off_t. The rewind() function sets the file position indicator for the stream pointed to by stream to the beginning of the file. It is equivalent to: (void)fseek(stream, 0L, SEEK_SET) except that the error indicator for the stream is also cleared (see clearerr(3)). In this implementation, the fgetpos() and fsetpos() functions are alter- native interfaces equivalent to ftell(), ftello(), fseek() and fseeko() (with whence set to SEEK_SET), setting and storing the current value of the file offset into or from the object referenced by pos. In others implementations, an ``fpos_t'' object may be a complex object and these routines may be the only way to portably reposition a text stream.
RETURN VALUES
The rewind() function returns no value. Upon successful completion, fgetpos(), fseek(), fsetpos() return 0, and ftell() returns the current offset. Otherwise, fseek() and ftell() return -1 and the others return a nonzero value and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
[EBADF] The stream specified is not a seekable stream. [EINVAL] The whence argument to fseek() was not SEEK_SET, SEEK_END, or SEEK_CUR. The function fgetpos(), fseek(), fseeko(), fsetpos(), ftell(), ftello(), and rewind() may also fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the routines fflush(3), fstat(2), lseek(2), and malloc(3).
SEE ALSO
lseek(2)
STANDARDS
The fgetpos(), fsetpos(), fseek(), ftell(), and rewind() functions con- form to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89''). The fseeko() and ftello() func- tions conform to X/Open System Interfaces and Headers Issue 5 (``XSH5'').
BUGS
The fgetpos() and fsetpos() functions don't store/set shift states of the stream in this implementation. NetBSD 5.0.1 July 8, 2000 NetBSD 5.0.1
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