Determines the current position of the mark before reading from or writing to an open file.

OSErr GetFPos (
    SInt16 refNum, 
    SInt32 *filePos
);

Parameter descriptions

refNum

The file reference number of an open file.

filePos

On output, a pointer to the current position of the mark. The position value is zero-based; that is, the value of filePos is 0 if the file mark is positioned at the beginning of the file.

function result

A result code.

AVAILABILITY

Supported in Carbon. Available in Carbon 1.0.2 and later when running Mac OS 8.1 or later.

© 2000 Apple Computer, Inc. (Last Updated 6/30/2000)