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fsetpos() Set Current File Pointer Position
#include <stdio.h>
int fsetpos(stream,pos);
FILE *stream;
const fpos_t *pos;
fsetpos() sets the file pointer associated with 'stream' to the
position pointed to by 'pos'. 'pos' is the value obtained by a
previous call to fgetpos(). fsetpos() clears the end-of-file
indicator and discards any character pushed back using ungetc().
After calling fsetpos(), the next operation on a file can be input or
output.
The type fpos_t is defined in <stdio.h> as:
typedef long fpos_t;
Returns: On success, 0 is returned. On failure, a non-zero
value is returned.
-------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
The following statements get the current file pointer.
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *in;
fpos_t filepos;
int result;
char *tst = "add text to file...";
if ((in = fopen("info.dat","a+")) != NULL)
{
fprintf(in,"%s",tst);
if ((result = fgetpos(in,&filepos)) == 0) {
printf("file position: %ld\n",filepos);
if ((result = fsetpos(in,&filepos)) == 0)
printf("set file position: %ld\n",filepos);
fprintf(in,"the end");
}
else
printf("unable to get file position\n");
fclose(in);
}
else
printf("unable to open file\n");
}
See Also:
fgetpos()
fseek()
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