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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/ftell.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 ftell Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Obtain the current position in an open stream

Syntax

Integer_Type ftell (File_Type fp)

Description

The ftell function may be used to obtain the current position in the stream associated with the open file pointer fp. It returns the position of the pointer measured in bytes from the beginning of the file. Upon error, it returns -1 and sets errno.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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