2.9BSD/usr/man/cat3/seek.3f

SEEK(3F)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             SEEK(3F)

NAME
     seek, tell - reposition a file

SYNTAX
     integer fileid, whence
     integer*4 fileid, offset
     call seek(fileid, offset, whence)

     integer fileid
     integer*4 pos, tell
     pos = tell(fileid)

DESCRIPTION
     _S_e_e_k sets the position of the next input or output operation
     on the file associated with _f_i_l_e_i_d.  The new position is at
     the signed distance _o_f_f_s_e_t bytes from the beginning, the
     current position, or the end of the file, according as
     _w_h_e_n_c_e has the value 0, 1, or 2.

     _T_e_l_l returns the current value of the offset (in bytes)
     relative to the beginning of the file associated with the
     named _f_i_l_e_i_d.

SEE ALSO
     open(3F)

AUTHOR
     Bruce Julian, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

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