.pa 1 .he 'SEEK (II)'3/15/72'SEEK (II)' .ti 0 NAME seek -- move read/write pointer .sp .ti 0 SYNOPSIS (file descriptor in r0) .br sys seek; offset; ptrname / seek = 19. .a .sp .ti 0 DESCRIPTION The file descriptor refers to a file open for reading or writing. The read (resp. write) pointer for the file is set as follows: .in +3 .sp if ptrname_______ is 0, the pointer is set to offset______. .sp if ptrname_______ is 1, the pointer is set to its current location plus offset______. .sp if ptrname_______ is 2, the pointer is set to the size of the file plus offset______. .sp .in -3 .sp .ti 0 SEE ALSO -- .sp .ti 0 DIAGNOSTICS The error bit (c-bit) is set for an undefined file descriptor. .sp .ti 0 BUGS A file can conceptually be as large as 2**20 bytes. Clearly only 2**16 bytes can be addressed by seek____. The problem is most acute on the large special files.