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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)fseek.3     6.5 (Berkeley) 4/1/89
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH FSEEK 3  "April 1, 1989"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: fseek, ftell, rewind \- reposition a stream
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B #include <stdio.h>
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: .B fseek(stream, offset, ptrname)
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .SM
        !            13: .B FILE
        !            14: .B *stream;
        !            15: .br
        !            16: .B long offset;
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B long ftell(stream)
        !            19: .br
        !            20: .SM
        !            21: .B FILE
        !            22: .B *stream;
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: .B rewind(stream)
        !            25: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            26: .I Fseek
        !            27: sets the position of the next input or output
        !            28: operation on the
        !            29: .IR stream .
        !            30: The new position is at the signed distance
        !            31: .I offset
        !            32: bytes
        !            33: from the beginning, the current position, or the end of the file,
        !            34: according as 
        !            35: .I ptrname
        !            36: has the value 0, 1, or 2.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .I Fseek
        !            39: undoes any effects of
        !            40: .IR  ungetc (3).
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .I Ftell
        !            43: returns the current value of the offset relative to the beginning
        !            44: of the file associated with the named
        !            45: .IR stream .
        !            46: It is measured in bytes on UNIX;
        !            47: on some other systems it is a magic cookie,
        !            48: and the only foolproof way to obtain an 
        !            49: .I offset
        !            50: for
        !            51: .IR fseek .
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: .IR Rewind ( stream )
        !            54: is equivalent to
        !            55: .IR fseek ( stream ,
        !            56: 0L, L_SET).
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            58: lseek(2),
        !            59: fopen(3)
        !            60: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            61: .I Fseek
        !            62: returns \-1 for improper seeks, otherwise zero.

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