# $EPIC: fseek.txt,v 1.2 2006/10/06 19:08:28 jnelson Exp $ ======Synopsis:====== $[[fseek]](//file descriptor// //position// //anchor//) ======Technical:====== This function resets the file pointer to //position// bytes away from //anchor//. The next [[read]] or [[readb]] of the file after this call will read the data from the new location. //Position// can be positive or negative, and //Anchor// must be one of | SET | The beginning of the file | | CUR | The current place in the file | | END | The end of the file | This function returns the fseek(3) value, which is zero if the operation succeeds and is non-zero if an error occurs. The //file descriptor// must have been a value previously returned by the [[open]] function. ======Returns:====== -1 Error: //file descriptor// was not previously returned by [[open]], or //anchor// is not supported. 0 The file pointer was reset. 1 The file pointer could not be reset.