FSEEKO(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FSEEKO(3)

fseeko, ftello - seek to or report file position

#include <stdio.h>

int fseeko(FILE *stream, off_t offset, int whence);

off_t ftello(FILE *stream);


Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

fseeko(), ftello():

_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
(defining the obsolete _LARGEFILE_SOURCE macro also works)

The fseeko() and ftello() functions are identical to fseek(3) and ftell(3) (see fseek(3)), respectively, except that the offset argument of fseeko() and the return value of ftello() is of type off_t instead of long.

On many architectures both off_t and long are 32-bit types, but compilation with


#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64

will turn off_t into a 64-bit type.

On successful completion, fseeko() returns 0, while ftello() returns the current offset. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

See the ERRORS in fseek(3).

These functions are available under glibc since version 2.1.

SUSv2, POSIX.1-2001.

These functions are found on System V-like systems.

fseek(3)

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2014-08-19

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