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| author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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| committer | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
| commit | cfa37a7b1131abbab2e7d339b451f5f0e3198cc8 (patch) | |
| tree | a7fe52416e9d27efe2af2d54910112674c0fd7c6 /man/man3/seek.3 | |
| parent | 08df2a433e69c94f9db002c83380cb2b693fee60 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man/man3/seek.3 b/man/man3/seek.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ae3d9ef9 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/seek.3 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH SEEK 3 +.SH NAME +seek \- change file offset +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <u.h> +.br +.B #include <libc.h> +.PP +.B +vlong seek(int fd, vlong n, int type) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Seek +sets the offset for the file +associated with +.I fd +as follows: +.IP +If +.I type +is 0, the offset is set to +.I n +bytes. +.IP +If +.I type +is 1, the pointer is set to its current location plus +.IR n . +.IP +If +.I type +is 2, the pointer is set to the size of the +file plus +.IR n . +.PP +The new file offset value is returned. +.PP +Seeking in a directory is not allowed. +Seeking in a pipe is a no-op. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/libc/9syscall +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR intro (2), +.IR open (2) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Sets +.IR errstr . |