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PERL syseek Function
Syntax
sysseek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE
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Definition and Usage
Sets the position within FILEHANDLE according to the values of POSITION and WHENCE.
This function is the equivalent of the C function lseek( ), so you should avoid using it with buffered forms of FILEHANDLE. This includes the "FILEHANDLE" notation and print, write, seek, and tell. Using it with sysread or syswrite is OK, since they too ignore buffering.
The position within the file is specified by POSITION, using the value of WHENCE as a reference point, as shown below in Table.
SEEK_SET -> 0
Sets the new position absolutely to POSITION bytes
within the file
SEEK_CUR -> 1
Sets the new position to the current position plus
POSITION bytes within the file
SEEK_END -> 2
Sets the new position to POSITION bytes, relative to
the end of the file
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