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- /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * filename - tell.c
- *
- * function(s)
- * tell - gets current position of file pointer
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
- /*
- * C/C++ Run Time Library - Version 5.0
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1987, 1992 by Borland International
- * All Rights Reserved.
- *
- */
-
-
- #include <io.h>
-
- /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
-
- Name tell - gets current position of file pointer
-
- Usage long tell(int handle);
-
- Prototype in io.h
-
- Description gets the current position of the file pointer associated
- with handle and expresses it as the number of bytes from
- the beginning of the file.
-
- Return value the current file pointer position. A return of -1L
- indicates an error, and errno is set to:
-
- EBADF Bad file number
-
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- long tell(int handle)
- {
- return (lseek (handle, 0L, SEEK_CUR));
- }
-