Name

ftell function — Returns current file position

Synopsis

long int ftell(FILE* stream)

The ftell function returns the current file position in stream. This position can be used (with an origin of SEEK_SET) in a subsequent call to fseek. If ftell fails, it returns -1L (which may be, but is not necessarily, the same value as EOF).

See Also

fgetpos function, fseek function

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