ftell

Description

Get the current position in the file.

Returns

The current position, relative to the start of the file.

Examples

// Open "file.txt" in "read only" mode
new File:handle = fopen("file.txt", io_read);

// Check, if the file is opened
if (handle)
{
    // Success

    printf("Current position: %d", ftell(handle));

    // Close the file
    fclose(handle);
}
else
{
    // Error
    print("The file \"file.txt\" does not exists, or can't be opened.");
}

Related Functions

• fopen: Open a file.
• fclose: Close a file.
• ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
• fremove: Remove a file.
• fwrite: Write to a file.
• fputchar: Put a character in a file.
• fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
• fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
• fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
• fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
• flength: Get the file length.
• fexist: Check, if a file exists.
• fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
• fflush: Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete).
• fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
• frename: Rename a file.
• fcopy: Copy a file.
• filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
• diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
• fattrib: Set the file attributes.
• fcreatedir: Create a directory.