Return the current position of a stream
#include <stdio.h> long int ftell( FILE* fp ); off_t ftello( FILE* fp );
libc
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The ftell() function returns the current position of the stream specified by fp. This position defines the character that will be read or written by the next I/O operation on the file. You can use the value returned by ftell() in a subsequent call to fseek() to restore the file position to a previous value.
The ftello() function is similar to ftell(), except that the position is returned as an off_t.
The current position of the file or -1L if an error occurred (errno is set).
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> long filesize( FILE *fp ) { long int save_pos; long size_of_file; /* Save the current position. */ save_pos = ftell( fp ); /* Jump to the end of the file. */ fseek( fp, 0L, SEEK_END ); /* Get the end position. */ size_of_file = ftell( fp ); /* Jump back to the original position. */ fseek( fp, save_pos, SEEK_SET ); return( size_of_file ); } int main( void ) { FILE *fp; fp = fopen( "file", "r" ); if( fp != NULL ) { printf( "File size=%ld\n", filesize( fp ) ); fclose( fp ); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } return EXIT_FAILURE; }
ftell() is ANSI, POSIX 1003.1; ftello() is POSIX 1003.1
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | Yes |
Interrupt handler | No |
Signal handler | No |
Thread | Yes |
errno, fgetpos(), fopen(), fsetpos(), fseek()