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<tr><td width=20><td><b>SEEK(3)</b><td align=right><b>SEEK(3)</b>
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<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br>
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seek &ndash; change file offset<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>#include &lt;u.h&gt;<br>
#include &lt;libc.h&gt;
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<tt><font size=+1>vlong seek(int fd, vlong n, int type)<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br>
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<i>Seek</i> sets the offset for the file associated with <i>fd</i> as follows:<br>
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If <i>type</i> is 0, the offset is set to <i>n</i> bytes.<br>
If <i>type</i> is 1, the pointer is set to its current location plus
<i>n</i>.<br>
If <i>type</i> is 2, the pointer is set to the size of the file plus
<i>n</i>.
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The new file offset value is returned.
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Seeking in a directory is not allowed. Seeking in a pipe is a
no-op.<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/seek.c<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br>
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<a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/open.html"><i>open</i>(3)</a><br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DIAGNOSTICS </b></font><br>
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Sets <i>errstr</i>.<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br>
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To avoid name conflicts with the underlying system, <i>seek</i> is a
preprocessor macro defined as <i>p9seek</i>; see <a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>.<br>
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