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=== B.1.6 File Positioning Functions ===
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int fseek(FILE *stream, long offset, int origin)
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    fseek sets the file position for stream; a subsequent read or write will access data beginning at the new position. For a binary file, the position is set to offset characters from origin, which may be SEEK_SET (beginning), SEEK_CUR (current position), or SEEK_END (end of file). For a text stream, offset must be zero, or a value returned by ftell (in which case origin must be SEEK_SET). fseek returns non-zero on error.
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long ftell(FILE *stream)
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    ftell returns the current file position for stream, or -1 on error.
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void rewind(FILE *stream)
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    rewind(fp) is equivalent to fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET); clearerr(fp).
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int fgetpos(FILE *stream, fpos_t *ptr)
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    fgetpos records the current position in stream in *ptr, for subsequent use by fsetpos. The type fpos_t is suitable for recording such values. fgetpos returns non-zero on error.
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int fsetpos(FILE *stream, const fpos_t *ptr)
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    fsetpos positions stream at the position recorded by fgetpos in *ptr. fsetpos returns non-zero on error.