Re: 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object


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Re: 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object

by twerq (Deacon)

on Apr 17, 2001 at 22:45 UTC ( [id://73288]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object

I would look into using getpos() and setpos() for doing what you want.

From the docs:

If the C functions fgetpos() and fsetpos() are available, 
then `FileHandle::getpos' returns an opaque value that
represents the current position of the FileHandle, and 
`FileHandle::setpos' uses that value to return to a 
previously visited position.
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