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tell - get current seekpointer on a filehandle |
tell - get current seekpointer on a filehandle
tell FILEHANDLE
tell
Returns the current position for FILEHANDLE, or -1 on error. FILEHANDLE may be an expression whose value gives the name of the actual filehandle. If FILEHANDLE is omitted, assumes the file last read.
The return value of tell() for the standard streams like the
STDIN
depends on the operating system: it may return -1 or something else.
tell() on pipes, fifos, and sockets usually returns -1.
There is no systell function. Use sysseek(FH, 0, 1) for that.
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tell - get current seekpointer on a filehandle |