std::fsetpos - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Sets the file position indicator and the multibyte parsing state (if any) for the C file stream stream according to the value pointed to by pos.

Besides establishing new parse state and position, a call to this function undoes the effects of std::ungetc and clears the end-of-file state, if it is set.

If a read or write error occurs, the error indicator (std::ferror) for the stream is set.

[edit] Parameters

stream - file stream to modify
pos - pointer to a fpos_t object obtained from std::fgetpos called on a stream associated with the same file

[edit] Return value

​0​ upon success, nonzero value otherwise. Also, sets errno on failure.

[edit] Notes

After seeking to a non-end position in a wide stream, the next call to any output function may render the remainder of the file undefined, e.g. by outputting a multibyte sequence of a different length.

[edit] Example

#include #include   int main() { // Prepare an array of floating-point values. const int SIZE = 5; double A[SIZE] = {1., 2., 3., 4., 5.}; // Write array to a file. std::FILE * fp = std::fopen("test.bin", "wb"); std::fwrite(A, sizeof(double), SIZE, fp); std::fclose(fp);   // Read the values into array B. double B[SIZE]; fp = std::fopen("test.bin", "rb"); std::fpos_t pos; if (std::fgetpos(fp, &pos) != 0) // current position: start of file { std::perror("fgetpos()"); std::fprintf(stderr, "fgetpos() failed in file %s at line # %d\n", FILE, LINE-3); std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }   int ret_code = std::fread(B, sizeof(double), 1, fp); // read one value // current position: after reading one value std::printf("%.1f; read count = %d\n", B[0], ret_code); // print one value and ret_code   if (std::fsetpos(fp, &pos) != 0) // reset current position to start of file { if (std::ferror(fp)) { std::perror("fsetpos()"); std::fprintf(stderr, "fsetpos() failed in file %s at line # %d\n", FILE, LINE-5); std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } }   ret_code = std::fread(B, sizeof(double), 1, fp); // re-read first value std::printf("%.1f; read count = %d\n", B[0], ret_code); // print one value and ret_code std::fclose(fp);   return EXIT_SUCCESS; }

Output:

1.0; read count = 1 1.0; read count = 1

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