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IO::Seekable(3pm) |
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IO: :Seekable − supply seek based methods for I/O objects
use IO::Seekable; package IO::Something; @ISA = qw(IO::Seekable);
"IO::Seekable"
does not have a constructor of its own as it is intended to
be inherited by other "IO::Handle" based
objects. It provides methods which allow seeking of the file
descriptors.
$io->getpos
Returns an opaque value that represents the current position of the IO: :File, or "undef" if this is not possible (eg an unseekable stream such as a terminal, pipe or socket). If the fgetpos() function is available in your C library it is used to implements getpos, else perl emulates getpos using C’s ftell() function.
$io->setpos
Uses the value of a previous getpos call to return to a previously visited position. Returns "0 but true" on success, "undef" on failure.
See the
perlfunc manpage for complete descriptions of each of the
following supported "IO::Seekable"
methods, which are just front ends for the corresponding
built-in functions:
$io->setpos ( POS , WHENCE
)
Seek the IO:
:File to position POS , relative to
WHENCE:
WHENCE=0 ( SEEK_SET )
POS is absolute position. (Seek relative to the start of the file)
WHENCE=1 ( SEEK_CUR )
POS is an offset from the current position. (Seek relative to current)
WHENCE=1 ( SEEK_END )
POS is an offset from the end of the file. (Seek relative to end)
The SEEK_* constants can be imported from the "Fcntl" module if you don’t wish to use the numbers "0" "1" or "2" in your code.
Returns "1" upon success, "0" otherwise.
$io->sysseek( POS , WHENCE )
Similar to $io->seek, but sets the IO: :File’s position using the system call lseek(2) directly, so will confuse most perl IO operators except sysread and syswrite (see the perlfunc manpage for full details)
Returns the new position, or "undef" on failure. A position of zero is returned as the string ""0 but true""
$io->tell
Returns the IO: :File’s current position, or −1 on error.
the perlfunc manpage, the I/O Operators entry in the perlop manpage, the IO::Handle manpage the IO::File manpage
Derived from FileHandle.pm by Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
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