June 2002
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seek
$fh->seek(offset,whence)
Frontend for the corresponding built-in seek function, which sets a filehandle’s
position in the file. Takes the following arguments:
offsetThe offset where you want to set the position.
whenceThe position in the file that the offset is relative
to. Possible values are: 0 for the beginning of the file,
1 for the current
position, or 2 for end of
file. May also be expressed as the following constants,
which are exported:
SEEK_SETBeginning of file
SEEK_CURCurrent position
SEEK_ENDEnd of file