NAME

kjb_ftell - Returns the file offset

SYNOPSIS

#include "l/l_sys_io.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


long kjb_ftell(FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

kjb_ftell is very similar to the standard ftell, except that error reporting is made consistent with the other library routines, and the error messages are more meaningfull.

RETURNS

On failure an error message is set, and ERROR is returned. Otherwise the file position is retuned.

BUGS

This function has not been vetted for being re-entrant / thread safe.

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Kobus Barnard

DOCUMENTER

Kobus Barnard

SEE ALSO

set_low_level_io_options , kjb_read_exact , kjb_read , kjb_read_2 , safe_pipe_write , kjb_write , kjb_write_2 , kjb_fread_exact , kjb_fread , kjb_fread_2 , kjb_fwrite , kjb_fwrite_2 , kjb_safe_fflush , kjb_fflush , kjb_ioctl , set_blocking , set_no_blocking , stdin_get_line , fget_line , dget_line , fput_line , kjb_mkdir , kjb_mkdir_2 , kjb_unlink , kjb_unlink_2 , kjb_rmdir , kjb_fopen , kjb_freopen , kjb_fdopen , kjb_fclose , kjb_realpath , get_fd_name , get_user_fd_name , kjb_fseek , kjb_fputs , kjb_fgetc , kjb_fputc , pso , p_stderr , kjb_fprintf , pdo , kjb_vfprintf , is_file , is_directory , fp_get_path_type , get_path_type , get_file_size , fp_get_byte_size , get_file_age , stream_younger , stream_older , get_file_mod_time , kjb_isatty , print_underlined , start_stdout_shadow , stop_stdout_shadow , start_stderr_shadow , stop_stderr_shadow , enable_stdout , disable_stdout , kjb_glob , kjb_simple_glob