.TH "al_fseek(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual" "" "" "" ""
.SH NAME
.PP
al_fseek \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool\ al_fseek(ALLEGRO_FILE\ *f,\ int64_t\ offset,\ int\ whence)
\f[]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Set the current position of the given file to a position relative to
that specified by \[aq]whence\[aq], plus \[aq]offset\[aq] number of
bytes.
.PP
\[aq]whence\[aq] can be:
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_SET \- seek relative to beginning of file
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_CUR \- seek relative to current file position
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_END \- seek relative to end of file
.PP
Returns true on success, false on failure.
errno is set to indicate the error.
.PP
After a successful seek, the end\-of\-file indicator is cleared and all
pushback bytes are forgotten.
.PP
On some platforms this function may not support large files.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_ftell(3alleg5), al_get_errno(3alleg5)