'\" t .\" Copyright 2001 Andries Brouwer . .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" .TH fseeko 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" .SH NAME fseeko, ftello \- seek to or report file position .SH LIBRARY Standard C library .RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .PP .BI "int fseeko(FILE *" stream ", off_t " offset ", int " whence ); .BI "off_t ftello(FILE *" stream ); .fi .PP .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE .PP .BR fseeko (), .BR ftello (): .nf _FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L .fi .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR fseeko () and .BR ftello () functions are identical to .BR fseek (3) and .BR ftell (3) (see .BR fseek (3)), respectively, except that the .I offset argument of .BR fseeko () and the return value of .BR ftello () is of type .I off_t instead of .IR long . .PP On some architectures, both .I off_t and .I long are 32-bit types, but defining .B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS with the value 64 (before including .I any header files) will turn .I off_t into a 64-bit type. .SH RETURN VALUE On successful completion, .BR fseeko () returns 0, while .BR ftello () returns the current offset. Otherwise, \-1 is returned and .I errno is set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS See the ERRORS in .BR fseek (3). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ .na .nh .BR fseeko (), .BR ftello () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE .sp 1 .SH STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001, SUSv2. .SH NOTES The declarations of these functions can also be obtained by defining the obsolete .B _LARGEFILE_SOURCE feature test macro. .SH SEE ALSO .BR fseek (3)