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fgetpos >> gets the current file pointer position >> Stdio.h function

fgetpos :

  1. fgetpos gets the current file pointer position.
  2. fgetpos stores the position of the file pointer associated with the given stream in the location *pos. 
  3. The exact value is irrelevant.

Syntax :

int fgetpos(FILE *stream, fpos_t *pos);


Live Example :


char s[100];
fpos_t pos;

fgets(s, sizeof(s), fp); // read a line from the file

fgetpos(fp, &pos);   // save the position

fgets(s, sizeof(s), fp); // read another line from the file

fsetpos(fp, &pos);   // now restore the position to where we saved



Return Value : 


    

  1. On success : Return 0
    2. 

  2. On Error : Returns a non-zero value
    3.