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.TH "al_fseek" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.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[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Set the current position of the given file to a position relative to
that specified by `whence', plus `offset' number of bytes.
.PP
`whence' 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)