Re: Reading from where I left off

You want tell, which on most sane operating systems returns a number that represents the number of bytes you are into the file (where the next read will start). Record the number, then use an absolute seek after you've reopened the file to get back to the same place.

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Re^2: Reading from where I left off by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Jan 12, 2006 at 17:51 UTC
I think the OP understood that much: Obviously this involves a trivial amount of work with seek and tell, and some way of squirrelling away the necessary context somewhere else. I think the question was whether there's a module on CPAN that will do that for you. Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply]