Re: (bbfu) Re(3): 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object

One more:
Does 'byte position' apply only to the position of the beginning of the line, or the position of any single byte within the file?

Amel - f.k.a. - kel

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(bbfu) (meaning of byte position) Re(5): 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object by bbfu (Curate) on Apr 17, 2001 at 23:27 UTC
Any byte, anywhere in the file. One thing to note is that seek resets the state of the filehandle, including errors, eof, as well as Perl's internal idea of whether or not it should append the filehandle to any warnings or error messages (see Re: Closing and re-opening the DATA Filehandle). That's why you might see the no-op seek (`seek $fh, 0, 1`) used occasionally for such things. bbfu Seasons don't fear The Reaper. Nor do the wind, the sun, and the rain. We can be like they are.	[reply] [d/l]

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(bbfu) (meaning of byte position) Re(5): 'seek' on a FileHandle.pm object
by bbfu (Curate) on Apr 17, 2001 at 23:27 UTC

Any byte, anywhere in the file.

One thing to note is that seek resets the state of the filehandle, including errors, eof, as well as Perl's internal idea of whether or not it should append the filehandle to any warnings or error messages (see Re: Closing and re-opening the DATA Filehandle). That's why you might see the no-op seek (seek $fh, 0, 1) used occasionally for such things.

bbfu
Seasons don't fear The Reaper.
Nor do the wind, the sun, and the rain.
We can be like they are.

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