method

seek

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seek(p1) public

Seeks to a particular location in dir. integer must be a value returned by Dir#tell.

d = Dir.new("testdir")   #=> #<Dir:0x401b3c40>
d.read                   #=> "."
i = d.tell               #=> 12
d.read                   #=> ".."
d.seek(i)                #=> #<Dir:0x401b3c40>
d.read                   #=> ".."

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     dir.seek( integer ) => dir
 *
 *  Seeks to a particular location in <em>dir</em>. <i>integer</i>
 *  must be a value returned by <code>Dir#tell</code>.
 *
 *     d = Dir.new("testdir")   #=> #<Dir:0x401b3c40>
 *     d.read                   #=> "."
 *     i = d.tell               #=> 12
 *     d.read                   #=> ".."
 *     d.seek(i)                #=> #<Dir:0x401b3c40>
 *     d.read                   #=> ".."
 */
static VALUE
dir_seek(dir, pos)
    VALUE dir, pos;
{
    struct dir_data *dirp;
    off_t p = NUM2OFFT(pos);

    GetDIR(dir, dirp);
#ifdef HAVE_SEEKDIR
    seekdir(dirp->dir, p);
    return dir;
#else
    rb_notimplement();
#endif
}

seek

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