method

pos=

v1_9_2_180 - Show latest stable - Class: IO

pos=(p1)

public

Seeks to the given position (in bytes) in ios.

f = File.new("testfile")
f.pos = 17
f.gets   #=> "This is line two\n"

static VALUE
rb_io_set_pos(VALUE io, VALUE offset)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    off_t pos;

    pos = NUM2OFFT(offset);
    GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
    pos = io_seek(fptr, pos, SEEK_SET);
    if (pos < 0 && errno) rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);

    return OFFT2NUM(pos);
}

pos=

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