In the C Programming Language, the ftell function returns the current file function indicator for the flow pointed to by stream.
Syntax
The syntax for the ftell characteristic in the C Language is:
long int ftell(FILE *stream);Parameters or Arguments
stream The move whose file role indicator is to be returned.
Returns
The ftell function returns the present day file position indicator for stream. If an error occurs, the ftell characteristic will return -1L and update errno.
Required Header
In the C Language, the required header for the ftell feature is:
#include <stdio.h>Applies To
In the C Language, the ftell feature can be used in the following versions:
ANSI/ISO 9899-1990
Similar Functions
Other C features that are comparable to the ftell function:
fgetpos function <stdio.h>
See Also
Other C functions that are noteworthy when dealing with the ftell function:
fseek characteristic fsetpos feature rewind function