C fgetpos function gets the file pointer position.

Syntax

C fgetpos function has the following format.

Header

C fgetpos function is from header file stdio.h.

Description

C fgetpos function stores the current file position indicator.

C fgetpos function returns zero on success or nonzero on failure.

'fpos_t *position' is useful only in a call to fsetpos().

Example

Use C fgetpos function to get the file pointer position.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    FILE *fp;
    fpos_t file_loc;

    if((fp=fopen("test","r"))==NULL) {
        printf("Cannot open file.\n");
        exit(1);
    }
 
    fgetpos(fp, &file_loc);

    fclose(fp);
}