ftell() - I/O Function
How is "ftell()" used in C++?
How to return current position?
Explanation
ftell() is an I/O function which returns the current position of the file position indicator for the
specified stream. In binary streams this function returns the number of bytes, but in text stream an output is got using
the fseek() function. When an error occurs "-1" is returned.
long ftell(FILE * stream);
The size of the file in bytes is::10
In the above example a text stream is read, the "fseek()" function
is used to pass a pointer to get the bytes read as an argument.
specified stream. In binary streams this function returns the number of bytes, but in text stream an output is got using
the fseek() function. When an error occurs "-1" is returned.
Syntax:
long ftell(FILE * stream);
Example:
#include <stdio.h> int main () { FILE * ptr; long sz; ptr = fopen ("freadeg.txt","r"); fseek (ptr, 0, SEEK_END); sz=ftell (ptr); fclose (ptr); printf ("The size of the file in bytes is::%ld bytes.\n",sz); return 0; } |
Result:
The size of the file in bytes is::10
In the above example a text stream is read, the "fseek()" function
is used to pass a pointer to get the bytes read as an argument.
