BOOTSTRAP (kutils) functions
LIBRARY ROUTINE
ktell - report the position of the read/write pointer
LIBRARY CALL
long int ktell(
int id)
INPUT
- id - the id of the object to be told.
OUTPUT
none
RETURN VALUE
-1 or the current offset depending on whether the
operation failed or succeeded.
DESCRIPTION
This function is used to tell the current position
within the transport. Depending on the different
transport being used the behavior will be different.
For a file it calls tell() to locate the offset
within the file, but for a shared memory segment it
it simply indicates the internal offset.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
none
EXAMPLES
none
SIDE EFFECTS
none
RESTRICTIONS
none
MODIFICATION
none
FILES
$BOOTSTRAP/objects/library/kutils/src/ktransport.c
SEE ALSO
kutils(3)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.