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.TH "al_fseek" "3" "" "Allegro reference manual"
.SH NAME
al_fseek \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.EX
#include \f[B]<allegro5/allegro.h>\f[R]

bool al_fseek(ALLEGRO_FILE *f, int64_t offset, int whence)
.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set the current position of the given file to a position relative to
that specified by `whence', plus `offset' number of bytes.
.PP
`whence' can be:
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_SET \- seek relative to beginning of file
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_CUR \- seek relative to current file position
.IP \[bu] 2
ALLEGRO_SEEK_END \- seek relative to end of file
.PP
Returns true on success, false on failure.
errno is set to indicate the error.
.PP
After a successful seek, the end\-of\-file indicator is cleared and all
pushback bytes are forgotten.
.PP
On some platforms this function may not support large files.
.SH SEE ALSO
al_ftell(3), al_get_errno(3)