libssh2_sftp_seek64(3) libssh2 manual libssh2_sftp_seek64(3)
NAME
libssh2_sftp_seek64 - set the read/write position within a file
SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>
void libssh2_sftp_seek64(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle,
libssh2_uint64_t offset);
DESCRIPTION
handle - SFTP File Handle as returned by libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3)
offset - Number of bytes from the beginning of file to seek to.
Move the file handle's internal pointer to an arbitrary location. lib-
ssh2 implements file pointers as a localized concept to make file
access appear more POSIX like. No packets are exchanged with the server
during a seek operation. The localized file pointer is simply used as a
convenience offset during read/write operations.
You MUST NOT seek during writing or reading a file with SFTP, as the
internals use outstanding packets and changing the "file position" dur-
ing transit will results in badness.
AVAILABILITY
Added in 1.0
SEE ALSO
libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3)
libssh2 1.0 22 Dec 2008 libssh2_sftp_seek64(3)
libssh2 1.7.0 - Generated Wed May 25 19:17:40 CDT 2016