What is the function of rewind()?


 
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Old 09-12-2006
What is the function of rewind()?

What is the function of rewind()?
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Old 09-12-2006
Can't you just lookup 'man rewind' instead of asking this on the forums?! It would have taken a fraction of the time that it took to post here.

To answer your question:
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Originally Posted by man page of rewind
rewind - reset file position indicator in a stream
Rewinds the file pointer to the beginning of the file.
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Old 09-12-2006
Thank you very much! Smilie
 
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