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method

File.seek

File.seek(file: f, offset: o, whence: w)

Positions the cursor at offset bytes from whence: 0 the start, 1 the current position, 2 the end. Seeking to the end and reading File.tell measures a file.

Example

# doc-check: skip — illustrative
File.seek(file: f, offset: 0, whence: 2)
let size = File.tell(file: f)
File.seek(file: f, offset: 0, whence: 0)
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