Reference: sysseek
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:38:46Z

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| Chapter 5 Function Reference |

## sysseek

    sysseek filehandle, offset, whence

A variant of `seek()` that sets and gets the file's system read/write position using the `lseek(2)` system call. It's the only reliable way to seek before a `sysread()` or `syswrite()`. Returns the new position, or `undef` on failure. Arguments are the same as for `seek`.

Reference: sysread |  | Reference: system