> > is how I read this > | statment: > | seek(FH,(-s "foo.txt")-2,0); > | > | seek back 2 bytes from the end of the file ? > | > > > Actually when the third argument ( aka WHENCE ) is set to zero it > means "Set the new position to the second argument". So it's not > saying "Go to the end and seek back 2 bytes" it's simply > saying seek > to size - 2 which happens to be 2 bytes before the end. > > Does that make sense?
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