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| author | June McEnroe <june@causal.agency> | 2018-11-13 16:33:41 -0500 |
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| committer | June McEnroe <june@causal.agency> | 2018-11-13 16:33:41 -0500 |
| commit | 646acfa91329ca5e8d3651801d734bf82f070e24 (patch) | |
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| parent | Add gztell(3) to gzseek.3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/gzoffset.3 b/gzoffset.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35f0098 --- /dev/null +++ b/gzoffset.3 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.Dd November 13, 2018 +.Dt GZOFFSET 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm gzoffset +.Nd offset in compressed file +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft z_off_t +.Fn gzoffset "gzFile file" +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Returns the current offset +in the file being read or written. +This offset includes +the count of bytes +that precede the gzip stream, +for example when appending +or when using +.Xr gzdopen 3 +for reading. +When reading, +the offset does not include +as yet unused buffered input. +This information can be used +for a progress indicator. +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +On error, +.Fn gzoffset +returns -1. |