PROLOG¶

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME¶

rewind - reset the file position indicator in a stream

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <stdio.h>

void rewind(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION¶

The call:

rewind(stream)

shall be equivalent to:

(void) fseek(stream, 0L, SEEK_SET)

except that rewind() shall also clear the error indicator.

Since rewind() does not return a value, an application wishing to detect errors should clear errno, then call rewind(), and if errno is non-zero, assume an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE¶

The rewind() function shall not return a value.

ERRORS¶

Refer to fseek() with the exception of [EINVAL] which does not apply.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

None.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

fseek(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .