Sequential File Position Reset

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Pharoah
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Sequential File Position Reset

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Is there any way to go back to the beginning of a sequential file without closing it and then re-opening it? I know this is probably a stupid question, but I did not find anything about it
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Post by Z!re »

Try SEEK, might work..
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I am pretty sure that you need to close and open is again... or just use random access files.
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Post by Pharoah »

Yep, SEEK'll work. It sets it to the byte position in the file.
For most things I do just use random-access files. But this is a readme file and so I wanted to make it readable by any text-editor in case the person didn't want to find out if the program had a built-in readme viewer/help system
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