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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:34:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
cc: DJGPP-WORKERS <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: _llseeks()'s return value
In-Reply-To: <199902041628.RAA20812@juno.erisoft.se>
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> So can you tell me what your solution to know if we are beyond the
> beginnig of the file is?

Assuming you get zero from lseek when you are at the beginning, once you 
get -1, halve the step size and alternate its sign as required, until you 
get to the beginning.  Then stop.

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