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13<h1>VFGetOffsetByFd</h1>
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15<h2>Syntax</h2>
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17#include &lt;revolution/vf.h&gt;
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19s32 VFGetOffsetByFd( VFFile* file );
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26<TD valign="top" width="120" bgcolor="#ffffe8"><CODE><STRONG><EM>file</EM></STRONG></CODE></TD>
27<TD width="520">The file descriptor.</TD>
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32<h2>Return Values</h2>
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34Success: Seek offset (0 or higher) An offset of 2 GB or more is returned as 2 GB (2,147,483,647 bytes )
35Failure: -1 (currently, VF errors can be verified with the <code><a href="./VFGetLastError.html">VFGetLastError</a></code> function.)
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39<H2>Description</H2>
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41Gets the seek offset in bytes. To get an accurate seek offset of 2 GB or greater, use <code><a href="./VFGetOffsetU32ByFd.html">VFGetOffsetU32ByFd</a></code>.<br>
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44<h2>See Also</h2>
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46<code><a href="./VFGetOffsetU32ByFd.html">VFGetOffsetU32ByFd</a></code>
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49<H2>Revision History</H2>
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512008/12/16 Added a description about the limits on the return values<br>2006/06/09 Initial version<br>
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