IO::Seekable(3)

NAME
     IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects

SYNOPSIS
         use IO::Seekable;
         package IO::Something;
         @ISA = qw(IO::Seekable);


DESCRIPTION
     IO::Seekable does not have a constuctor of its own as is intended to be
     inherited by other IO::Handle based objects. It provides methods which
     allow seeking of the file descriptors.

     If the C functions fgetpos() and fsetpos() are available, then
     IO::File::getpos returns an opaque value that represents the current
     position of the IO::File, and IO::File::setpos uses that value to return
     to a previously visited position.

     See the perlfunc manpage for complete descriptions of each of the
     following supported IO::Seekable methods, which are just front ends for
     the corresponding built-in functions:

         seek
         tell


SEE ALSO
     the perlfunc manpage, the section on I/O Operators in the perlop manpage,
     the IO::Handle manpage the IO::File manpage

HISTORY
     Derived from FileHandle.pm by Graham Barr <bodg@tiuk.ti.com>