# BASIC 256 - Language Documentation

en:seek

## Seek

### Format

seek location
seek ( location )
seek filenumber, location
seek ( filenumber, location )

### Description

Moves the read/write location to a specific location (offset in bytes from the start of the file) within an open file. If the file number is not specified file number zero (0) will be used.

### See Also

Close, Eof, Open, Read, Readline, Reset, Write, Writeline, Exists, Size

### New To Version

0.9.4

en/seek.txt · Last modified: 2011/03/29 11:56 (external edit)