# File Position Functions

PxIOSeekRaw |

## Description

Performs a raw lseek system call on the specified file. For information on the exact behavior of lseek, refer to OS-specific lseek documentation for details.

The lseek system call simply moves a file pointer to the specified location.

## Format

int PxIOSeekRaw(PxIOFileHandle handle, long *offset, int whence);

Where:

handle | The handle of an open file
offset | On input, the offset to seek to; on output, the resulting offset.
whence | Flag used to determine how offset is interpreted. Refer to OS-specific lseek documentation for details.

## Return Value

If the function succeeds, a value of PXIO_SUCCESS_STATUS is returned; otherwise, an error value is returned. More information on the nature of the error can be found by calling PxIOGetError.