Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 10:46:37 -0400
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: rob AT dinner DOT asrc DOT albany DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: buggy mail


> You wrote:

> > skip_backward(int file, int amount)
> > {
> >   fseek(file, -amount, 1);
> > }

> I'm sure most of use knew what you meant, but 'file'
> should be a FILE *, not an int.

You're right.  The two cases for back-stepping are (in bizarre
syntax):

	fseek (FILE *fp, int -amount, 1);
	lseek (int fd, int -amount, 1);

If in doubt, consult a local Unix man page :-)