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function Deno.seekSync

Synchronously seek a resource ID (rid) to the given offset under mode given by whence. The new position within the resource (bytes from the start) is returned.

   const file = Deno.openSync('hello.txt', {read: true, write: true, truncate: true, create: true});
   Deno.writeSync(file.rid, new TextEncoder().encode("Hello world"));
   // advance cursor 6 bytes
   const cursorPosition = Deno.seekSync(file.rid, 6, Deno.SeekMode.Start);
   console.log(cursorPosition);  // 6
   const buf = new Uint8Array(100);
   file.readSync(buf);
   console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(buf)); // "world"

The seek modes work as follows:

   // Given file.rid pointing to file with "Hello world", which is 11 bytes long:
   // Seek 6 bytes from the start of the file
   console.log(Deno.seekSync(file.rid, 6, Deno.SeekMode.Start)); // "6"
   // Seek 2 more bytes from the current position
   console.log(Deno.seekSync(file.rid, 2, Deno.SeekMode.Current)); // "8"
   // Seek backwards 2 bytes from the end of the file
   console.log(Deno.seekSync(file.rid, -2, Deno.SeekMode.End)); // "9" (e.g. 11-2)

Parameters

rid: number
offset: number
whence: SeekMode

Returns

number