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instance method

Dir#tell

dir.tell → integer

static VALUE
dir_tell(VALUE dir)
{
    struct dir_data *dirp;
    long pos;

    GetDIR(dir, dirp);
    pos = telldir(dirp->dir);
    return rb_int2inum(pos);
}

Returns the current position in dir. See also Dir#seek.

Example

d = Dir.new("testdir")
d.tell   #=> 0
d.read   #=> "."
d.tell   #=> 12

See also #seek #to_path #rewind also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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