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Maintenance Ruby 3.3 gets fixes, but no new features. Switch to Ruby 4.0 →

instance method

IO#sysseek

sysseek(offset, whence = IO::SEEK_SET) → integer

Behaves like IO#seek, except that it:

  • Uses low-level system functions.

  • Returns the new position.

See also #sysread #syswrite #sync= #tell also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0