instance method

Dir#pos=

[U < ::_ToInt] (U pos) -> U

pos = position → integer

static VALUE
dir_set_pos(VALUE dir, VALUE pos)
{
    dir_seek(dir, pos);
    return pos;
}

Sets the position in self and returns position. The value of position should have been returned from an earlier call to tell; if not, the return values from subsequent calls to read are unspecified.

See Dir As Stream-Like.

Examples:

Example

dir = Dir.new('example')
dir.pos      # => 0
dir.pos = 3  # => 3
dir.pos      # => 3
dir.pos = 30 # => 30
dir.pos      # => 5

See also #pos #read #path #rewind also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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