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Returns the value for the file position pointer

//Header file: #include <stdio.h> //Declaration long int ftell(FILE *stream); //Return: returns -1 on failure. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(void){ FILE *filep; if((filep=fopen("test", "rb")) == NULL) { printf("Cannot open file.\n"); exit(1); } int i; if((i=ftell(filep)) == -1L) printf("A file error has occurred.\n"); fclose(filep); }