ftell

long ftell( FILE* stream );

Демонстрирует ftell() с проверкой ошибок. Записывает в файл, а затем считывает из него несколько значений с плавающей точкой (FP).

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* If the condition is not met then exit the program with error message. */
void check(_Bool condition, const char* func, int line)
{
    if (condition)
        return;
    perror(func);
    fprintf(stderr, "%s failed in file %s at line # %d\n", func, __FILE__, line - 1);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

int main(void)
{
    /* Prepare an array of FP values. */
    #define SIZE 5
    double A[SIZE] = {1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0};

    /* Write array to a file. */
    const char* fname = "/tmp/test.bin";
    FILE* file = fopen(fname, "wb");
    check(file != NULL, "fopen()", __LINE__);

    const int write_count = fwrite(A, sizeof(double), SIZE, file);
    check(write_count == SIZE, "fwrite()", __LINE__);

    fclose(file);

    /* Read the FP values into array B. */
    double B[SIZE];
    file = fopen(fname, "rb");
    check(file != NULL, "fopen()", __LINE__);

    long int pos = ftell(file); /* position indicator at start of file */
    check(pos != -1L, "ftell()", __LINE__);
    printf("pos: %ld\n", pos);

    const int read_count = fread(B, sizeof(double), 1, file); /* read one FP value */
    check(read_count == 1, "fread()", __LINE__);

    pos = ftell(file); /* position indicator after reading one FP value */
    check(pos != -1L, "ftell()", __LINE__);
    printf("pos: %ld\n", pos);
    printf("B[0]: %.1f\n", B[0]); /* print one FP value */

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Возможный вывод:

pos: 0
pos: 8
B[0]: 1.1