frewind command

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Synopsis

frewind <int>

frewind is undoable, queryable, and editable.

Rewind the file to the first byte.

Return value

int

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

fclose, feof, fflush, fgetline, fgetword, fopen, fprint, fread, fwrite, pclose, popen

MEL examples

// Make a sample file to use as a test example
//
$exampleFileName = ( `internalVar -userTmpDir` + "example.tmp" );
$fileId=`fopen $exampleFileName "w"`;
fprint $fileId "Hello there\n";
fclose $fileId;

// Read the first word out of the file, then rewind and read it again
//
$fileId=`fopen $exampleFileName "r"`;
print ( `fgetword $fileId` + "\n" );
frewind $fileId;
print ( `fgetword $fileId` + "\n" );
fclose $fileId;