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

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;