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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T15:20:43+00:00 2026-05-20T15:20:43+00:00

I know my file pointer is at end of the line after printing this

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I know my file pointer is at end of the line after printing this string: “xyz”.

How can I get it to the start of the line? (pointing to x)

offset = ftell(fp);
fseek(fp, offset - sizeof("xyz") , SEEK_SET);

Above doesn’t seem to work.

How can I achieve that?

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    2026-05-20T15:20:43+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 3:20 pm

    I would store the offset by issuing a beginning = ftell(fp) before reading/writing you “xyz”.
    Then fseek(fp, beginning, SEEK_SET);

    Would this be possible?

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