SET-BYTE-POINTER

@SET-BYTE-POINTER <file no.>, <byte no.>

Set the byte pointer to the beginning of a block.

<file no.>

(100 - 121, octal) logical file number of an opened mass-storage file.

<byte no.>

(default = 0, octal) 0 - maximum byte pointer.

Rules:

1. Permitted for all users.

Example:

@SET-BYTE-POINTER 101, 7

The byte pointer of file 101 (octal) is set to byte 7 (octal) relative to the start of the file (first byte is byte 0).

Related commands

@SET-BLOCK-POINTER

SETBL (monitor call)

References

Norsk Data Document ND–60.128.03 SINTRAN III REFERENCE MANUAL (printed February 1983), page 1-183

Norsk Data Document ND–60.174.Q01 SINTRAN III QUICK REFERENCE CARD