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##### lseek

Synopsis:

                long lseek (int fd, long offset, int flag);

Request:
  ‘`Flseek,fd,offset,flag`’

  flag is one of:

  `SEEK_SET`
    The offset is set to offset bytes.
  `SEEK_CUR`
    The offset is set to its current location plus offset bytes.
  `SEEK_END`
    The offset is set to the size of the file plus offset bytes.
Return value:
  On success, the resulting unsigned offset in bytes from the beginning of the file is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned.
Errors:
  `EBADF`
    fd is not a valid open file descriptor.
  `ESPIPE`
    fd is associated with the gdb console.
  `EINVAL`
    flag is not a proper value.
  `EINTR`
    The call was interrupted by the user.