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 27.5 Random Access
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  -- Scheme Procedure: seek fd_port offset whence
  -- C Function: scm_seek (fd_port, offset, whence)
      Sets the current position of FD/PORT to the integer OFFSET, which
      is interpreted according to the value of WHENCE.
 
      One of the following variables should be supplied for WHENCE:
 
       -- Variable: SEEK_SET
           Seek from the beginning of the file.
 
       -- Variable: SEEK_CUR
           Seek from the current position.
 
       -- Variable: SEEK_END
           Seek from the end of the file.
      If FD/PORT is a file descriptor, the underlying system call is
      `lseek'.  PORT may be a string port.
 
      The value returned is the new position in the file.  This means
      that the current position of a port can be obtained using:
           (seek port 0 SEEK_CUR)
 
  -- Scheme Procedure: ftell fd_port
  -- C Function: scm_ftell (fd_port)
      Return an integer representing the current position of FD/PORT,
      measured from the beginning.  Equivalent to:
 
           (seek port 0 SEEK_CUR)
 
  -- Scheme Procedure: truncate-file object [length]
  -- C Function: scm_truncate_file (object, length)
      Truncates the object referred to by OBJECT to at most LENGTH
      bytes.  OBJECT can be a string containing a file name or an
      integer file descriptor or a port.  LENGTH may be omitted if
      OBJECT is not a file name, in which case the truncation occurs at
      the current port.  position.  The return value is unspecified.
 
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