Arduino File.position()

Description

The File.position() function gets the current position of the pointer on the file. This is the location to which the next byte will be read from or written to.

Syntax

file.position()

Parameters

• file: an instance of the File class that is returned by SD.open()

Returns

• The position within the file (unsigned long)

Tutorials

• Arduino - Micro SD Card
• Arduino - Write Variable to SD Card
• Arduino - Read Config from SD Card
• Arduino - Log Data with Timestamp to SD Card

See Also

• Arduino SD Card Library Reference
• Arduino SD.begin()
• Arduino SD.exists()
• Arduino SD.mkdir()
• Arduino SD.rmdir()
• Arduino SD.remove()
• Arduino SD.open()
• Arduino File.close()
• Arduino File.name()
• Arduino File.available()
• Arduino File.flush()
• Arduino File.peek()
• Arduino File.position()
• Arduino File.print()
• Arduino File.println()
• Arduino File.seek()
• Arduino File.size()
• Arduino File.read()
• Arduino File.write()
• Arduino File.isDirectory()
• Arduino File.openNextFile()
• Arduino File.rewindDirectory()
• Arduino File.find()
• Arduino File.findUntil()
• Arduino File.readBytes()
• Arduino File.readBytesUntil()
• Arduino File.readString()
• Arduino File.readStringUntil()
• Arduino File.parseInt()
• Arduino File.parseFloat()
• Arduino File.setTimeout()