On Jan 8, 2013, at 3:58 PM, John Peterson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Are you thinking of xdr_setpos?  There is a cryptic warning about it
> in 'man xdr'...
> 
> int xdr_setpos(XDR *xdrs, u_int pos)
>        A macro that invokes the set position routine associated with
> the XDR stream xdrs.  The pos argument is a position value obtained
> from xdr_getpos().  This routine returns one if the XDR stream could
> be repositioned, and zero otherwise.
>        Warning: it is difficult to reposition some types of XDR
> streams, so this routine may fail with one type of stream and succeed
> with another.

I don't think this will be an issue in this case, though…  I believe an "XDR 
Stream" is generic in that it could be a network streamed connection, in which 
case you can't seek forward beyond what has been sent.  That's not a problem 
when the stream is from file, though.  

-Ben
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