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C ftell()

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C ftell() function:

To get the current file position, ftell() function is used in C.

Syntax:

ftell(FILE *stream)

Example:

#include <stdio.h>  
void main(){  
FILE *f;  
 
f = fopen("file.txt","w+");  
fputs("Hello C..", f);  
fclose(f);  
 
f = fopen("file.txt","r");  
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);  
 
int size = ftell(f);  
fclose(f);  
printf("Size of file.txt is: %d bytes", size);  
}

Output

Size of file.txt is: 9 bytes