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<h3 class="section">4.53 <code>rewind</code>&mdash;reinitialize a file or stream</h3>
<p><a name="index-rewind-261"></a><a name="index-g_t_005frewind_005fr-262"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
void rewind(FILE *<var>fp</var>);
void _rewind_r(struct _reent *<var>ptr</var>, FILE *<var>fp</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
<code>rewind</code> returns the file position indicator (if any) for the file
or stream identified by <var>fp</var> to the beginning of the file. It also
clears any error indicator and flushes any pending output.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
<code>rewind</code> does not return a result.
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
ANSI C requires <code>rewind</code>.
<p>No supporting OS subroutines are required.
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