FileInputStream.skip

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Syntax

public native long skip( long n ) throws IOException

Parameters

n: the number of bytes to be skipped.

Returns

the actual number of bytes skipped.

Description

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream. The skip method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes, possibly 0. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.

Exceptions

IOException if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides

skip in class InputStream