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  <refentry id="function.rewind">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>rewind</refname>
    <refpurpose>Rewind the position of a file pointer</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>rewind</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>    
     Sets the file position indicator for <parameter>handle</parameter>
     to the beginning of the file stream.
    </para> 
    <para> 
     If an error occurs, returns 0, otherwise it returns 1.
    </para>
    <para>
     The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file
     successfully opened by <function>fopen</function>.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      If you have opened the file in append ("a") mode, any data you write
      to the file will always be appended, regardless of the file position.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     See also <function>fseek</function> and
     <function>ftell</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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