# $EPIC: fskip.txt,v 1.2 2006/10/06 19:08:28 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$[[fskip]](//file descriptor// //number//)

======Technical:======
The [[fskip]] function skips the next //number// lines in the file.
The return value is the number of lines that were actually skipped.
If you try to skip more lines than are left in the file (end of file),
the return value will be less than //number//.

The //file descriptor// value must have been previously returned by
the [[open]] function.

======Returns:======
The number of lines skipped int he file, which is usually //number// unless
end of file is reached, then it will be less than //number//.

======Examples:======
<file>
$fskip(4 3)                        skip 3 lines from fd 4.
</file>