starting streams at offsets

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Is there an existing means of starting a FileStream at a given offset into a file? That is, can the origin be set somewhere other than the beginning of the actual file?

As an example, let's suppose I'd like to disregard the first 32768 bytes in a file. I know I could create a normal file and just seek forward, but if I could set the origin of the stream 32768 bytes from the beginning of the file, I wouldn't have to know that offset anywhere other than the creation of the stream.

If it's not possible I'm not going to be doomed to failure, but it's something that would be handy.

Lee Crabtree
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