How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex? - Lexical Analysis With Flex, for Flex 2.5.37

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How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?

Use fseek() (or lseek()) to position yyin, then call yyrestart().