GETDIRENTRIES
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-06-13
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NAME
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h>
ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes
, off_t *basep);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
getdirentries():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
Read directory entries from the directory specified by
fd
into
buf.
At most
nbytes
are read.
Reading starts at offset
*basep,
and
*basep
is updated with the new position after reading.
RETURN VALUE
getdirentries()
returns the number of bytes read or zero when at the end of the directory.
If an error occurs, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
See the Linux library source code for details.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
getdirentries()
function is thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1-2001.
Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems.
Use
opendir(3)
and
readdir(3)
instead.
SEE ALSO
lseek(2),
open(2)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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