NAME
getdirentries - get directory entries in a file system-independent for‐ mat SYNOPSIS
#include
ssizet getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, sizet nbytes , offt *basep); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see featuretestmacros(7)): getdirentries(): BSDSOURCE || SVIDSOURCE 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 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│getdirentries() │ Thread safety │ MT-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) COLOPHON
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GNU 2007-07-26 GETDIRENTRIES(3)