NAME
seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream. SYNOPSIS
#include
void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long loc); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see featuretestmacros(7)): seekdir(): BSDSOURCE || SVIDSOURCE || XOPENSOURCE DESCRIPTION The seekdir() function sets the location in the directory stream from which the next readdir(2) call will start. The loc argument should be a value returned by a previous call to telldir(3). RETURN VALUE The seekdir() function returns no value. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │seekdir() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. NOTES In glibc up to version 2.1.1, the type of the loc argument was offt.
POSIX.1-2001 specifies long, and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2. See telldir(3) for information on why you should be careful in making any assumptions about the value in this argument. SEE ALSO lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scan‐ dir(3), telldir(3) COLOPHON
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2013-03-24 SEEKDIR(3)