NAME¶

getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <dirent.h>

ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char buf[restrict .nbytes], size_t nbytes,
                      off_t *restrict basep);

getdirentries():

    Since glibc 2.19:


        _DEFAULT_SOURCE


    glibc 2.19 and earlier:


        _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 to indicate the error.

ERRORS¶

See the Linux library source code for details.

ATTRIBUTES¶

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS¶

Not in POSIX.1. Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems. Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.

SEE ALSO¶

lseek(2), open(2)