NAME¶
opendir - open a directory
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
DIR *opendir(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION¶
The opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the
directory name, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. The
stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory.
RETURN VALUE¶
The opendir() function returns a pointer to the directory stream or NULL
if an error occurred.
ERRORS¶
- EACCES
- Permission denied.
- EMFILE
- Too many file descriptors in use by process.
- ENFILE
- Too many files are currently open in the system.
- ENOENT
- Directory does not exist, or name is an empty string.
- ENOMEM
- Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
- ENOTDIR
- name is not a directory.
