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TELLDIR(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TELLDIR(3)

NAME

telldir - return current location in directory stream.

SYNOPSIS

#include <dirent.h>

off_t telldir(DIR *dir);

DESCRIPTION

The telldir() function returns the current location associated with the directory stream dir.

RETURN VALUE

The telldir() function returns the current location in the directory stream or -1 if an error occurs.

ERRORS

EBADF
Invalid directory stream descriptor dir.

CONFORMING TO

BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

opendir(3), readdir(3), closedir(3), rewinddir(3), seekdir(3), scandir(3)
March 31, 1993