NAME¶

gfs_opendir - open a directory

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <gfarm/gfarm.h> char *gfs_opendir (const char * gfarm_url, GFS_Dir * dirp);

DESCRIPTION¶

The gfs_opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the directory gfarm_url, and returns the directory stream to the address pointed by dirp. The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory.

RETURN VALUES¶

NULL

The function terminated successfully.

GFARM_ERR_NO_MEMORY

Insufficient memory was available.

GFARM_ERR_AUTHENTICATION

User authentication failed when connecting to gfmd(8).

GFARM_ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED

gfarm_url points outside your accessible address space.

GFARM_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT

Directory does not exist.

Others

An error except the above occurred. The reason is shown by its pointed strings.

SEE ALSO¶

gfs_closedir(3), gfs_readdir(3)