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GETDIRENTRIES

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2016-03-15
Index Return to Main Contents
 

NAME

getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format  

SYNOPSIS

#include <dirent.h>

ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

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 appropriately.  

ERRORS

See the Linux library source code for details.  

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
InterfaceAttributeValue
getdirentries() Thread safetyMT-Safe
 

CONFORMING TO

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)  

COLOPHON

This page is part of release 4.13 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.


 

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