GNU/Linux |
CentOS 5.1 |
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getdirentries(3) |
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getdirentries − get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
#define
_BSD_SOURCE or #define _SVID_SOURCE
#include <dirent.h>
ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);
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.
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.
See the Linux library source code for details.
Not in POSIX.1-2001. Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems. Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.
lseek(2), open(2)
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