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Debian 6.0.2(Squeeze) |
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dirfd(3) |
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dirfd − get directory stream file descriptor
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int dirfd(DIR *dirp);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
dirfd():
Since glibc 2.10:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700
Before glibc 2.10:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
The function dirfd() returns the file descriptor associated with the directory stream dirp.
This descriptor is the one used internally by the directory stream. As a result, it is only useful for functions which do not depend on or alter the file position, such as fstat(2) and fchdir(2). It will be automatically closed when closedir(3) is called.
On success, a nonnegative file descriptor is returned. On error, −1 is returned.
POSIX.1-2008 specifies two errors, neither of which is returned by the current implementation.
EINVAL |
dirp does not refer to a valid directory stream. |
ENOTSUP
The implementation does not support the association of a file descriptor with a directory.
POSIX.1-2008. This function was a BSD extension, present in 4.3BSD-Reno, not in 4.2BSD.
The prototype for dirfd() is only available if _BSD_SOURCE or _SVID_SOURCE is defined.
open(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)
This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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