NAME
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
SYNOPSIS
#define _BSD_SOURCE
or
#define _SVID_SOURCE
#include <dirent.h>
I ssize_t getdirentries(int fd , char * buf , size_t nbytes
I , off_t * basep );
DESCRIPTION
Read directory entries from the directory specified by
fd
into
R buf .
At most
nbytes
are read.
Reading starts at offset
*basep,
and
*basep
is updated with the new position after reading.
RETURN VALUE
R 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.
CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1-2001.
Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems.
Use
opendir(3)
and
readdir(3)
instead.
SEE ALSO
