GETDIRENTRIES(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                    GETDIRENTRIES(3)



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(): _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
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The getdirentries() function is thread-safe.

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
       lseek(2), open(2)

COLOPHON
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GNU                                         2014-06-13                           GETDIRENTRIES(3)