getdirentries(3) -- Linux man page
NAME
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
SYNOPSIS
#define _BSD_SOURCE
or
#define _SVID_SOURCE
#include <dirent.h>
ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes
, off_t *basep);
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.
SEE ALSO
open(2),
lseek(2)
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