---

Manual Reference Pages  - GETDIRENTRIES (3)

---

getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Errors

#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.

open(2), lseek(2)

Jump to page    or go to Top of page |  Section 3 |  Main Index.