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GETDIRENTRIES(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETDIRENTRIES(3)
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent
format
#include <dirent.h>
ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *restrict buf, size_t nbytes,
off_t *restrict basep);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
getdirentries():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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 to indicate the error.
See the Linux library source code for details.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│getdirentries() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Not in POSIX.1. Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems.
Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.
lseek(2), open(2)
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