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seekdir(3)              Library Functions Manual              seekdir(3)

NAME         top

       seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the
       directory stream.

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <dirent.h>

       void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long loc);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
   feature_test_macros(7)):

       seekdir():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE
               || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       The seekdir() function sets the location in the directory stream
       from which the next readdir(2) call will start.  The loc argument
       should be a value returned by a previous call to telldir(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       The seekdir() function returns no value.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ seekdir()                           │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.

CAVEATS         top

       Up to glibc 2.1.1, the type of the loc argument was off_t.
       POSIX.1-2001 specifies long, and this is the type used since
       glibc 2.1.2.  See telldir(3) for information on why you should be
       careful in making any assumptions about the value in this
       argument.

SEE ALSO         top

       lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3),
       scandir(3), telldir(3)

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Pages that refer to this page: closedir(3),  dirfd(3),  opendir(3),  readdir(3),  rewinddir(3),  scandir(3),  telldir(3)

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