GETDIRENTRIES (3)
get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
SYNOPSIS
#define __USE_BSD
or
#define __USE_MISC
#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
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