getdirentries(3) [suse man page]

GETDIRENTRIES(3)					     Linux Programmer's Manual						  GETDIRENTRIES(3)

NAME

       getdirentries - get directory entries in a file system-independent format

SYNOPSIS

       #include <dirent.h>

       ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);

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

       getdirentries(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

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.

CONFORMING TO

       Not in POSIX.1-2001.  Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems.  Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.

SEE ALSO

       lseek(2), open(2)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU
								    2007-07-26							  GETDIRENTRIES(3)

GETDIRENTRIES(3)                                             Linux Programmer's Manual                                            GETDIRENTRIES(3)

NAME

       getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format

SYNOPSIS

       #include <dirent.h>

       ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *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

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.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +----------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface       | Attribute     | Value   |
       +----------------+---------------+---------+
       |getdirentries() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO

       Not in POSIX.1.  Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems.  Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.

SEE ALSO

       lseek(2), open(2)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
       latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                                                                 2016-03-15                                                    GETDIRENTRIES(3)