linux man page for getdirentries

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 3.27 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/.

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								    2007-07-26							  GETDIRENTRIES(3)