hpux man page for getdirentries

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
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       latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                                                                 2016-03-15                                                    GETDIRENTRIES(3)