redhat man page for getdirentries

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

NAME
       getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format

SYNOPSIS
       #define _BSD_SOURCE or #define _SVID_SOURCE
       #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
       open(2), lseek(2)

BSD
/MISC							    1993-07-22							  GETDIRENTRIES(3)