Name
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent formatLibrary
Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )Synopsis
#include <dirent.h> ssize_t getdirentries(int " fd ", char " buf "[restrict ." nbytes ], \
size_t " nbytes , off_t *restrict 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 intobuf
. 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 to indicate the error.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 |
T} | Thread safety | MT-Safe |