getdirentries

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



NAME
       getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem independent for-
       mat

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)