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LFC_OPENDIR(3) LFC Library Functions LFC_OPENDIR(3)

lfc_opendir - open a LFC directory in the name server

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "lfc_api.h"

lfc_DIR *lfc_opendir (const char *path)

lfc_opendir opens a LFC directory in the name server to be used in subsequent lfc_readdir operations. A lfc_DIR structure and a buffer to cache the directory entries are allocated in the client API.

specifies the logical pathname relative to the current LFC directory or the full LFC pathname.

This routine returns a pointer to be used in the subsequent directory function calls if the operation was successful or NULL if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

A component of path prefix does not exist or path is a null pathname.
Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix or read permission is denied on path.
path is a NULL pointer.
A component of path prefix is not a directory.
The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
Host unknown.
Service unknown.
Communication error.
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

Castor_limits(4), lfc_chdir(3), lfc_closedir(3), lfc_readdir(3), lfc_readdirg(3), lfc_rewinddir(3)

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$Date: 2001/10/04 12:12:46 $ LFC