getdirentries(3) | Library Functions Manual | getdirentries(3) |
getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <dirent.h>
ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char buf[restrict .nbytes], size_t nbytes, off_t *restrict basep);
getdirentries():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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.
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.
See the Linux library source code for details.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
getdirentries () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Not in POSIX.1. Present on the BSDs, and a few other systems. Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.
2023-02-05 | Linux man-pages 6.03 |