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);
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
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). |
BSD.
Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.
lseek(2), open(2)