NAME

       seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <dirent.h>

       void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long loc);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       seekdir():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE
               || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  seekdir()  function  sets  the  location  in the directory stream from which the next
       readdir(2) call will start.  The loc argument should be a value  returned  by  a  previous
       call to telldir(3).

RETURN VALUE

       The seekdir() function returns no value.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │seekdir()                                                      │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.

CAVEATS

       Up  to  glibc 2.1.1, the type of the loc argument was off_t.  POSIX.1-2001 specifies long,
       and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2.  See telldir(3) for information  on  why  you
       should be careful in making any assumptions about the value in this argument.

SEE ALSO

       lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), telldir(3)