NAME

       getdirentries - get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #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

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 to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       See the Linux library source code for details.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

STANDARDS

       Not in POSIX.1.  Present on the BSDs,  and  a  few  other  systems.   Use  opendir(3)  and
       readdir(3) instead.

SEE ALSO

       lseek(2), open(2)