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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).

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │InterfaceAttributeValue   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │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)