NAME

       telldir - current location of a named directory stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <dirent.h>

       long telldir(DIR *dirp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  telldir()  function shall obtain the current location associated with the directory stream specified
       by dirp.

       If the most recent operation on the directory stream was a seekdir(),  the  directory  position  returned
       from the telldir() shall be the same as that supplied as a loc argument for seekdir().

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful  completion,  telldir()  shall  return  the  current location of the specified directory
       stream.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       opendir() , readdir() , seekdir() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <dirent.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
       Inc  and  The  Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                                   2003                                            TELLDIR(P)