NAME

       opendir - open a directory

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>

       #include <dirent.h>

       DIR *opendir(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

       The  opendir()  function opens a directory stream corresponding to the directory name, and
       returns a pointer to the directory stream.  The stream is positioned at the first entry in
       the directory.

RETURN VALUE

       The  opendir()  function  returns  a  pointer  to the directory stream or NULL if an error
       occurred.

ERRORS

       EACCES Permission denied.

       EMFILE Too many file descriptors in use by process.

       ENFILE Too many files are currently open in the system.

       ENOENT Directory does not exist, or name is an empty string.

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to complete the operation.

       ENOTDIR
              name is not a directory.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

       open(2), readdir(3), closedir(3), rewinddir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3), scandir(3)

                                           11 June 1995                                OPENDIR(3)