NAME

       lfc_readdir - read LFC directory opened by lfc_opendir in the name server

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <dirent.h>
       #include "lfc_api.h"

       struct dirent *lfc_readdir (lfc_DIR *dirp)

DESCRIPTION

       lfc_readdir  reads  the  LFC  directory opened by lfc_opendir in the name server.  This routine returns a
       pointer to a structure containing the current directory entry.  lfc_readdir caches a variable  number  of
       such entries, depending on the filename size, to minimize the number of requests to the name server.

       dirp   specifies the pointer value returned by lfc_opendir.

NOTE

       Only the fields d_name, d_reclen and on some platforms d_namlen are filled.

RETURN VALUE

       This routine returns a pointer to a structure containing the current directory entry if the operation was
       successful  or  NULL  if the end of the directory was reached or if the operation failed. When the end of
       the  directory  is  encountered,  serrno  is  not  changed.  If  the  operation  failed,  serrno  is  set
       appropriately.

       As  lfc_readdir  returns  a  null  pointer  both at the end of the directory and on error, an application
       wishing to check for error situations should set serrno to 0, then call lfc_readdir,  then  check  serrno
       and if it is non-zero, assume an error has occurred.

ERRORS

       EBADF        File descriptor in DIR structure is invalid.

       EFAULT       dirp is a NULL pointer.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       ENSNACT      Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO

       lfc_closedir(3), lfc_opendirg(3), lfc_rewinddir(3), dirent

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team

LFC                           $Date: 2011-06-15 09:20:59 +0200 (Wed, 15 Jun 2011) $               LFC_READDIR(3)