GETDIRENTRIES(3)	   Linux Programmers Manual	     GETDIRENTRIES(3)



NAME
       getdirentries - get directory entries in a file system-independent for
       mat

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       getdirentries(): _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 appropriately.

ERRORS
       See the Linux library source code for details.

CONFORMING TO
       Not  in	POSIX.1-2001.	Present  on the BSDs, and a few other systems.
       Use opendir(3) and readdir(3) instead.

SEE ALSO
       lseek(2), open(2)

COLOPHON
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       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  2007-07-26		      GETDIRENTRIES(3)