1GETDIRENTRIES(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual          GETDIRENTRIES(3)
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NAME

6       getdirentries - get directory entries in a file system-independent for‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <dirent.h>
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12       ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);
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14   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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16       getdirentries(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

19       Read directory entries from the directory specified by fd into buf.  At
20       most  nbytes  are read.  Reading starts at offset *basep, and *basep is
21       updated with the new position after reading.
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RETURN VALUE

24       getdirentries() returns the number of bytes read or zero  when  at  the
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ERRORS

29       See the Linux library source code for details.
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CONFORMING TO

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

36       lseek(2), open(2)
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COLOPHON

39       This  page  is  part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
40       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
41       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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45GNU                               2007-07-26                  GETDIRENTRIES(3)
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