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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)directory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt DIRECTORY 3
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm opendir ,
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.Nm readdir ,
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.Nm telldir ,
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.Nm seekdir ,
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.Nm rewinddir ,
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.Nm closedir ,
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.Nm dirfd
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.Nd directory operations
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <dirent.h>
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.Ft DIR *
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.Fn opendir "const char *filename"
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.Ft struct dirent *
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.Fn readdir "DIR *dirp"
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.Ft long
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.Fn telldir "const DIR *dirp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn seekdir "DIR *dirp" "long loc"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rewinddir "DIR *dirp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn closedir "DIR *dirp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn dirfd "DIR *dirp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn opendir
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function
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opens the directory named by
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.Fa filename ,
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associates a
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.Em directory stream
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with it
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and
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returns a pointer to be used to identify the
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.Em directory stream
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in subsequent operations. The pointer
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.Dv NULL
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is returned if
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.Fa filename
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cannot be accessed, or if it cannot
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.Xr malloc 3
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enough memory to hold the whole thing.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn readdir
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function
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returns a pointer to the next directory entry. It returns
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.Dv NULL
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upon reaching the end of the directory or detecting an invalid
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.Fn seekdir
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operation.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn telldir
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function
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returns the current location associated with the named
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.Em directory stream .
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Values returned by
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.Fn telldir
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are good only for the lifetime of the
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.Dv DIR
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pointer,
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.Fa dirp ,
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from which they are derived. If the directory is closed and then
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reopened, prior values returned by
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.Fn telldir
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will no longer be valid.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn seekdir
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function
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sets the position of the next
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.Fn readdir
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operation on the
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.Em directory stream .
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The new position reverts to the one associated with the
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.Em directory stream
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when the
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.Fn telldir
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operation was performed.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn rewinddir
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function
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resets the position of the named
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.Em directory stream
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to the beginning of the directory.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn closedir
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function
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closes the named
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.Em directory stream
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and frees the structure associated with the
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.Fa dirp
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pointer,
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returning 0 on success.
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On failure, \-1 is returned and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn dirfd
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function
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returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
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.Em directory stream ,
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see
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.Xr open 2 .
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.Pp
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Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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len = strlen(name);
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dirp = opendir(".");
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while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
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if (dp->d_namlen == len && !strcmp(dp->d_name, name)) {
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(void)closedir(dirp);
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return FOUND;
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}
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(void)closedir(dirp);
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return NOT_FOUND;
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr close 2 ,
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.Xr lseek 2 ,
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr dir 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn opendir ,
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.Fn readdir ,
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.Fn telldir ,
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.Fn seekdir ,
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.Fn rewinddir ,
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.Fn closedir ,
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and
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.Fn dirfd
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functions appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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