| GETDIRENTRIES(3) | Library Functions Manual | GETDIRENTRIES(3) | 
getdirentries —
#include <dirent.h>
int
  
  getdirentries(int
    fd, char *buf,
    int nbytes,
    long *basep);
getdirentries() reads directory entries
    from the directory referenced by the file descriptor
    fd into the buffer pointed to by
    buf, in a filesystem independent format. Up to
    nbytes of data will be transferred.
    nbytes must be greater than or equal to the block size
    associated with the file, see
    stat(2). Some filesystems may
    not support getdirentries() with buffers smaller
    than this size.
The data in the buffer is a series of dirent structures each containing the following entries:
unsigned long d_fileno; unsigned short d_reclen; unsigned short d_namlen; char d_name[MAXNAMELEN + 1]; /* see below */
The d_fileno entry is a number which is unique for each distinct file in the filesystem. Files that are linked by hard links (see link(2)) have the same d_fileno. If d_fileno is zero, the entry refers to a deleted file.
The d_reclen entry is the length, in bytes, of the directory record.
The d_namlen entry specifies the length of
    the file name excluding the null byte. Thus the actual size of
    d_name may vary from 1 to
    MAXNAMELEN + 1.
The d_name entry contains a null terminated file name.
Entries may be separated by extra space. The d_reclen entry may be used as an offset from the start of a dirent structure to the next structure, if any.
The actual number of bytes transferred is returned. The current
    position pointer associated with fd is set to point to
    the next block of entries. The pointer may not advance by the number of
    bytes returned by getdirentries(). A value of zero
    is returned when the end of the directory has been reached.
getdirentries() writes the position of the
    block read into the location pointed to by basep.
    Alternatively, the current position pointer may be set and retrieved by
    lseek(2). The current position
    pointer should only be set to a value returned by
    lseek(2), a value returned in
    the location pointed to by basep, or zero.
getdirentries() will fail if:
getdirentries() function first appeared in
  4.4BSD.
| June 9, 1993 | NetBSD 10.0 |