readdir (2)
NAME
readdir - read directory entrySYNOPSIS
int readdir(unsigned int fd, struct old_linux_dirent *dirp, unsigned int count);
Note: There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
DESCRIPTION
This is not the function you are interested in. Look at readdir(3) for the POSIX conforming C library interface. This page documents the bare kernel system call interface, which is superseded by getdents(2).readdir() reads one old_linux_dirent structure from the directory referred to by the file descriptor fd into the buffer pointed to by dirp. The argument count is ignored; at most one old_linux_dirent structure is read.
The old_linux_dirent structure is declared as follows:
struct old_linux_dirent { long d_ino; /* inode number */ off_t d_off; /* offset to this old_linux_dirent */ unsigned short d_reclen; /* length of this d_name */ char d_name[NAME_MAX+1]; /* filename (null-terminated) */ }
d_ino is an inode number. d_off is the distance from the start of the directory to this old_linux_dirent. d_reclen is the size of d_name, not counting the terminating null byte ('\0'). d_name is a null-terminated filename.
RETURN VALUE
On success, 1 is returned. On end of directory, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.ERRORS
- EBADF
- Invalid file descriptor fd.
- EFAULT
- Argument points outside the calling process's address space.
- EINVAL
- Result buffer is too small.
- ENOENT
- No such directory.
- ENOTDIR
- File descriptor does not refer to a directory.
CONFORMING TO
This system call is Linux-specific.NOTES
Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using syscall(2). You will need to define the old_linux_dirent structure yourself. However, probably you should use readdir(3) instead.This system call does not exist on x86-64.
SEE ALSO
getdents(2), readdir(3)COLOPHON
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