NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

SEEKDIR(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                    SEEKDIR(3)

NAME         top

       seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <dirent.h>

       void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long offset);

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

       seekdir(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       The seekdir() function sets the location in the directory stream from which
       the next readdir(2) call will start.  seekdir() should be used with an offset
       returned by telldir(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       The seekdir() function returns no value.

CONFORMING TO         top

       4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES         top

       In glibc up to version 2.1.1, the type of the offset argument was off_t.
       POSIX.1-2001 specifies long, and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2.

SEE ALSO         top

       lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3),
       telldir(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                      2009-03-11                           SEEKDIR(3)