TELLDIR
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2009-03-11
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NAME
telldir - return current location in directory stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h>
long telldir(DIR *dirp);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
telldir():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The
telldir()
function returns the current location associated with
the directory stream dirp.
RETURN VALUE
On success, the
telldir()
function returns the current location
in the directory stream.
On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EBADF
-
Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
In glibc up to version 2.1.1, the return type of
telldir()
was
off_t.
POSIX.1-2001 specifies
long,
and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2.
SEE ALSO
closedir(3),
opendir(3),
readdir(3),
rewinddir(3),
scandir(3),
seekdir(3)
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