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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 6.05.01.upstream/6.05.01
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diff --git a/man3/seekdir.3 b/man3/seekdir.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a3fa51 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/seekdir.3 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" Linux libc source code +.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) +.\" 386BSD man pages +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:25:21 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" +.TH seekdir 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +seekdir \- set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory +stream. +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <dirent.h> +.PP +.BI "void seekdir(DIR *" dirp ", long " loc ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR seekdir (): +.nf + _XOPEN_SOURCE + || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE + || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR seekdir () +function sets the location in the directory stream +from which the next +.BR readdir (2) +call will start. +The +.I loc +argument should be a value returned by a previous call to +.BR telldir (3). +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR seekdir () +function returns no value. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR seekdir () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD. +.SH CAVEATS +Up to glibc 2.1.1, the type of the +.I loc +argument was +.IR off_t . +POSIX.1-2001 specifies +.IR long , +and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2. +See +.BR telldir (3) +for information on why you should be careful in making any +assumptions about the value in this argument. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR lseek (2), +.BR closedir (3), +.BR opendir (3), +.BR readdir (3), +.BR rewinddir (3), +.BR scandir (3), +.BR telldir (3) |