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diff --git a/man/man3/dirfd.3 b/man/man3/dirfd.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fab3c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/dirfd.3 @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C) 2002 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH dirfd 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +dirfd \- get directory stream file descriptor +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/types.h> +.B #include <dirent.h> +.P +.BI "int dirfd(DIR *" dirp ); +.fi +.P +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.P +.BR dirfd (): +.nf + /* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L + || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The function +.BR dirfd () +returns the file descriptor associated with the directory stream +.IR dirp . +.P +This file descriptor is the one used internally by the directory stream. +As a result, it is useful only for functions which do not depend on +or alter the file position, such as +.BR fstat (2) +and +.BR fchdir (2). +It will be automatically closed when +.BR closedir (3) +is called. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR dirfd () +returns a file descriptor (a nonnegative integer). +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +POSIX.1-2008 specifies two errors, +neither of which is returned by the current +.\" glibc 2.8 +implementation. +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I dirp +does not refer to a valid directory stream. +.TP +.B ENOTSUP +The implementation does not support the association of a file +descriptor with a directory. +.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 dirfd () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +4.3BSD-Reno (not in 4.2BSD). +.\" It is present in libc5 (since 5.1.2) and in glibc 2. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR open (2), +.BR openat (2), +.BR closedir (3), +.BR opendir (3), +.BR readdir (3), +.BR rewinddir (3), +.BR scandir (3), +.BR seekdir (3), +.BR telldir (3) |