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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
.\" In 1.3.X, returns only one entry each time; return value is different.
.\" Modified 2004-12-01, mtk, fixed headers listed in SYNOPSIS
.\"
-.TH readdir 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH readdir 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
readdir \- read directory entry
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Standard C library
.nf
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int syscall(SYS_readdir, unsigned int " fd ,
.BI " struct old_linux_dirent *" dirp ", unsigned int " count );
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.IR Note :
There is no definition of
.BR "struct old_linux_dirent" ;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ for the POSIX conforming C library interface.
This page documents the bare kernel system call interface,
which is superseded by
.BR getdents (2).
-.PP
+.P
.BR readdir ()
reads one
.I old_linux_dirent
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ The argument
is ignored; at most one
.I old_linux_dirent
structure is read.
-.PP
+.P
The
.I old_linux_dirent
structure is declared (privately in Linux kernel file
.BR fs/readdir.c )
as follows:
-.PP
+.P
.in +4n
.EX
struct old_linux_dirent {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct old_linux_dirent {
}
.EE
.in
-.PP
+.P
.I d_ino
is an inode number.
.I d_offset
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ structure yourself.
However, probably you should use
.BR readdir (3)
instead.
-.PP
+.P
This system call does not exist on x86-64.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.