diff options
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/ftw.3 | 37 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 19 deletions
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" 2006-05-24, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" Added an example program. .\" -.TH ftw 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH ftw 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME ftw, nftw \- file tree walk .SH LIBRARY @@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <ftw.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int nftw(const char *" dirpath , .BI " int (*" fn ")(const char *" fpath ", const struct stat *" sb , .BI " int " typeflag ", struct FTW *" ftwbuf ), .BI " int " nopenfd ", int " flags ); -.PP +.P .B [[deprecated]] .BI "int ftw(const char *" dirpath , .BI " int (*" fn ")(const char *" fpath ", const struct stat *" sb , .BI " int " typeflag ), .BI " int " nopenfd ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR nftw (): .nf _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ located under the directory \fIdirpath\fP, and calls \fIfn\fP() once for each entry in the tree. By default, directories are handled before the files and subdirectories they contain (preorder traversal). -.PP +.P To avoid using up all of the calling process's file descriptors, \fInopenfd\fP specifies the maximum number of directories that .BR nftw () @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ directories have to be closed and reopened. .BR nftw () uses at most one file descriptor for each level in the directory tree. -.PP +.P For each entry found in the tree, .BR nftw () calls @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ structure returned by a call to .BR stat (2) for .IR fpath . -.PP +.P The .I typeflag argument passed to @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ contains information returned by performing .BR lstat (2) on the "dangling" symbolic link. (But see BUGS.) -.PP +.P The fourth argument .RI ( ftwbuf ) that @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ that supplies when calling \fIfn\fP() is a pointer to a structure of type \fIFTW\fP: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX struct FTW { @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct FTW { }; .EE .in -.PP +.P .I base is the offset of the filename (i.e., basename component) in the pathname given in @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ is the depth of in the directory tree, relative to the root of the tree .RI ( dirpath , which has depth 0). -.PP +.P To stop the tree walk, \fIfn\fP() returns a nonzero value; this value will become the return value of .BR nftw (). @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ in which case it will return zero, or until it encounters an error (such as a .BR malloc (3) failure), in which case it will return \-1. -.PP +.P Because .BR nftw () uses dynamic data structures, the only safe way to @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ have the handler set a global flag that is checked by \fIfn\fP(). \fIDon't\fP use .BR longjmp (3) unless the program is going to terminate. -.PP +.P The \fIflags\fP argument of .BR nftw () is formed by ORing zero or more of the @@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ Causes .BR nftw () to return immediately with the return value \fBFTW_STOP\fP. -.PP +.P Other return values could be associated with new actions in the future; \fIfn\fP() should not return values other than those listed above. -.PP +.P The feature test macro .B _GNU_SOURCE must be defined @@ -335,14 +335,14 @@ and (possibly) .BR FTW_SL . .SH RETURN VALUE These functions return 0 on success, and \-1 if an error occurs. -.PP +.P If \fIfn\fP() returns nonzero, then the tree walk is terminated and the value returned by \fIfn\fP() is returned as the result of .BR ftw () or .BR nftw (). -.PP +.P If .BR nftw () is called with the \fBFTW_ACTIONRETVAL\fP flag, @@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ T{ .BR ftw () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH VERSIONS In some implementations (e.g., glibc), .BR ftw () |