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diff --git a/man3/opendir.3 b/man3/opendir.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 5c8fcca..0000000 --- a/man3/opendir.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright (C) 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 18:46:01 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified 11 June 1995 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) -.\" 2007-07-30 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>: document fdopendir(). -.TH opendir 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -opendir, fdopendir \- open a directory -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <sys/types.h> -.B #include <dirent.h> -.P -.BI "DIR *opendir(const char *" name ); -.BI "DIR *fdopendir(int " fd ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR fdopendir (): -.nf - Since glibc 2.10: - _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L - Before glibc 2.10: - _GNU_SOURCE -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR opendir () -function opens a directory stream corresponding to the -directory \fIname\fP, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. -The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory. -.P -The -.BR fdopendir () -function -is like -.BR opendir (), -but returns a directory stream for the directory referred -to by the open file descriptor -.IR fd . -After a successful call to -.BR fdopendir (), -.I fd -is used internally by the implementation, -and should not otherwise be used by the application. -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR opendir () -and -.BR fdopendir () -functions return a pointer to the directory stream. -On error, NULL is returned, and -.I errno -is set to indicate the error. -.SH ERRORS -.TP -.B EACCES -Permission denied. -.TP -.B EBADF -.I fd -is not a valid file descriptor opened for reading. -.TP -.B EMFILE -The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached. -.TP -.B ENFILE -The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached. -.TP -.B ENOENT -Directory does not exist, or \fIname\fP is an empty string. -.TP -.B ENOMEM -Insufficient memory to complete the operation. -.TP -.B ENOTDIR -\fIname\fP is not 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 opendir (), -.BR fdopendir () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH STANDARDS -.TP -.BR opendir () -SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. -.TP -.BR fdopendir () -POSIX.1-2008. -glibc 2.4. -.SH NOTES -Filename entries can be read from a directory stream using -.BR readdir (3). -.P -The underlying file descriptor of the directory stream can be obtained using -.BR dirfd (3). -.P -The -.BR opendir () -function sets the close-on-exec flag for the file descriptor underlying the -.IR "DIR *" . -The -.BR fdopendir () -function leaves the setting of the close-on-exec -flag unchanged for the file descriptor, -.IR fd . -POSIX.1-200x leaves it unspecified whether a successful call to -.BR fdopendir () -will set the close-on-exec flag for the file descriptor, -.IR fd . -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR open (2), -.BR closedir (3), -.BR dirfd (3), -.BR readdir (3), -.BR rewinddir (3), -.BR scandir (3), -.BR seekdir (3), -.BR telldir (3) |