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-'\" 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 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.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>
-.P
-.BI "void seekdir(DIR *" dirp ", long " loc );
-.fi
-.P
-.RS -4
-Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
-.RE
-.P
-.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
-.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)