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28 .\" @(#)getdirentries.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
37 .Nd "get directory entries in a file system independent format"
44 .Fn getdirentries "int fd" "char *buf" "int nbytes" "long *basep"
46 .Fn getdents "int fd" "char *buf" "int nbytes"
52 system calls read directory entries from the directory
53 referenced by the file descriptor
55 into the buffer pointed to by
57 in a file system independent format.
60 of data will be transferred.
63 argument must be greater than or equal to the
64 block size associated with the file,
67 Some file systems may not support these system calls
68 with buffers smaller than this size.
70 The data in the buffer is a series of
72 structures each containing the following entries:
73 .Bd -literal -offset indent
78 char d_name[MAXNAMELEN + 1]; /* see below */
83 entry is a number which is unique for each
84 distinct file in the file system.
85 Files that are linked by hard links (see
91 entry is the length, in bytes, of the directory record.
94 entry is the type of the file pointed to by the directory record.
95 The file type values are defined in
99 entry contains a null terminated file name.
102 entry specifies the length of the file name excluding the null byte.
103 Thus the actual size of
109 Entries may be separated by extra space.
112 entry may be used as an offset from the start of a
114 structure to the next structure, if any.
116 The actual number of bytes transferred is returned.
117 The current position pointer associated with
119 is set to point to the next block of entries.
120 The pointer may not advance by the number of bytes returned by
124 A value of zero is returned when
125 the end of the directory has been reached.
129 system call writes the position of the block read into the location pointed to by
131 Alternatively, the current position pointer may be set and retrieved by
133 The current position pointer should only be set to a value returned by
135 a value returned in the location pointed to by
141 If successful, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned.
142 Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
144 is set to indicate the error.
155 is not a valid file descriptor open for reading.
161 point outside the allocated address space.
163 The file referenced by
165 is not a directory, or
167 is too small for returning a directory entry or block of entries,
168 or the current position pointer is invalid.
172 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
180 system call first appeared in
184 system call first appeared in