seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ seekdir() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Caveats
Up to glibc 2.1.1, the type of the loc argument was off_t. POSIX.1-2001 specifies long, and this is the
type used since glibc 2.1.2. See telldir(3) for information on why you should be careful in making any
assumptions about the value in this argument.
Description
The seekdir() function sets the location in the directory stream from which the next readdir(2) call will
start. The loc argument should be a value returned by a previous call to telldir(3).
History
POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.
Return Value
The seekdir() function returns no value.
See Also
lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), telldir(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 seekdir(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<dirent.h>voidseekdir(DIR*dirp,longloc); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): seekdir(): _XOPEN_SOURCE || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
