readdir
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NAME
readdir - read a directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
struct dirent *readdir(DIR *dir);
DESCRIPTION
The readdir() function returns a pointer to a dirent
structure representing the next directory entry in the
directory stream pointed to be dir. It returns NULL on
reaching the end-of-file or if an error occurred.
The data returned by readdir() is overwritten by subse-
quent calls to readdir() for the same directory stream.
RETURN VALUE
The readdir() function returns a pointer to a dirent
structure, or NULL if an error occurs or end-of-file is
reached.
ERRORS
EBADF Invalid directory stream descriptor dir.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
read(2), opendir(3), closedir(3), rewinddir(3),
seekdir(3), telldir(3), scandir(3)
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