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--- Libc/Libc-997.90.3/gen/directory.3
+++ Libc/Libc-583/gen/directory.3
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
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+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@
.Ft void
.Fn rewinddir "DIR *dirp"
.Ft void
-.Fn seekdir "DIR *dirp" "long loc"
+.Fn seekdir "DIR *dirp" "long loc"
.Ft long
.Fn telldir "DIR *dirp"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -73,11 +77,9 @@
with it,
and returns a pointer to be used to identify the
.Em directory stream
-in subsequent operations.
-In the event of an error, NULL
-is returned and
-.Va errno
-will be set to reflect if
+in subsequent operations. The pointer
+.Dv NULL
+is returned if
.Fa dirname
cannot be accessed or if it cannot
.Xr malloc 3
@@ -86,25 +88,18 @@
The
.Fn readdir
function
-returns a pointer to the next directory entry.
-It returns
+returns a pointer to the next directory entry. It returns
.Dv NULL
-upon reaching the end of the directory or on error.
-In the event of an error,
-.Va errno
-will be set to any of the values documented for the
-.Xr getdirentries 2
-system call.
-.Pp
-The
+upon reaching the end of the directory or detecting an invalid
+.Fn seekdir
+operation.
+.Pp
.Fn readdir_r
-function
provides the same functionality as
.Fn readdir ,
but the caller must provide a directory
.Fa entry
-buffer to store the results in.
-If the read succeeds,
+buffer to store the results in. If the read succeeds,
.Fa result
is pointed at the
.Fa entry ;
@@ -112,9 +107,7 @@
.Fa result
is set to
.Dv NULL .
-The
.Fn readdir_r
-function
returns 0 on success or an error number to indicate failure.
.Pp
The
@@ -128,8 +121,7 @@
.Dv DIR
pointer (e.g.,
.Fa dirp )
-from which they are derived.
-If the directory is closed and then
+from which they are derived. If the directory is closed and then
reopened, prior values returned by
.Fn telldir
will no longer be valid.
@@ -171,27 +163,21 @@
.Fn dirfd
function
returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
-.Em directory stream
-on success, see
+.Em directory stream ,
+see
.Xr open 2 .
-On failure, \-1 is returned and the global variable
-.Va errno
-is set to indicate the error.
.Pp
Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
+len = strlen(name);
dirp = opendir(".");
-if (dirp == NULL)
- return (ERROR);
-len = strlen(name);
-while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) {
- if (dp->d_namlen == len && strcmp(dp->d_name, name) == 0) {
+while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
+ if (dp->d_namlen == len && !strcmp(dp->d_name, name)) {
(void)closedir(dirp);
- return (FOUND);
+ return FOUND;
}
-}
(void)closedir(dirp);
-return (NOT_FOUND);
+return NOT_FOUND;
.Ed
.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>