TELLDIR
TELLDIR
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NAME
telldir - return current location in directory stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h >
long telldir(DIR * dirp );
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros
telldir ():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The
telldir ()
function returns the current location associated with
the directory stream dirp .
RETURN VALUE
On success, the
telldir ()
function returns the current location
in the directory stream.
On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EBADF
Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp .
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
In glibc up to version 2.1.1, the return type of
telldir ()
was
off_t .
POSIX.1-2001 specifies
long ,
and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2.
SEE ALSO
closedir opendir readdir rewinddir scandir seekdir
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Index
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
NOTES
SEE ALSO
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