SEEKDIR(3)                                          Linux Programmer's Manual                                         SEEKDIR(3)



NAME
       seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <dirent.h>

       void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long offset);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       seekdir(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       The  seekdir()  function  sets  the  location  in  the  directory  stream from which the next readdir(2) call will start.
       seekdir() should be used with an offset returned by telldir(3).

RETURN VALUE
       The seekdir() function returns no value.

CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES
       In glibc up to version 2.1.1, the type of the offset argument was off_t.  POSIX.1-2001 specifies long, and  this  is  the
       type used since glibc 2.1.2.

SEE ALSO
       lseek(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), telldir(3)

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



                                                           2009-03-11                                                 SEEKDIR(3)