seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.
Standard C library (
libc,
-lc)
#include <dirent.h>
void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long loc);
seekdir():
_XOPEN_SOURCE
|| /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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).
The
seekdir() function returns no value.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
Interface |
Attribute |
Value |
seekdir () |
Thread safety |
MT-Safe |
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
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.
lseek(2),
closedir(3),
opendir(3),
readdir(3),
rewinddir(3),
scandir(3),
telldir(3)