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SEEKDIR(3) Linux Programmer's Manual SEEKDIR(3)
seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the direc‐
tory stream.
#include <dirent.h>
void seekdir(DIR *dirp, long loc);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
seekdir():
_XOPEN_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 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.
In glibc up to version 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)
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2016-03-15 SEEKDIR(3)
Pages that refer to this page: closedir(3), dirfd(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), telldir(3)