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| author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
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diff --git a/reference/C/FUNCTIONS/directory.html b/reference/C/FUNCTIONS/directory.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e426f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/C/FUNCTIONS/directory.html @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +<title>Directory functions.</title> +<head> +<script language="JavaScript"> +</script> +</head> +<body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> +<hr> +<center> +<h1>Directory functions</h1> +</center> +<hr> +<p> + +OK. First things first. These functions are NOT part of the ANSI standard +library. They may not be supported on your platform. +<p> + +Here is a quick summary of each function, they are listed in the order in +which you may want to execute them. +</ul> +<li><b>opendir</b> Open a directory stream. +<li><b>readdir</b> read the current entry in the stream. +<li><b>scandir</b> Find an entry in a direcory. +<li><b>seekdir</b> Jump to a directory offset. +<li><b>telldir</b> Return the current location within the directory stream. +<li><b>rewinddir</b> Return to the start of the directory stream. +<li><b>closedir</b> Close a directory. +</ul> + +<hr> + +<table bgcolor=ivory> +<tr> +<td> +<pre> + + Library: dirent.h + + Prototype: DIR *opendir(const char *name); + + struct dirent *readdir(DIR *dir); + + int scandir(const char *dir, struct dirent ***namelist, + int (*select)(const struct dirent *), + int (*compar)(const void *, const void *)); + + void seekdir(DIR *dir, off_t offset); + + off_t telldir(DIR *dir); + + void rewinddir(DIR *dir); + + int closedir(DIR *dir); +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +The dirent structure does not seem to be documented in the man pages, +so here it is. +<p> +<table bgcolor=ivory> +<tr> +<td> +<pre> + + struct dirent + { + long d_ino; + off_t d_off; + unsigned short d_reclen; + char d_name[NAME_MAX+1]; + }; +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/computer.gif> +<a href="../EXAMPLES/dir.c"> example program</a> using opendir, readdir and closedir. +<p> +<hr> +<h2>See Also:</h2> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/whiteball.gif> +<a href=stat.html>stat</a> function. +<p> +<hr> +<h2>man Pages:</h2> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/opendir.htm">opendir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/readdir.htm">readdir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/scandir.htm">scandir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/seekdir.htm">seekdir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/telldir.htm">telldir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/rewinddir.htm">rewinddir</a> +<img src=../../GRAPHICS/man.gif> +<a href="../MAN/closedir.htm">closedir</a> + + +<p> + +<hr> +<p> +<center> +<table border=2 width="80%" bgcolor="ivory"> +<tr align=center> +<td width="25%"> +<a href="../cref.html"> Top</a> +</td><td width="25%"> +<a href="../master_index.html"> Master Index</a> +</td><td width="25%"> +<a href="../SYNTAX/keywords.html"> Keywords</a> +</td><td width="25%"> +<a href="funcref.htm"> Functions</a> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +</center> +<p> +<hr> +<address>Martin Leslie +</address><p> +</body> +</html> + + + + + |