| 1 | .TH direntry 3 |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | direntry \- read directory entries |
| 4 | .SH SYNTAX |
| 5 | .B #include <direntry.h> |
| 6 | |
| 7 | DIR *\fBopendir\fP(\fIfn\fR); |
| 8 | |
| 9 | struct direntry *\fBreaddir\fP(\fIdir\fP); |
| 10 | |
| 11 | void \fBclosedir\fP(\fIdir\fP); |
| 12 | |
| 13 | DIR *\fIdir\fR; |
| 14 | .br |
| 15 | char *\fIfn\fR; |
| 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 17 | The point of |
| 18 | .B direntry.h |
| 19 | is to provide a uniform interface to BSD's |
| 20 | .B sys/dir.h |
| 21 | and POSIX's |
| 22 | .BR dirent.h . |
| 23 | |
| 24 | The |
| 25 | .B readdir |
| 26 | interface is highly unsatisfactory. |
| 27 | It does not distinguish between I/O errors and end-of-directory. |
| 28 | It uses |
| 29 | .BR malloc . |
| 30 | The return type for |
| 31 | .B closedir |
| 32 | varies: some implementations return the |
| 33 | .B close |
| 34 | return value. |
| 35 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 36 | readdir(3) |