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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 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

DESCRIPTION

     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).

RETURN VALUE

     The seekdir() function returns no value.

ATTRIBUTES

     For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
     attributes(7).
     +----------+---------------+---------+
     |Interface | Attribute     | Value   |
     +----------+---------------+---------+
     |seekdir() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
     +----------+---------------+---------+

CONFORMING TO

     POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.

NOTES

     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.

SEE ALSO

     lseek(2),  closedir(3),  opendir(3),  readdir(3),  rewinddir(3),  scan-
     dir(3), telldir(3)

COLOPHON

     This  page  is  part of release 4.16 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
     description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
     latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
                                2016-03-15                        SEEKDIR(3)
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