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DIRFD(3) Linux Programmer's Manual DIRFD(3)
dirfd - get directory stream file descriptor
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int dirfd(DIR *dirp);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
dirfd():
/* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
The function dirfd() returns the file descriptor associated with the
directory stream dirp.
This file descriptor is the one used internally by the directory
stream. As a result, it is useful only for functions which do not
depend on or alter the file position, such as fstat(2) and fchdir(2).
It will be automatically closed when closedir(3) is called.
On success, dirfd() returns a file descriptor (a nonnegative
integer). On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the
cause of the error.
POSIX.1-2008 specifies two errors, neither of which is returned by
the current implementation.
EINVAL dirp does not refer to a valid directory stream.
ENOTSUP
The implementation does not support the association of a file
descriptor with a directory.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│dirfd() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008. This function was a BSD extension, present in 4.3BSD-
Reno, not in 4.2BSD.
open(2), openat(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3),
rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)
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Pages that refer to this page: creat(2) , open(2) , openat(2) , fdopendir(3) , opendir(3) , readdir(3)
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