GETDIRENTRIES

getdirentries ? get directory entries in a filesystem independent format

#define __USE_BSD or #define __USE_MISC
#include <dirent.h>

ssize_t getdirentries(int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes , off_t *basep);

Read directory entries from the directory specified by fd into buf. At most nbytes are read. Reading starts at offset *basep, and *basep is updated with the new position after reading.

getdirentries returns the number of bytes read or zero when at the end of the directory. If an error occurs, ?1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

See the Linux library source code for details.

open(2), lseek(2)