Manpages - seekdir.3

seekdir - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory stream.

  #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 <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

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).

The *seekdir*() function returns no value.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see *attributes*(7).

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

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.

*lseek*(2), *closedir*(3), *opendir*(3), *readdir*(3), *rewinddir*(3), *scandir*(3), *telldir*(3)

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