SEEKDIR(3)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                SEEKDIR(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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NNAAMMEE
       seekdir -- set the position of a directory stream

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <dirent.h>

       void seekdir(DIR *_d_i_r_p, long _l_o_c);

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The _s_e_e_k_d_i_r() function shall set the position of the next _r_e_a_d_d_i_r()
       operation on the directory stream specified by _d_i_r_p to the position
       specified by _l_o_c.  The value of _l_o_c should have been returned from an
       earlier call to _t_e_l_l_d_i_r() using the same directory stream. The new
       position reverts to the one associated with the directory stream when
       _t_e_l_l_d_i_r() was performed.

       If the value of _l_o_c was not obtained from an earlier call to _t_e_l_l_d_i_r(),
       or if a call to _r_e_w_i_n_d_d_i_r() occurred between the call to _t_e_l_l_d_i_r() and
       the call to _s_e_e_k_d_i_r(), the results of subsequent calls to _r_e_a_d_d_i_r() are
       unspecified.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       The _s_e_e_k_d_i_r() function shall not return a value.

EERRRROORRSS
       No errors are defined.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       None.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       None.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       The original standard developers perceived that there were restrictions
       on the use of the _s_e_e_k_d_i_r() and _t_e_l_l_d_i_r() functions related to
       implementation details, and for that reason these functions need not be
       supported on all POSIX-conforming systems. They are required on
       implementations supporting the XSI option.

       One of the perceived problems of implementation is that returning to a
       given point in a directory is quite difficult to describe formally, in
       spite of its intuitive appeal, when systems that use B-trees, hashing
       functions, or other similar mechanisms to order their directories are
       considered. The definition of _s_e_e_k_d_i_r() and _t_e_l_l_d_i_r() does not specify
       whether, when using these interfaces, a given directory entry will be
       seen at all, or more than once.

       On systems not supporting these functions, their capability can
       sometimes be accomplished by saving a filename found by _r_e_a_d_d_i_r() and
       later using _r_e_w_i_n_d_d_i_r() and a loop on _r_e_a_d_d_i_r() to relocate the
       position from which the filename was saved.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _f_d_o_p_e_n_d_i_r(), _r_e_a_d_d_i_r(), _t_e_l_l_d_i_r()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <<ddiirreenntt..hh>>, <<ssyyss__ttyyppeess..hh>>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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