.TH direntry 3

.SH NAME

direntry \- read directory entries

.SH SYNTAX

.B #include <direntry.h>

DIR *\fBopendir\fP(\fIfn\fR);

struct direntry *\fBreaddir\fP(\fIdir\fP);

void \fBclosedir\fP(\fIdir\fP);

DIR *\fIdir\fR;

.br

char *\fIfn\fR;

.SH DESCRIPTION

The point of

.B direntry.h

is to provide a uniform interface to BSD's

.B sys/dir.h

and POSIX's

.BR dirent.h .

The

.B readdir

interface is highly unsatisfactory.

It does not distinguish between I/O errors and end-of-directory.

It uses

.BR malloc .

The return type for

.B closedir

varies: some implementations return the

.B close

return value.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

readdir(3)