telldir(3p)

NAME

telldir - current location of a named directory stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <dirent.h>
long telldir(DIR *dirp);

DESCRIPTION

The telldir() function shall obtain the current location associated with the directory stream specified by dirp.

If the most recent operation on the directory stream was a seekdir(), the directory position returned from the telldir() shall be the same as that supplied as a loc argument for seekdir().

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, telldir() shall return the current location of the specified directory stream.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

opendir() , readdir() , seekdir() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <dirent.h>

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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