DIRFD(3) Linux Programmer's Manual DIRFD(3)NAME
dirfd - get directory stream file descriptor
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int dirfd(DIR *dir);
DESCRIPTION
The function dirfd() returns the file descriptor associated with the
directory stream dir.
This descriptor is the one used internally by the directory stream. As
a result, it is only useful for functions which do not depend on or
alter the file position, such as fstat(2) and fchdir(2). It will be
automatically closed when closedir(3) is called.
ERRORS
On error -1 is returned.
NOTES
The prototype for dirfd() is only available if _BSD_SOURCE or
_SVID_SOURCE is defined.
CONFORMING TO
This is a BSD extension, present in 4.3BSD-Reno, not in 4.2BSD. It is
present in libc5 (since 5.1.2) and in glibc2. This function is under
consideration for inclusion in a future version of POSIX.1.
SEE ALSOopen(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3),
seekdir(3), telldir(3)Linux 2.5 2002-01-05 DIRFD(3)