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ftw(3)									ftw(3)

Name
       ftw - walk a file tree

Syntax
       #include <ftw.h>

       int ftw (path, fn, depth)
       char *path;
       int (*fn) ( );
       int depth;

Description
       The  subroutine	recursively descends the directory hierarchy rooted in
       path.  For each object in the hierarchy, calls fn, passing it a pointer
       to  a  null-terminated  character  string  containing  the  name of the
       object, a pointer to a stat structure containing information about  the
       object,	and  an integer.  For further information, see Possible values
       of the integer, defined in the <ftw.h> header file,  are	 FTW_F	for  a
       file,  FTW_D  for  a  directory, FTW_DNR for a directory that cannot be
       read, and FTW_NS for an object for which stat could not successfully be
       executed.   If  the  integer  is FTW_DNR, descendants of that directory
       will not be processed.  If the integer is FTW_NS, the the  contents  of
       the  stat  structure  will  be undefined.  An example of an object that
       would cause FTW_NS to be passed to fn would be a file  in  a  directory
       with read but without execute (search) permission.

       The  subroutine	visits	a directory before visiting any of its descen‐
       dants.

       The tree traversal continues until the tree is exhausted, an invocation
       of  fn  returns a nonzero value, or some error is detected within (such
       as an I/O error).  If the tree  is  exhausted,  returns	zero.	If  fn
       returns	a nonzero value, stops its tree traversal and returns whatever
       value was returned by fn.  If detects an error, it returns -1, and sets
       the error type in errno.

       The  subroutine	uses  one  file descriptor for each level in the tree.
       The depth argument limits the number of file descriptors so  used.   If
       depth is zero or negative, the effect is the same as if it were 1.  The
       depth must not be greater than the number of file descriptors currently
       available for use.  The subroutine will run more quickly if depth is at
       least as large as the number of levels in the tree.

Restrictions
       Because is recursive, it is possible for it to terminate with a	memory
       fault when applied to very deep file structures.
       It  could be made to run faster and use less storage on deep structures
       at the cost of considerable complexity.
       The subroutine uses to allocate dynamic storage during  its  operation.
       If  is  forcibly terminated, such as by longjmp being executed by fn or
       an interrupt routine, will not have a chance to free that  storage,  so
       it  will remain permanently allocated.  A safe way to handle interrupts
       is to store the fact that an interrupt has  occurred,  and  arrange  to
       have fn return a nonzero value at its next invocation.

Diagnostics
       [EACCES]	      Search  permission  is  denied on a component of path or
		      read permission is denied for path.

       [ENAMETOOLONG] The length of the path string exceeds {PATH_MAX},	 or  a
		      pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX}.

       [ENOENT]	      The  path	 argument  points  to the name of a file which
		      does not exist, or to an empty string and	 the  environ‐
		      ment defined is POSIX or SYSTEM_FIVE.

       [ENOTDIR]      A component of path is not a directory.

       [ENOMEM]	      Not  enough  memory  was	available to complete the file
		      tree walk.

See Also
       stat(2), malloc(3)

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