NAME

telldir - return current location in directory stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <dirent.h>

off_t telldir(DIR *dir);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

telldir(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

The telldir() function returns the current location associated with the directory stream dir.

RETURN VALUE

On success, the telldir() function returns the current location in the directory stream. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EBADF

Invalid directory stream descriptor dir.

CONFORMING TO

4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3)