TELLDIR(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TELLDIR(3)

telldir - return current location in directory stream

#include <dirent.h>

off_t telldir(DIR *dirp);


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

telldir(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

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

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

Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.

4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

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

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2007-07-26

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