DIRENT.H(3HEAD) Headers DIRENT.H(3HEAD)
NAME
dirent.h, dirent - format of directory entries
SYNOPSIS
#include <
dirent.h>
DESCRIPTION
The internal format of directories is unspecified. The <
dirent.h> header
defines the following type:
DIR A type representing a directory stream.
The header also defines the structure
dirent, which includes the
following members:
ino_t d_ino /* file serial number */
char d_name[] /* name of entry */
The type
ino_t is defined as described in <
sys/types.h>. See
types(3HEAD).
The character array
d_name is of unspecified size, but the number of
bytes preceding the terminating null byte must not exceed {
NAME_MAX}.
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
closedir(3C),
opendir(3C),
readdir(3C),
rewinddir(3C),
seekdir(3C),
telldir(3C),
types.h(3HEAD),
attributes(7),
standards(7) September 10, 2004
DIRENT.H(3HEAD)