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readdir_r(3) Library Functions Manual readdir_r(3)
readdir_r - read a directory
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <dirent.h>
[[deprecated]] int readdir_r(DIR *restrict dirp,
struct dirent *restrict entry,
struct dirent **restrict result);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
readdir_r():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
This function is deprecated; use readdir(3) instead.
The readdir_r() function was invented as a reentrant version of
readdir(3). It reads the next directory entry from the directory
stream dirp, and returns it in the caller-allocated buffer pointed
to by entry. For details of the dirent structure, see readdir(3).
A pointer to the returned buffer is placed in *result; if the end
of the directory stream was encountered, then NULL is instead
returned in *result.
It is recommended that applications use readdir(3) instead of
readdir_r(). Furthermore, since glibc 2.24, glibc deprecates
readdir_r(). The reasons are as follows:
• On systems where NAME_MAX is undefined, calling readdir_r() may
be unsafe because the interface does not allow the caller to
specify the length of the buffer used for the returned
directory entry.
• On some systems, readdir_r() can't read directory entries with
very long names. When the glibc implementation encounters such
a name, readdir_r() fails with the error ENAMETOOLONG after the
final directory entry has been read. On some other systems,
readdir_r() may return a success status, but the returned
d_name field may not be null terminated or may be truncated.
• In the current POSIX.1 specification (POSIX.1-2008), readdir(3)
is not required to be thread-safe. However, in modern
implementations (including the glibc implementation),
concurrent calls to readdir(3) that specify different directory
streams are thread-safe. Therefore, the use of readdir_r() is
generally unnecessary in multithreaded programs. In cases
where multiple threads must read from the same directory
stream, using readdir(3) with external synchronization is still
preferable to the use of readdir_r(), for the reasons given in
the points above.
• It is expected that a future version of POSIX.1 will make
readdir_r() obsolete, and require that readdir(3) be thread-
safe when concurrently employed on different directory streams.
The readdir_r() function returns 0 on success. On error, it
returns a positive error number (listed under ERRORS). If the end
of the directory stream is reached, readdir_r() returns 0, and
returns NULL in *result.
EBADF Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
ENAMETOOLONG
A directory entry whose name was too long to be read was
encountered.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ readdir_r() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001.
readdir(3)
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