NAME

     getdents - get directory entries

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>
     #include <linux/dirent.h>
     #include <linux/unistd.h>

     _syscall3(int, getdents, uint, fd, struct dirent

     int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent *dirp, unsigned int count

DESCRIPTION

     getdents reads several dirent structures from the  directory
     pointed  at  by  fd into the memory area pointed to by dirp.
     The parameter count is the size of the memory area.

     The dirent structure is declared as follows:

          struct dirent
          {
              long d_ino;                 /* inode number */
              off_t d_off;                /* offset to next dirent */
              unsigned short d_reclen;    /* length of this dirent */
              char d_name [NAME_MAX+1];   /* file name (null-terminated) */
          }

     d_ino is an inode number.  d_off is the  distance  from  the
     start  of  the  directory  to  the start of the next dirent.
     d_reclen is the size of this entire  dirent.   d_name  is  a
     null-terminated file name.

     This call supersedes readdir(2).

RETURN VALUE

     On success, the number of bytes read is returned.  On end of
     directory,  0  is  returned.   On error, -1 is returned, and
     errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

     EBADF   Invalid file descriptor fd.

     EFAULT  Argument  points  outside  the   calling   process's
             address space.

     EINVAL  Result buffer is too small.

     ENOENT  No such directory.

     ENOTDIR File descriptor does not refer to a directory.

CONFORMING TO

     SVr4, SVID.  SVr4 documents additional  ENOLINK,  EIO  error
     conditions.

SEE ALSO

     readdir(2), readdir(3)