NAME

     opendir - open a directory

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>

     #include <dirent.h>

     DIR *opendir(const char *name));

DESCRIPTION

     The opendir() function opens a directory stream  correspond-
     ing  to  the  directory  name,  and returns a pointer to the
     directory stream.  The stream is  positioned  at  the  first
     entry in the directory.

RETURN VALUE

     The opendir() function returns a pointer  to  the  directory
     stream or NULL if an error occurred.

ERRORS

     EACCES
          Permission denied.

     EMFILE
          Too many file descriptors in use by process.

     ENFILE
          Too many files are currently open in the system.

     ENOENT
          Directory does not exist, or name is an empty string.

     ENOMEM
          Insufficient memory to complete the operation.

     ENOTDIR
          name is not a directory.

CONFORMING TO

     SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

     open(2), readdir(3),  closedir(3),  seekdir(3),  telldir(3),
     scandir(3)