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DIRFD
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 2002-01-05
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NAME
dirfd - get directory stream file descriptorSYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>#include <dirent.h>
DESCRIPTION
The function dirfd() returns the file descriptor associated with the directory stream dir.ERRORS
On error -1 is returned.NOTES
The prototype for dirfd is only available if _BSD_SOURCE or _SVID_SOURCE is defined (either explicitly, or implicitly, by not defining _POSIX_SOURCE or compiling with the -ansi flag).CONFORMING TO
This is a BSD extension, present in 4.3BSD-Reno, not in 4.2BSD. Present in libc5 (since 5.1.2) and in glibc2.SEE ALSO
open(2), closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)