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.TH FDOPENDIR "3P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
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.SH PROLOG
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
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The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
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the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
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or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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.SH NAME
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fdopendir, opendir
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\(em open directory associated with file descriptor
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.LP
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#include <dirent.h>
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.P
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DIR *fdopendir(int \fIfd\fP);
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DIR *opendir(const char *\fIdirname\fP);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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\fIfdopendir\fR()
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function shall be equivalent to the
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function except that the directory is specified by a file descriptor
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rather than by a name. The file offset associated with the file
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descriptor at the time of the call determines which entries are
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returned.
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.P
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Upon successful return from
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\fIfdopendir\fR(),
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the file descriptor is under the control of the system, and if any
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attempt is made to close the file descriptor, or to modify the state of
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the associated description, other than by means of
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\fIclosedir\fR(),
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\fIreaddir\fR(),
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\fIreaddir_r\fR(),
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\fIrewinddir\fR(),
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or
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\fIseekdir\fR(),
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the behavior is undefined. Upon calling
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\fIclosedir\fR()
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the file descriptor shall be closed.
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.P
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It is unspecified whether the FD_CLOEXEC flag will be set on the file
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descriptor by a successful call to
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\fIfdopendir\fR().
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.P
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The
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function shall open a directory stream corresponding to the directory
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named by the
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.IR dirname
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argument. The directory stream is positioned at the first entry. If
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the type
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.BR DIR
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is implemented using a file descriptor, applications shall only be
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able to open up to a total of
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{OPEN_MAX}
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files and directories.
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.P
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If the type
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.BR DIR
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is implemented using a file descriptor, the descriptor shall be
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obtained as if the O_DIRECTORY flag was passed to
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\fIopen\fR().
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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Upon successful completion, these functions shall return
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a pointer to an object of type
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.BR DIR .
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Otherwise, these functions shall return a null pointer and set
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.IR errno
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to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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The
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\fIfdopendir\fR()
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function shall fail if:
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.TP
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.BR EBADF
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The
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.IR fd
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argument is not a valid file descriptor open for reading.
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.TP
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.BR ENOTDIR
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The descriptor
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.IR fd
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is not associated with a directory.
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.P
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The
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function shall fail if:
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.TP
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.BR EACCES
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Search permission is denied for the component of the path prefix of
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.IR dirname
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or read permission is denied for
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.IR dirname .
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.TP
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.BR ELOOP
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A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the
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.IR dirname
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argument.
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.TP
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.BR ENAMETOOLONG
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.br
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The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
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{NAME_MAX}.
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.TP
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.BR ENOENT
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A component of
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.IR dirname
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does not name an existing directory or
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.IR dirname
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is an empty string.
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.TP
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.BR ENOTDIR
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A component of
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.IR dirname
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names an existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic link
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to a directory.
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.br
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.P
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The
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function may fail if:
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.TP
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.BR ELOOP
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More than
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{SYMLOOP_MAX}
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symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the
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.IR dirname
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argument.
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.TP
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.BR EMFILE
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All file descriptors available to the process are currently open.
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.TP
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.BR ENAMETOOLONG
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.br
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The length of a pathname exceeds
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{PATH_MAX},
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or pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate
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result with a length that exceeds
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{PATH_MAX}.
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.TP
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.BR ENFILE
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Too many files are currently open in the system.
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.LP
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.IR "The following sections are informative."
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.SS "Open a Directory Stream"
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.P
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The following program fragment demonstrates how the
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function is used.
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.nf
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\fB
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#include <dirent.h>
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\&...
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DIR *dir;
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struct dirent *dp;
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\&...
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if ((dir = opendir (".")) == NULL) {
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perror ("Cannot open .");
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exit (1);
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}
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.P
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while ((dp = readdir (dir)) != NULL) {
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\&...
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.fi \fR
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.P
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.RE
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.SS "Find And Open a File"
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.P
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The following program searches through a given directory looking
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for files whose name does not begin with a dot and whose size is
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larger than 1 MiB.
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.nf
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\fB
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <dirent.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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#include <stdint.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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.P
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int
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main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
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struct stat statbuf;
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DIR *d;
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struct dirent *dp;
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int dfd, ffd;
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.P
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if ((d = fdopendir((dfd = open("./tmp", O_RDONLY)))) == NULL) {
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fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open ./tmp directory\en");
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exit(1);
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}
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while ((dp = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
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if (dp->d_name[0] == '.')
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continue;
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/* there is a possible race condition here as the file
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* could be renamed between the readdir and the open */
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if ((ffd = openat(dfd, dp->d_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
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perror(dp->d_name);
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continue;
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}
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if (fstat(ffd, &statbuf) == 0 && statbuf.st_size > (1024*1024)) {
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/* found it ... */
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printf("%s: %jdK\en", dp->d_name,
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(intmax_t)(statbuf.st_size / 1024));
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}
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close(ffd);
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}
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closedir(d); // note this implicitly closes dfd
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return 0;
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}
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.fi \fR
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.P
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.RE
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.SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
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The
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\fIopendir\fR()
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function should be used in conjunction with
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\fIreaddir\fR(),
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\fIclosedir\fR(),
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and
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\fIrewinddir\fR()
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to examine the contents of the directory (see the EXAMPLES section in
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.IR "\fIreaddir\fR\^(\|)").
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This method is recommended for portability.
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.SH RATIONALE
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The purpose of the
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\fIfdopendir\fR()
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function is to enable opening files in directories other than the
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current working directory without exposure to race conditions. Any part
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of the path of a file could be changed in parallel to a call to
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\fIopendir\fR(),
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resulting in unspecified behavior.
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.P
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Based on historical implementations, the rules about file descriptors
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apply to directory streams as well. However, this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008 does not
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mandate that the directory stream be implemented using file
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descriptors. The description of
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\fIclosedir\fR()
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clarifies that if a file descriptor is used for the directory stream,
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it is mandatory that
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\fIclosedir\fR()
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deallocate the file descriptor. When a file descriptor is used to
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implement the directory stream, it behaves as if the FD_CLOEXEC
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had been set for the file descriptor.
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.P
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The directory entries for dot
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and dot-dot
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are optional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008 does not provide a way to test
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.IR "a priori"
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for their existence because an application that is portable must be
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written to look for (and usually ignore) those entries. Writing code
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that presumes that they are the first two entries does not always work,
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as many implementations permit them to be other than the first two
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entries, with a ``normal'' entry preceding them. There is negligible
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value in providing a way to determine what the implementation does
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because the code to deal with dot and dot-dot must be written in any
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case and because such a flag would add to the list of those flags
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(which has proven in itself to be objectionable) and might be abused.
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.P
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Since the structure and buffer allocation, if any, for directory
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operations are defined by the implementation, this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008 imposes no
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portability requirements for erroneous program constructs, erroneous
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data, or the use of unspecified values such as the use or referencing
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of a
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.IR dirp
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value or a
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.BR dirent
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structure value after a directory stream has been closed or after a
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\fIfork\fR()
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or one of the
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.IR exec
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function calls.
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.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
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None.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR "\fIclosedir\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIdirfd\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIfstatat\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIopen\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIreaddir\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIrewinddir\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIsymlink\fR\^(\|)"
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.P
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The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008,
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.IR "\fB<dirent.h>\fP",
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.IR "\fB<sys_types.h>\fP"
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
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Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
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Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
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(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
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is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
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http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
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man page format. To report such errors, see
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https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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