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 corresponding 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.
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO¶
open(2),
readdir(3),
closedir(3),
rewinddir(3),
seekdir(3),
telldir(3),
scandir(3)