11 June 1995
Aliases: fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3), fdopendir(3)
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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. | |
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
