107 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
107 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: scandir.3,v 1.11 2003/08/07 16:42:56 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)scandir.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt SCANDIR 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm scandir ,
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.Nm alphasort
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.Nd scan a directory
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In dirent.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn scandir "const char *dirname" "struct dirent ***namelist" "int \\*(lp*select\\*(rp\\*(lpconst struct dirent *\\*(rp" "int \\*(lp*compar\\*(rp\\*(lpconst void *, const void *\\*(rp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn alphasort "const void *d1" "const void *d2"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn scandir
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function
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reads the directory
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.Fa dirname
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and builds an array of pointers to directory
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entries using
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.Xr malloc 3 .
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It returns the number of entries in the array.
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A pointer to the array of directory entries is stored in the location
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referenced by
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.Fa namelist .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa select
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parameter is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is called by
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.Fn scandir
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to select which entries are to be included in the array.
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The select routine is passed a
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pointer to a directory entry and should return a non-zero
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value if the directory entry is to be included in the array.
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If
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.Fa select
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is null, then all the directory entries will be included.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa compar
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parameter is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is passed to
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.Xr qsort 3
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to sort the completed array.
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If this pointer is null, the array is not sorted.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn alphasort
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function
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is a routine which can be used for the
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.Fa compar
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parameter to sort the array alphabetically.
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.Pp
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The memory allocated for the array can be deallocated with
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.Xr free 3 ,
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by freeing each pointer in the array and then the array itself.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Returns \-1 if the directory cannot be opened for reading or if
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.Xr malloc 3
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cannot allocate enough memory to hold all the data structures.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr directory 3 ,
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.Xr malloc 3 ,
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.Xr qsort 3 ,
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.Xr dir 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn scandir
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and
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.Fn alphasort
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functions appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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