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telldir()

Get the location associated with the directory stream

Synopsis:

#include <dirent.h>

long int telldir( DIR * dirp );

Arguments:

dirp

The directory stream for which you want to get the current location.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The telldir() function obtains the current location associated with the directory stream specified by dirp.

Returns:

The current position of the specified directory stream, or -1 if an error occurs (errno is set).

Errors:

EBADF

The dirp argument doesn't refer to an open directory stream.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1 XSI

See also:

closedir(), errno, lstat(), opendir(), readdir(), readdir_r(), rewinddir(), seekdir(), stat()