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| author | jkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-03 06:54:24 +0000 |
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| committer | jkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-03 06:54:24 +0000 |
| commit | 903a43c624cb4c0aea332463313f2451a4682621 (patch) | |
| tree | e5566dd57a0d8cd897d9477ccddf258f318c0a3f /lib/libc/gen/directory.3 | |
| parent | 15683e67b6ddc96370600d3f77ecbd3c3e4cdbb6 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-903a43c624cb4c0aea332463313f2451a4682621.zip FreeBSD-src-903a43c624cb4c0aea332463313f2451a4682621.tar.gz | |
Correct wrong claim about `telldir()' cookie lifetimes.
PR: 4043
Submitted by: Joe Orthoefer <j_orthoefer@tia.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/directory.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/directory.3 | 27 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 index 0abbe5f..a1ca347 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ The function returns the current location associated with the named .Em directory stream . +Values returned by +.Fn telldir +are good only for the lifetime of the +.Dv DIR +pointer, +.Fa dirp , +from which they are derived. If the directory is closed and then +reopened, prior values returned by +.Fn telldir +will no longer be valid. .Pp The .Fn seekdir @@ -106,22 +116,7 @@ The new position reverts to the one associated with the .Em directory stream when the .Fn telldir -operation was performed. Values returned by -.Fn telldir -are good only for the lifetime of the -.Dv DIR -pointer, -.Fa dirp , -from which they are derived. -If the directory is closed and then reopened, the -.Fn telldir -value may be invalidated due to undetected directory compaction. -It is safe to use a previous -.Fn telldir -value immediately after a call to -.Fn opendir -and before any calls to -.Fn readdir . +operation was performed. .Pp The .Fn rewinddir |
