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| author | eadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-02-09 20:49:03 +0000 |
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| committer | eadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-02-09 20:49:03 +0000 |
| commit | 142a56c477c42800741ac2d5fab9b09558f09bbb (patch) | |
| tree | cb7dd138cb1bc2196359bd7ccbb0bdedaeeb8edc /lib | |
| parent | afb7bb20cb3b86b1d92307b78f8dc5bc64f0425a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-142a56c477c42800741ac2d5fab9b09558f09bbb.zip FreeBSD-src-142a56c477c42800741ac2d5fab9b09558f09bbb.tar.gz | |
More accurately document what happens on error.
PR: docs/127908
Submitted by: Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Approved by: cperciva
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/directory.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 index 992d2fc..1c568fc 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 @@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ function returns a pointer to the next directory entry. It returns .Dv NULL -upon reaching the end of the directory or detecting an invalid -.Fn seekdir -operation. +upon reaching the end of the directory or on error. +In the event of an error, +.Va errno +may be set to any of the values documented for the +.Xr getdirentries 2 +system call. .Pp The .Fn readdir_r |
