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