From 142a56c477c42800741ac2d5fab9b09558f09bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eadler Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:49:03 +0000 Subject: More accurately document what happens on error. PR: docs/127908 Submitted by: Matthew D. Fuller Approved by: cperciva MFC after: 1 week --- lib/libc/gen/directory.3 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib') 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 -- cgit v1.1