Author: gbe (doc committer) Date: Tue Aug 11 10:56:44 2020 New Revision: 364106 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/364106
Log: MFC r363829: directory(3): Add an ERRORS section - Add an ERRORS section for opendir(3) and closedir(3) - Document also the errors of readdir(3), readdir_r(3) and telldir(3) - Convert the code sample into an EXAMPLES section PR: 75711 Submitted by: abc <abc at ai1 dot anchorage dot mtaonline dot net> Reviewed by: 0mp, bcr, jilles Approved by: 0mp, bcr, jilles Obtained from: partial from OpenBSD Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25892 Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 Tue Aug 11 10:41:36 2020 (r364105) +++ stable/12/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 Tue Aug 11 10:56:44 2020 (r364106) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)directory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 30, 2019 +.Dd August 1, 2020 .Dt DIRECTORY 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ returns the integer file descriptor associated with th .Em directory stream , see .Xr open 2 . -.Pp +.Sh EXAMPLES Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is: .Bd -literal -offset indent dirp = opendir("."); @@ -258,6 +258,76 @@ while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) { (void)closedir(dirp); return (NOT_FOUND); .Ed +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn opendir +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EACCES +Search permission is denied for the component of the path prefix of +.Fa filename +or read permission is denied for +.Fa filename . +.It Bq Er ELOOP +A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the +.Fa filename +argument. +.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG +The length of the +.Fa filename +argument exceeds +.Brq Dv PATH_MAX +or +a pathname component is longer than +.Brq Dv NAME_MAX . +.It Bq Er ENOENT +A component of +.Fa filename +does not name an existing directory or +.Fa filename +is an empty string. +.It Bq Er ENOTDIR +A component of +.Fa filename +is not a directory. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn fdopendir +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBADF +The +.Fa fd +argument is not a valid file descriptor open for reading. +.It Bq Er ENOTDIR +The descriptor +.Fa fd +is not associated with a directory. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn readdir +and +.Fn readdir_r +functions may also fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the routine +.Xr getdents 2 . +.Pp +The +.Fn telldir +function may also fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the routine +.Xr realloc 3 . +.Pp +The +.Fn closedir +function may also fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the routine +.Xr close 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr close 2 , .Xr lseek 2 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
