seekdir

Syntax

#include <dirent.h> void seekdir(DIR *dir, long loc);

Description

This function sets the location pointer in dir to the specified loc. Note that the value used for loc should be either zero or a value returned by telldir (see section telldir). The next call to readdir (see section readdir) will read whatever entry follows that point in the directory.

Return Value

None.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	No
POSIX	No

Example

int q = telldir(dir); do_stuff(); seekdir(dir, q);