VOP_READDIR(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual VOP_READDIR(9)NAMEVOP_READDIR — read contents of a directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/dirent.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
int
VOP_READDIR(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred,
int *eofflag, int *ncookies, u_long **cookies);
DESCRIPTION
Read directory entries.
vp The vnode of the directory.
uio Where to read the directory contents.
cred The caller's credentials.
eofflag Return end of file status (NULL if not wanted).
ncookies Number of directory cookies generated for NFS (NULL if not
wanted).
cookies Directory seek cookies generated for NFS (NULL if not wanted).
The directory contents are read into struct dirent structures. If the
on-disc data structures differ from this then they should be translated.
LOCKS
The directory should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
RETURN VALUES
Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
If this is called from the NFS server, the extra arguments eofflag,
ncookies and cookies are given. The value of *eofflag should be set to
TRUE if the end of the directory is reached while reading. The directory
seek cookies are returned to the NFS client and may be used later to
restart a directory read part way through the directory. There should be
one cookie returned per directory entry. The value of the cookie should
be the offset within the directory where the on-disc version of the
appropriate directory entry starts. Memory for the cookies should be
allocated using:
...;
*ncookies = number of entries read;
*cookies = (u_int*)#
malloc(*ncookies * sizeof(u_int), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
ERRORS
[EINVAL] An attempt was made to read from an illegal offset in
the directory.
[EIO] A read error occurred while reading the directory.
SEE ALSOvnode(9)AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.
BSD July 24, 1996 BSD
