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.TH OPENDIR 3  2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
opendir, fdopendir \- open a directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/types.h>
.B #include <dirent.h>
.PP
.BI "DIR *opendir(const char *" name );
.BI "DIR *fdopendir(int " fd );
.fi
.PP
.in -4n
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.in
.PP
.BR fdopendir ():
.PD 0
.ad l
.RS 4
.TP 4
Since glibc 2.10:
_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
.TP
Before glibc 2.10:
_GNU_SOURCE
.RE
.ad
.PD
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR opendir ()
function opens a directory stream corresponding to the
directory \fIname\fP, and returns a pointer to the directory stream.
The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory.
.PP
The
.BR fdopendir ()