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      1 .TH direntry 3
      2 .SH NAME
      3 direntry \- read directory entries
      4 .SH SYNTAX
      5 .B #include <direntry.h>
      6 
      7 DIR *\fBopendir\fP(\fIfn\fR);
      8 
      9 struct direntry *\fBreaddir\fP(\fIdir\fP);
     10 
     11 void \fBclosedir\fP(\fIdir\fP);
     12 
     13 DIR *\fIdir\fR;
     14 .br
     15 char *\fIfn\fR;
     16 .SH DESCRIPTION
     17 The point of
     18 .B direntry.h
     19 is to provide a uniform interface to BSD's
     20 .B sys/dir.h
     21 and POSIX's
     22 .BR dirent.h .
     23 
     24 The
     25 .B readdir
     26 interface is highly unsatisfactory.
     27 It does not distinguish between I/O errors and end-of-directory.
     28 It uses
     29 .BR malloc .
     30 The return type for
     31 .B closedir
     32 varies: some implementations return the
     33 .B close
     34 return value.
     35 .SH "SEE ALSO"
     36 readdir(3)