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32.\" @(#)scandir.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/scandir.3,v 1.8 2002/12/19 09:40:21 ru Exp $
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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt SCANDIR 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm scandir ,
40.Nm alphasort
41.Nd scan a directory
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In dirent.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn scandir "const char *dirname" "struct dirent ***namelist" "int \\*(lp*select\\*(rp\\*(lpstruct dirent *\\*(rp" "int \\*(lp*compar\\*(rp\\*(lpconst void *, const void *\\*(rp"
49.Ft int
50.Fn alphasort "const void *d1" "const void *d2"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn scandir
54function
55reads the directory
56.Fa dirname
57and builds an array of pointers to directory
58entries using
59.Xr malloc 3 .
60It returns the number of entries in the array.
61A pointer to the array of directory entries is stored in the location
62referenced by
63.Fa namelist .
64.Pp
65The
66.Fa select
67argument is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is called by
68.Fn scandir
69to select which entries are to be included in the array.
70The select routine is passed a
71pointer to a directory entry and should return a non-zero
72value if the directory entry is to be included in the array.
73If
74.Fa select
75is null, then all the directory entries will be included.
76.Pp
77The
78.Fa compar
79argument is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is passed to
80.Xr qsort 3
81to sort the completed array.
82If this pointer is null, the array is not sorted.
83.Pp
84The
85.Fn alphasort
86function
87is a routine which can be used for the
88.Fa compar
89argument to sort the array alphabetically.
90.Pp
91The memory allocated for the array can be deallocated with
92.Xr free 3 ,
93by freeing each pointer in the array and then the array itself.
94.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
95Returns \-1 if the directory cannot be opened for reading or if
96.Xr malloc 3
97cannot allocate enough memory to hold all the data structures.
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr directory 3 ,
100.Xr malloc 3 ,
101.Xr qsort 3 ,
102.Xr dir 5
103.Sh HISTORY
104The
105.Fn scandir
106and
107.Fn alphasort
108functions appeared in
109.Bx 4.2 .