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| author | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-02-09 20:49:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-02-09 20:49:03 +0000 |
| commit | 7c88c0d0e1871d15e9c876013f8f0202927a6a52 (patch) | |
| tree | cb7dd138cb1bc2196359bd7ccbb0bdedaeeb8edc /lib | |
| parent | b169a3323535e412040de6b04d3624d93347c400 (diff) | |
| download | src-7c88c0d0e1871d15e9c876013f8f0202927a6a52.tar.gz src-7c88c0d0e1871d15e9c876013f8f0202927a6a52.zip | |
More accurately document what happens on error.
PR: docs/127908
Submitted by: Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Approved by: cperciva
MFC after: 1 week
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=231299
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/directory.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 index 992d2fcde520..1c568fc14b1b 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 @@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ function returns a pointer to the next directory entry. It returns .Dv NULL -upon reaching the end of the directory or detecting an invalid -.Fn seekdir -operation. +upon reaching the end of the directory or on error. +In the event of an error, +.Va errno +may be set to any of the values documented for the +.Xr getdirentries 2 +system call. .Pp The .Fn readdir_r |