telldir

Syntax

#include <dirent.h>

long telldir(DIR *dir);

Description

This function returns a value which indicates the position of the pointer in the given directory. This value is only useful as an argument to seekdir (see section seekdir).

Return Value

The directory pointer.

Portability

not ANSI, not POSIX

Example

DIR *dir;
long q = telldir(dir);
do_something();
seekdir(dir, q);

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