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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" References consulted:
+.\"     Linux libc source code
+.\"     Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
+.\"     386BSD man pages
+.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:25:21 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.\"
+.TH seekdir 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+seekdir \- set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory
+stream.
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <dirent.h>
+.P
+.BI "void seekdir(DIR *" dirp ", long " loc );
+.fi
+.P
+.RS -4
+Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
+.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.RE
+.P
+.BR seekdir ():
+.nf
+    _XOPEN_SOURCE
+        || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR seekdir ()
+function sets the location in the directory stream
+from which the next
+.BR readdir (2)
+call will start.
+The
+.I loc
+argument should be a value returned by a previous call to
+.BR telldir (3).
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The
+.BR seekdir ()
+function returns no value.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface	Attribute	Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR seekdir ()
+T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
+.TE
+.SH STANDARDS
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
+.SH CAVEATS
+Up to glibc 2.1.1, the type of the
+.I loc
+argument was
+.IR off_t .
+POSIX.1-2001 specifies
+.IR long ,
+and this is the type used since glibc 2.1.2.
+See
+.BR telldir (3)
+for information on why you should be careful in making any
+assumptions about the value in this argument.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lseek (2),
+.BR closedir (3),
+.BR opendir (3),
+.BR readdir (3),
+.BR rewinddir (3),
+.BR scandir (3),
+.BR telldir (3)