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VOP_READDIR(9)		 BSD Kernel Developer's	Manual		VOP_READDIR(9)

NAME
     VOP_READDIR -- read contents of a directory

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/dirent.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     int
     VOP_READDIR(struct	vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred,
	 int *eofflag, int *ncookies, u_long **cookies);

DESCRIPTION
     Read directory entries.

     vp	       The vnode of the	directory.

     uio       Where to	read the directory contents.

     cred      The caller's credentials.

     eofflag   Return end of file status (NULL if not wanted).

     ncookies  Number of directory cookies generated for NFS (NULL if not
	       wanted).

     cookies   Directory seek cookies generated	for NFS	(NULL if not wanted).
     The directory contents are	read into struct dirent	structures.  If	the
     on-disc data structures differ from this then they	should be translated.

LOCKS
     The directory should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.

RETURN VALUES
     Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.

     If	this is	called from the	NFS server, the	extra arguments	eofflag,
     ncookies and cookies are given.  The value	of *eofflag should be set to
     TRUE if the end of	the directory is reached while reading.	 The directory
     seek cookies are returned to the NFS client and may be used later to
     restart a directory read part way through the directory.  There should be
     one cookie	returned per directory entry.  The value of the	cookie should
     be	the offset within the directory	where the on-disc version of the ap-
     propriate directory entry starts.	Memory for the cookies should be allo-
     cated using:

	     ...;
	     *ncookies = number	of entries read;
	     *cookies =	malloc(*ncookies * sizeof(u_long), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);

ERRORS
     [EINVAL]		An attempt was made to read from an illegal offset in
			the directory.

     [EIO]		A read error occurred while reading the	directory.

     [EINTEGRITY]	Corrupted data was detected while reading the direc-
			tory.

SEE ALSO
     vnode(9)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

BSD				March 30, 2020				   BSD

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