explain_readdir_or_die(3)

✨ explain_readdir_or_die — the manual page, but make it make sense 💅

okay bestie, welcome to explain_readdir_or_die(3) — a Library Functions Manual moment. It's giving "read one directory entry, but with feelings and also consequences." Let's go 🦋

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🎀 NAME 🎀

explain_readdir_or_die — read a directory entry and report errors, loudly, and then dip.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libexplain/readdir.h>
struct dirent *explain_readdir_or_die(DIR *dir);

like. that's the whole vibe. one function, one DIR *, one struct dirent * coming back at you. iconic honestly.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: explain_readdir_or_die is the function you call when you want to call the readdir(2) system call. that's it. that's the job.

but — and this is the main character part — if it fails, an explanation gets printed to stderr. where does that explanation come from? from explain_readdir(3), obviously. and then, bestie, the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). no takebacks. no second chances. periodt.

this function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

explain_readdir_or_die(dir);

that's literally it. that's the whole example. slay.

• dir — the dir, exactly as to be passed to the readdir(2) system call. like, don't get creative with it. same dir, same energy.

Returns:

• a pointer to a dirent structure, or NULL if end-of-file is reached. and if it fails? it prints an explanation and exits. that's the deal. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• readdir(2) — read directory entry
• explain_readdir(3) — explain readdir(2) errors
• exit(2) — terminate the calling process

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

libexplain version 1.4 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 libexplain 1.4, copyrighted 2008 by Peter Miller — big shoutout, we love a legend 🫶 no cap, go read your directory entries responsibly. bye babes 🎀✨