SNOBOL4DIRS(3)

💖 SNOBOL4DIRS 💖

okay bestie, so this is the filesystem directory interface for SNOBOL4 — it's giving snobol4dirs, and it's from the CSNOBOL4 manual. basically it's your lil backstage pass to peek at directories like a main character. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSYS ✨

yes the heading is spelled like that in the original, we don't fix, we respect 💅

-INCLUDE 'dirs.sno'

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the whole cast, no cap:

• OPENDIR(path) — opens up a directory and hands you back a handle. that handle is your bestie for the rest of the convo 🫶
• READDIR(handle) — gives you a filename... or it fails. that's it, that's the vibe. sometimes it slays, sometimes it doesn't 😭
• REWINDDIR(handle) — rewinds a directory handle. like hitting the rewind button on the whole directory, we're going back to the start, periodt ⏪
• TELLDIR(handle) — reports where the directory handle is at right now. lil position check, very demure. (heads up tho: this one may not be available on all platforms) 🙈
• SEEKDIR(handle,position) — adjusts the directory handle position. so you can scoot it wherever you want it to be, iconic ✨
• CLOSEDIR(handle) — closes the directory handle. say bye bye, we're done here 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

snobol4(1), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), telldir(3), seekdir(3), closedir(3)

go read those too, they're the supporting cast, and honestly? they ate 💅

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🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Philip L. Budne

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k that's the whole page, you're so welcome 💖 this was CSNOBOL4B 2.3.1, dated March 31, 2022 — mwah, go read a directory or something, slay 🌈⭐💀