al_open_directory(3alleg5)

💖 al_open_directory 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API corner of the manual, where we crack open directory entries like they're lil gift bags 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_open_directory — Allegro 5 API. that's the whole name, she's simple, she's iconic 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_open_directory(ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea, bestie: al_open_directory opens a directory entry object. that's it, that's the job 💅

but like, the order of operations matters here, no cap:

• you must call this before you use al_read_directory(3alleg5) on an entry — she literally cannot read the directory if you haven't opened it first, it's giving locked door 🚪
• and you must call al_close_directory(3alleg5) once you don't need it anymore. yes, like closing the door behind you. we do not leave directories hanging open, that's not the vibe 🙈

and the glow-up result? it returns true on success. slay ✨

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_read_directory(3alleg5)
• al_close_directory(3alleg5)

the whole friend group, fr fr 🫶

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and that's a wrap on this page from the Allegro reference manual — tysm for reading, ily, go open your directories responsibly and close them when you're done 💖✨🎀🦋