alphasort(3)                                               alphasort(3)

  scandir()

  NAME

    scandir(), alphasort() - enumerate directory contents

  SYNOPSIS

    #include 
    #include 

    int scandir(const char *dirname, struct dirent ***namelist,
        int (*select)(struct dirent *),
        int (*compar)(const void *, const void *));

    int alphasort(const void *d1, const void *d2);

  DESCRIPTION

    The scandir(3) function uses malloc(3)to allocate memory for an array,
    fills that array with pointers to directory entries in the directory
    identified by dirname, and then returns the number of entries in the
    array. The namelist argument contains a pointer to the resulting array.

    The scandir() function calls the user-supplied subroutine referenced by
    the select argument to determine which entries are to be included in the
    array. The scadir() function passes to the select routine a pointer to a
    directory entry, and expects the select function to return a nonzero value
    if the directory entry is to be included in the array. If the select
    argument is null, all directory entries are included.

    The compar argument points to a user-supplied subroutine that is passed to
    qsort(3) to sort the completed array. If this pointer is null,the array is
    not sorted.

    The alphasort() function is a routine which can be used for the compar
    argument to sort the array alphabetically.

    The memory allocated for the array can be deallocated with free(3), by
    freeing each pointer in the array and then the array itself.

  RETURN VALUES

    The scandir() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if the specified
    directory canot be opened for reading or if sufficient memory to hold the
    data structures cannot be allocated.

  SEE ALSO

    malloc(3)

    qsort(3)

  USAGE NOTES

    The scandir function is thread safe. The alphasort function is not thread
    safe.

    None of these functions are async-signal safe.