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+.Dd June 25, 2025
+.Dt SCANDIR 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm scandir ,
+.Nm fdscandir ,
+.Nm scandirat ,
+.Nm scandir_b ,
+.Nm fdscandir_b ,
+.Nm fdscandirat_b ,
+.Nm alphasort ,
+.Nm versionsort
+.Nd scan a directory
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In dirent.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo scandir
+.Fa "const char *dirname"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo fdscandir
+.Fa "int dirfd"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo scandirat
+.Fa "int dirfd"
+.Fa "const char *dirname"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp*compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo scandir_b
+.Fa "const char *dirname"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo fdscandir_b
+.Fa "int dirfd"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo scandirat_b
+.Fa "int dirfd"
+.Fa "const char *dirname"
+.Fa "struct dirent ***namelist"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^select\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent *\*(rp"
+.Fa "int \*(lp^compar\*(rp\*(lpconst struct dirent **, const struct dirent **\*(rp"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fn alphasort "const struct dirent **d1" "const struct dirent **d2"
+.Ft int
+.Fn versionsort "const struct dirent **d1" "const struct dirent **d2"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn scandir
+function
+reads the directory
+.Fa dirname
+and builds an array of pointers to directory
+entries using
+.Xr malloc 3 .
+It returns the number of entries in the array.
+A pointer to the array of directory entries is stored in the location
+referenced by
+.Fa namelist
+(even if no entries were selected).
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa select
+argument is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is called by
+.Fn scandir
+to select which entries are to be included in the array.
+The select routine is passed a
+pointer to a directory entry and should return a non-zero
+value if the directory entry is to be included in the array.
+If
+.Fa select
+is null, then all the directory entries will be included.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa compar
+argument is a pointer to a user supplied subroutine which is passed to
+.Xr qsort 3
+to sort the completed array.
+If this pointer is null, the array is not sorted.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn alphasort
+function
+is a routine which can be used for the
+.Fa compar
+argument to sort the array alphabetically using
+.Xr strcoll 3 .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn versionsort
+function is a routine which can be used for the
+.Fa compar
+argument to sort the array naturally using
+.Xr strverscmp 3 .
+.Pp
+The memory allocated for the array can be deallocated with
+.Xr free 3 ,
+by freeing each pointer in the array and then the array itself.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn fdscandir
+function is similar to
+.Fn scandir ,
+but takes a file descriptor referencing a directory instead of a path.
+The file descriptor is left open on return, regardless of outcome.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn scandirat
+function is similar to
+.Fn scandir ,
+but takes an additional
+.Fa dirfd
+argument.
+If the supplied
+.Fa dirname
+is absolute, the function's behavior is identical to that of
+.Fn scandir ,
+the
+.Fa dirfd
+argument is unused.
+If
+.Fa dirname
+is relative,
+.Fa dirfd
+must be a valid file descriptor referencing a directory, in
+which case the
+.Fa dirname
+lookup is performed relative to the directory referenced by
+.Fa dirfd .
+If
+.Fa dirfd
+has the special value
+.Va AT_FDCWD ,
+then the current process directory is used as the base for
+relative lookups.
+See
+.Xr openat 2
+for additional details.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn scandir_b ,
+.Fn fdscandir_b ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat_b
+functions behave in the same way as
+.Fn scandir ,
+.Fn fdscandir ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat ,
+respectively,
+but take blocks as arguments instead of function pointers and call
+.Fn qsort_b
+rather than
+.Fn qsort .
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The
+.Fn scandir ,
+.Fn fdscandir ,
+.Fn scandirat ,
+.Fn scandir_b ,
+.Fn fdscandir_b ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat_b
+functions return the number of directory entries found on succes.
+If the directory cannot be opened for reading, an error occurs
+while reading the directory, or
+.Xr malloc 3
+cannot allocate enough memory to hold all the directory entries,
+they return \-1 and set
+.Va errno
+to an appropriate value.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn scandir ,
+.Fn scandirat ,
+.Fn scandir_b ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat_b
+functions may fail and set
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the
+.Xr opendir 3 ,
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr readdir 3 ,
+and
+.Xr closedir 3
+functions.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn fdscandir
+and
+.Fn fdscandir_b
+functions may fail and set
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the
+.Xr fdopendir 3 ,
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr readdir 3 ,
+and
+.Xr closedir 3
+functions.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr openat 2 ,
+.Xr directory 3 ,
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr qsort 3 ,
+.Xr strcoll 3 ,
+.Xr strverscmp 3 ,
+.Xr dir 5
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn alphasort
+and
+.Fn scandir
+functions are expected to conform to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+The
+.Fn scandirat
+and
+.Fn versionsort
+functions are GNU extensions and conform to no standard.
+The
+.Fn fdscandir ,
+.Fn scandir_b ,
+.Fn fdscandir_b ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat_b
+functions are
+.Fx
+extensions.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn scandir
+and
+.Fn alphasort
+functions appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .
+The
+.Fn scandir_b
+function was added in
+.Fx 11.0 .
+The
+.Fn scandirat
+and
+.Fn versionsort
+functions were added in
+.Fx 13.2 .
+The
+.Fn fdscandir ,
+.Fn fdscandir_b ,
+and
+.Fn scandirat_b
+functions were added in
+.Fx 15.0 .