scandir(3)              (BSD Compatibility Package)              scandir(3)


   NAME
         scandir, alphasort - scan a directory

   SYNOPSIS
         cc [ flag... ] file ... -lucb

         #include <sys/types.h>
         #include <sys/dir.h>

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

         alphasort(d1, d2)
         struct direct **d1, **d2;

   DESCRIPTION
         scandir reads the directory dirname and builds an array of pointers
         to directory entries using malloc(3C).  The second parameter is a
         pointer to an array of structure pointers.  The third parameter is a
         pointer to a routine which is called with a pointer to a directory
         entry and should return a non zero value if the directory entry
         should be included in the array.  If this pointer is NULL, then all
         the directory entries will be included.  The last argument is a
         pointer to a routine which is passed to qsort(3C) to sort the
         completed array. If this pointer is NULL, the array is not sorted.
         alphasort is a routine which will sort the array alphabetically.

         scandir returns the number of entries in the array and a pointer to
         the array through the parameter namelist.

   SEE ALSO
         getdents(2), directory(3C), malloc(3C), qsort(3C) in the Programmer's
         Reference Manual.

   RETURN VALUE
         Returns -1 if the directory cannot be opened for reading or if
         malloc(3C) cannot allocate enough memory to hold all the data
         structures.












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