file descriptor to DIR *

[pratima_2]

Hi,

Is there any syscall on HP-UX which converts file decriptor (of type int) to Directory pointer (DIR *).
On solaris and Linux, there is fdopendir:
DIR *fdopendir(int fildes)
But this is not available on HP-UX.

I want to try avoiding opendir().

Thanks!

[Bharat Katkar]

See the link below for Directory Operations:

http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/doc/man/hpux/directory.3c.html

Hope that helps

[pratima_2]

Hi,

None of the syscalls mentioned in the link you have given, does what I am expecting.

Also note : I know I can use opendir directly to ger DIR *.But in one specific case I want to use open and then convert fd to DIR * only if required.

Thanks!

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Well, to be precise, fdopendir() is not a system call but rather is a library function. This is a BSD based function and there is no direct equivalent in the System V derivatives. This is a common problem when tryingh to port UNIX code; you really have to look at what tools are available on all the platforms and choose a common set of tools or else be prepared to fill the code with #ifdef's.