POSIX does NOT specify scandir() to use 'restrict'. However, glibc uses 'restrict'. Users might be surprised by this! Let's use it here too! .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype scandir dirent/dirent.h:255: extern int scandir (const char *__restrict __dir, struct dirent ***__restrict __namelist, int (*__selector) (const struct dirent *), int (*__cmp) (const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **)) __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ Cc: glibc <libc-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/scandir.3 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/scandir.3 b/man3/scandir.3 index 83a5eea7d..262e125c1 100644 --- a/man3/scandir.3 +++ b/man3/scandir.3 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ a directory for matching entries .nf .B #include <dirent.h> .PP -.BI "int scandir(const char *" dirp ", struct dirent ***" namelist , +.BI "int scandir(const char *restrict " dirp ", struct dirent ***restrict " namelist , .BI " int (*" filter ")(const struct dirent *)," .BI " int (*" compar ")(const struct dirent **," .BR " const struct dirent **));" -- 2.30.1