Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/getdents.2 | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/getdents.2 b/man2/getdents.2 index ec00a73ba..df766b066 100644 --- a/man2/getdents.2 +++ b/man2/getdents.2 @@ -33,19 +33,29 @@ getdents, getdents64 \- get directory entries .SH SYNOPSIS .nf -.BI "long getdents(unsigned int " fd ", struct linux_dirent *" dirp , +.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */" +.B #include <unistd.h> +.PP +.BI "long syscall(SYS_getdents, unsigned int " fd \ +", struct linux_dirent *" dirp , .BI " unsigned int " count ); .PP -.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" +.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" .BR "#include <dirent.h>" .PP .BI "ssize_t getdents64(int " fd ", void *" dirp ", size_t " count ); .fi .PP .IR Note : -There is no glibc wrapper for -.BR getdents (); -see NOTES. +glibc provides no wrapper for +.BR getdents (), +necessitating the use of +.BR syscall (2). +.PP +.IR Note : +There is no definition of +.B struct linux_dirent +in glibc; see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION These are not the interfaces you are interested in. Look at -- 2.31.1
