al_read_directory(3)

al_read_directory3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *al_read_directory(ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e)

Overview

Reads the next directory item and returns a filesystem entry for it.

Returns NULL if there are no more entries or if an error occurs. Call al_destroy_fs_entry(3) on the returned entry when you are done with it.

This function will ignore any files or directories named . or .. which may exist on certain platforms and may signify the current and the parent directory.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.