scandir(3p)

scandir3p

Scan a directory

Usage

#include <dirent.h>

int scandir(const char *dir, struct dirent ***namelist,
int (*sel)(const struct dirent *),
int (*compar)(const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **));

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

Refer to alphasort().

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.