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#ifndef lint
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)seekdir.c 4.10 (Berkeley) %G%";
#endif
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/dir.h>
/*
* seek to an entry in a directory.
* Only values returned by "telldir" should be passed to seekdir.
*/
void
seekdir(dirp, loc)
register DIR *dirp;
long loc;
{
long curloc, base, offset;
struct direct *dp;
extern long lseek();
curloc = telldir(dirp);
if (loc == curloc)
return;
base = loc & ~(DIRBLKSIZ - 1);
offset = loc & (DIRBLKSIZ - 1);
(void) lseek(dirp->dd_fd, base, 0);
dirp->dd_loc = 0;
while (dirp->dd_loc < offset) {
dp = readdir(dirp);
if (dp == NULL)
return;
}
}