The opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the directory name, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory. Why does the openir() function not fetch fd as return value even though it is a system call?

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The opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the directory name, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory.

Why does the openir() function not fetch fd as return value even though it is a system call?

 

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