# db_env_set_func_dirlist

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    #include <db.h>

    int
    db_env_set_func_dirlist(
        int (*func_dirlist)(const char *dir, char ***namesp, int *cntp));

# Description

The Berkeley DB library requires the ability to read through a directory and create a list of files that the directory contains. The func_dirlist argument must conform to the following interface:

>     int dirlist(const char *dir, char ***namesp, int *cntp);

The dir argument is the name of the directory to be searched. The function must return a pointer to an array of nul-terminated file names into the memory location to which the namesp argument refers, and a count of the number of elements in the array into the memory location to which cntp refers.

The func_dirlist interface must return the value of errno on failure and 0 on success.

The db_env_set_func_dirlist method configures all operations performed by a process and all of its threads of control, not operations confined to a single database environment.

Although the db_env_set_func_dirlist interface may be called at any time during the life of the application, it should normally be called before making calls to the db_env_create or db_create methods.

The db_env_set_func_dirlist method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

# Errors

The db_env_set_func_dirlist method may fail and return a non-zero error for the following conditions:

EINVAL
  An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

The db_env_set_func_dirlist method may fail and return a non-zero error for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system functions. If a catastrophic error has occurred, the db_env_set_func_dirlist method may fail and return DB_RUNRECOVERY, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.

# See Also

Run-time configuration`

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