critical impact:

seekdir - incompatible return type (CrCh10)

Problem description

The Tru64 UNIX and HP-UX return types for the seekdir function are incompatible.

The seekdir function sets the position of the next readdir operation on the directory stream specified by the dir_pointer parameter to the position specified by the location parameter.

On Tru64 UNIX, the seekdir function prototype is as follows:

int     seekdir(DIR *, long)

On HP-UX, the seekdir function prototype is as follows:

void    seekdir(DIR *, long)

Identifiers

seekdir

See also

• Background information on Input/Output (files, devices) impacts
• seekdir(3)

Solution description

Review the applicable manpages and your code to determine if unexpected behavior will result.

See also

• seekdir(3C)

Problem summary