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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/os/file_unix.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/os/file_unix.go | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go index 2fb28df65..def9b3bf0 100644 --- a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go +++ b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go @@ -69,21 +69,27 @@ func (file *File) Stat() (fi *FileInfo, err Error) { } // Readdir reads the contents of the directory associated with file and -// returns an array of up to count FileInfo structures, as would be returned -// by Lstat, in directory order. Subsequent calls on the same file will yield +// returns an array of up to n FileInfo structures, as would be returned +// by Lstat, in directory order. Subsequent calls on the same file will yield // further FileInfos. -// A negative count means to read until EOF. -// Readdir returns the array and an Error, if any. -func (file *File) Readdir(count int) (fi []FileInfo, err Error) { +// +// If n > 0, Readdir returns at most n FileInfo structures. In this case, if +// Readdir returns an empty slice, it will return a non-nil error +// explaining why. At the end of a directory, the error is os.EOF. +// +// If n <= 0, Readdir returns all the FileInfo from the directory in +// a single slice. In this case, if Readdir succeeds (reads all +// the way to the end of the directory), it returns the slice and a +// nil os.Error. If it encounters an error before the end of the +// directory, Readdir returns the FileInfo read until that point +// and a non-nil error. +func (file *File) Readdir(n int) (fi []FileInfo, err Error) { dirname := file.name if dirname == "" { dirname = "." } dirname += "/" - names, err1 := file.Readdirnames(count) - if err1 != nil { - return nil, err1 - } + names, err := file.Readdirnames(n) fi = make([]FileInfo, len(names)) for i, filename := range names { fip, err := Lstat(dirname + filename) |