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@node dirfd
@section @code{dirfd}
@findex dirfd

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/dirfd.html}

Gnulib module: dirfd

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11, Solaris 10, mingw, MSVC 14.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function always fails on some platforms:
mingw.

@item
There is a @code{dirfd} macro but no function, and the macro does not
work with an argument of type @code{void *}, as a function would:
NetBSD 9.2.
@end itemize