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#### 14.2.5 Random Access in a Directory Stream

This section describes how to reread parts of a directory that you have already read from an open directory stream. All the symbols are declared in the header file `dirent.h`.

— Function: void rewinddir (DIR *dirstream)

> The `rewinddir` function is used to reinitialize the directory stream dirstream, so that if you call `readdir` it returns information about the first entry in the directory again. This function also notices if files have been added or removed to the directory since it was opened with `opendir`. (Entries for these files might or might not be returned by `readdir` if they were added or removed since you last called `opendir` or `rewinddir`.)

— Function: long int telldir (DIR *dirstream)

> The `telldir` function returns the file position of the directory stream dirstream. You can use this value with `seekdir` to restore the directory stream to that position.

— Function: void seekdir (DIR *dirstream, long int pos)

> The `seekdir` function sets the file position of the directory stream dirstream to pos. The value pos must be the result of a previous call to `telldir` on this particular stream; closing and reopening the directory can invalidate values returned by `telldir`.