find.3

Introduction to Library Functions                         FIND(3)

NAME
     find - fastfind algorithm interface

SYNOPSIS
          #include <find.h>

          void* findopen(const char* pattern);
          char* findnext(void* handle);
          void findclose(void* handle);

DESCRIPTION
     These routines access the data  generated  by  the  fastfind
     algorithm.   The  data  itself  is generated by a standalone
     program that is run daily via cron or at.

     findopen returns a handle to a fastfind stream for  the  ksh
     file  pattern  pattern.   findnext returns the next pathname
     that matches the  pattern  specified  by  handle.   findnext
     returns   0  when  no  more  pathnames  match  the  pattern.
     Finally, findclose closes the fastfind stream for handle.

BUGS
     These rotuines are only as good as the fastfind  information
     which is in the system administration domain.

SEE ALSO
     tw(1), find(1), strmatch(3)
     James  A.  Woods,  Fast  Find  Algorithm,  Usenix   ;login:,
     February/March, 1983, p. 8

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