2 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
index 0df2efbe8ef7..27534b7afc99 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #	@(#)Makefile.inc	8.3 (Berkeley) 10/24/94
-#	$Id: Makefile.inc,v 1.57.2.2 1999/07/30 09:05:42 mpp Exp $
+#	$Id: Makefile.inc,v 1.57.2.3 1999/07/30 10:09:28 mpp Exp $
 
 # sys sources
 .PATH: ${.CURDIR}/../libc/${MACHINE_ARCH}/sys ${.CURDIR}/../libc/sys
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ MLINKS+=chflags.2 fchflags.2
 MLINKS+=chmod.2 fchmod.2 chmod.2 lchmod.2
 MLINKS+=chown.2 fchown.2 chown.2 lchown.2
 MLINKS+=clock_gettime.2 clock_getres.2 clock_gettime.2 clock_settime.2
+MLINKS+=getdirentries.2 getdents.2
 MLINKS+=getgid.2 getegid.2
 MLINKS+=getitimer.2 setitimer.2
 MLINKS+=getlogin.2 setlogin.2
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
index 329b6502b3a7..f9093697127d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
@@ -35,16 +35,22 @@
 .Dt GETDIRENTRIES 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm getdirentries
+.Nm getdirentries ,
+.Nm getdents
 .Nd "get directory entries in a filesystem independent format"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/types.h>
 .Fd #include <dirent.h>
 .Ft int
 .Fn getdirentries "int fd" "char *buf" "int nbytes" "long *basep"
+.Ft int
+.Fn getdents "int fd" "char *buf" "int nbytes"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Fn Getdirentries
-reads directory entries from the directory
+The
+.Fn getdirentries
+and
+.Fn getdents
+functions read directory entries from the directory
 referenced by the file descriptor
 .Fa fd
 into the buffer pointed to by
@@ -53,13 +59,13 @@ in a filesystem independent format.
 Up to
 .Fa nbytes
 of data will be transferred.
-.Fa Nbytes
-must be greater than or equal to the
+The
+.Fa nbytes
+argument must be greater than or equal to the
 block size associated with the file,
 see
 .Xr stat 2 .
-Some filesystems may not support
-.Fn getdirentries
+Some filesystems may not support these functions
 with buffers smaller than this size.
 .Pp
 The data in the buffer is a series of
@@ -113,19 +119,23 @@ The current position pointer associated with
 .Fa fd
 is set to point to the next block of entries.
 The pointer may not advance by the number of bytes returned by
-.Fn getdirentries .
+.Fn getdirentries 
+or
+.Fn getdents .
 A value of zero is returned when
 the end of the directory has been reached.
 .Pp
-.Fn Getdirentries
-writes the position of the block read into the location pointed to by
+The
+.Fn getdirentries
+function writes the position of the block read into the location pointed to by
 .Fa basep .
 Alternatively, the current position pointer may be set and retrieved by
 .Xr lseek 2 .
 The current position pointer should only be set to a value returned by
 .Xr lseek 2 ,
 a value returned in the location pointed to by
-.Fa basep ,
+.Fa basep ( Ns Fn getdirentries
+only)
 or zero.
 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 .Pp
@@ -157,7 +167,7 @@ is set to indicate the error.
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Fn Getdirentries
 will fail if:
-.Bl -tag -width [EFAULT]
+.Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EBADF
 .Fa fd
 is not a valid file descriptor open for reading.
@@ -187,3 +197,7 @@ The
 .Fn getdirentries
 function first appeared in
 .Bx 4.4 .
+The
+.Fn getdents
+function first appeared in
+.Fx 3.0 .