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Index: head/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3
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--- head/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3
+++ head/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 5, 2004
+.Dd March 5, 2020
.Dt FTW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -157,6 +157,65 @@
will stop processing the tree and return the value from
.Fa fn .
Both functions return \-1 if an error is detected.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Following there is an example that shows how
+.Nm nftw
+can be used.
+It traverses the file tree starting at the directory pointed
+by the only program argument and shows the complete path and a brief
+indicator about the file type.
+.Bd -literal -offset 2n
+#include <ftw.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sysexits.h>
+
+int
+nftw_callback(const char *path, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag, struct FTW *ftw)
+{
+ char type;
+
+ switch(typeflag) {
+ case FTW_F:
+ type = 'F';
+ break;
+ case FTW_D:
+ type = 'D';
+ break;
+ case FTW_DNR:
+ type = '-';
+ break;
+ case FTW_DP:
+ type = 'd';
+ break;
+ case FTW_NS:
+ type = 'X';
+ break;
+ case FTW_SL:
+ type = 'S';
+ break;
+ case FTW_SLN:
+ type = 's';
+ break;
+ default:
+ type = '?';
+ break;
+ }
+
+ printf("[%c] %s\\n", type, path);
+
+ return (0);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ printf("Usage %s <directory>\\n", argv[0]);
+ return (EX_USAGE);
+ } else
+ return (nftw(argv[1], nftw_callback, /* UNUSED */ 1, 0));
+}
+.Ed
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn ftw

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