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      1 // Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
      3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 package os
      6 
      7 // Readdir reads the contents of the directory associated with file and
      8 // returns a slice of up to n FileInfo values, as would be returned
      9 // by Lstat, in directory order. Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
     10 // further FileInfos.
     11 //
     12 // If n > 0, Readdir returns at most n FileInfo structures. In this case, if
     13 // Readdir returns an empty slice, it will return a non-nil error
     14 // explaining why. At the end of a directory, the error is io.EOF.
     15 //
     16 // If n <= 0, Readdir returns all the FileInfo from the directory in
     17 // a single slice. In this case, if Readdir succeeds (reads all
     18 // the way to the end of the directory), it returns the slice and a
     19 // nil error. If it encounters an error before the end of the
     20 // directory, Readdir returns the FileInfo read until that point
     21 // and a non-nil error.
     22 func (f *File) Readdir(n int) ([]FileInfo, error) {
     23 	if f == nil {
     24 		return nil, ErrInvalid
     25 	}
     26 	return f.readdir(n)
     27 }
     28 
     29 // Readdirnames reads and returns a slice of names from the directory f.
     30 //
     31 // If n > 0, Readdirnames returns at most n names. In this case, if
     32 // Readdirnames returns an empty slice, it will return a non-nil error
     33 // explaining why. At the end of a directory, the error is io.EOF.
     34 //
     35 // If n <= 0, Readdirnames returns all the names from the directory in
     36 // a single slice. In this case, if Readdirnames succeeds (reads all
     37 // the way to the end of the directory), it returns the slice and a
     38 // nil error. If it encounters an error before the end of the
     39 // directory, Readdirnames returns the names read until that point and
     40 // a non-nil error.
     41 func (f *File) Readdirnames(n int) (names []string, err error) {
     42 	if f == nil {
     43 		return nil, ErrInvalid
     44 	}
     45 	return f.readdirnames(n)
     46 }
     47