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diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi index 6d62545cc4..4cf4f99c07 100644 --- a/manual/filesys.texi +++ b/manual/filesys.texi @@ -461,8 +461,9 @@ are of type @code{struct dirent **}. I.e., one cannot directly use the @code{alphasort} and @code{versionsort} below. The return value of the function gives the number of entries placed in -@var{namelist}. If it is @code{-1} an error occurred and the global -variable @code{errno} contains more information on the error. +@var{namelist}. If it is @code{-1} an error occurred (either the +directory could not be opened for reading or the malloc call failed) and +the global variable @code{errno} contains more information on the error. @end deftypefun As said above the fourth argument to the @code{scandir} function must be |