### Function

# GLib Dir open

#### Declaration

    GDir*
    g_dir_open (
      const gchar* path,
      guint flags,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description

Opens a directory for reading. The names of the files in the directory can then be retrieved using g_dir_read_name(). Note that the ordering is not defined.

#### Parameters

`path`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The path to the directory you are interested in. On Unix in the on-disk encoding. On Windows in UTF-8

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`flags`

  Type: `guint`

  Currently must be set to 0. Reserved for future use.

`error`

  Type: `GError **`

  The return location for a recoverable error.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  If the return location is not `NULL`, then you must initialize it to a `NULL` `GError*`.
  The argument will be left initialized to `NULL` by the function if there are no errors.
  In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated `GError`; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

#### Return value

Type: `GDir`

A newly allocated `GDir` on success, `NULL` on failure. If non-`NULL`, you must free the result with `g_dir_close()` when you are finished with it.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.