2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/dirent-util.c b/src/basic/dirent-util.c
index 6b9d26773..5bf58bcdc 100644
--- a/src/basic/dirent-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/dirent-util.c
@@ -75,3 +75,14 @@ bool dirent_is_file_with_suffix(const struct dirent *de, const char *suffix) {
 
         return endswith(de->d_name, suffix);
 }
+
+struct dirent* readdir_no_dot(DIR *dirp) {
+        struct dirent* d;
+
+        for (;;) {
+                d = readdir(dirp);
+                if (d && dot_or_dot_dot(d->d_name))
+                        continue;
+                return d;
+        }
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/dirent-util.h b/src/basic/dirent-util.h
index b91d04908..18b9db9b2 100644
--- a/src/basic/dirent-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/dirent-util.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ int dirent_ensure_type(DIR *d, struct dirent *de);
 bool dirent_is_file(const struct dirent *de) _pure_;
 bool dirent_is_file_with_suffix(const struct dirent *de, const char *suffix) _pure_;
 
+struct dirent* readdir_no_dot(DIR *dirp);
+
 #define FOREACH_DIRENT(de, d, on_error)                                 \
         for (errno = 0, de = readdir(d);; errno = 0, de = readdir(d))   \
                 if (!de) {                                              \