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From: Jim Michaels <jmichae3 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: dirent structure wrong according to online documentation
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:22:46 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 12, 10:44 am, Eli Zaretskii <e DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
> > From: Jim Michaels <jmich DOT  DOT  DOT  AT yahoo DOT com>
> > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:32 -0800 (PST)
>
> > > This is with DJGPP v2.03, I presume?
>
> > > Anyway, why do you need d_type so badly?
>
> > actually, I downloaded this from current, but not from CVS.
>
> Yes, I understood that much.
>
> > I see this structure in dirent.h:
> > struct dirent {
> >   char d_namlen;
> >   char d_name[256];
> > };
>
> Right, but you didn't answer my question above: why do you need d_type
> so badly?  What cannot be done without it?

I guess I can live without it.  I can use stat.
Jim Michaels

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