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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:08:51 +0100
From: thomas DOT revell AT powerconv DOT alstom DOT com
Subject: struct dirent doesn't contain d_namlen and d_type fields.
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Hi everyone,

I'm currently working on porting some (old) Solaris based programs to 
Cygwin. At some points, these make use of the d_namlen and d_type fields 
in the dirent structure. The trouble is, Cygwin doesn't seem to have 
these. I suppose I could simulate d_namlen by calling strlen () on the 
d_name field (if anyone knows of some reason why this is a bad idea, 
please let me know).

Does anyone know how I can simulate the d_type field? Or if it's even 
relevant in Cygwin at all?

Any advice will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Thomas Revell


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