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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: struct dirent doesn't contain d_namlen and d_type fields.
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:23:54 +0100
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----Original Message----
>From: thomas.revell
>Sent: 22 April 2005 12:09

> 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


  The posix standard says the only thing you can *absolutely* rely on to be
there is the d_name field, even the d_ino is an XSI extension.

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/dirent.h.html

  If you want to know the type of a file, you have to stat (...) it.


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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