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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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> From: Jim Michaels <jmichae3 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?