dirent.h(3HEAD) Headers dirent.h(3HEAD)NAME
dirent.h, dirent - format of directory entries
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h>
DESCRIPTION
The internal format of directories is unspecified. The <dirent.h> header defines the following type:
DIR A type representing a directory stream.
The header also defines the structure dirent, which includes the following members:
ino_t d_ino /* file serial number */
char d_name[] /* name of entry */
The type ino_t is defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types(3HEAD).
The character array d_name is of unspecified size, but the number of bytes preceding the terminating null byte must not exceed {NAME_MAX}.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO closedir(3C), opendir(3C), readdir(3C), rewinddir(3C), seekdir(3C), telldir(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2004 dirent.h(3HEAD)
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dirent.h(3HEAD) Headers dirent.h(3HEAD)NAME
dirent.h, dirent - format of directory entries
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h>
DESCRIPTION
The internal format of directories is unspecified. The <dirent.h> header defines the following type:
DIR A type representing a directory stream.
The header also defines the structure dirent, which includes the following members:
ino_t d_ino /* file serial number */
char d_name[] /* name of entry */
The type ino_t is defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types(3HEAD).
The character array d_name is of unspecified size, but the number of bytes preceding the terminating null byte must not exceed {NAME_MAX}.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO closedir(3C), opendir(3C), readdir(3C), rewinddir(3C), seekdir(3C), telldir(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2004 dirent.h(3HEAD)
hi...do opendir/readdir/closedir work also in windows platform? I tried to access directory name (d_name) but it didn't work out (or perhaps I made a mistake). Could someone share ideas about this?
Thank's in advance. (3 Replies)
Hello,
Recently I need to create a filesystem related code.
I noticed lot of inconsistent documentation regarding
struct dirent:
1. 'd_namlen' field
info libc in chapter ''File System Interface"
specifies 'd_namlen' field as length of 'd_name' string.
When compiling under Linux (and GNU... (3 Replies)
hi all,
im using dirent.h headers readdir() function to traverse down a directory ( after openning it with opendir() ), and im printing the dir->d_name in a program.
while(( dir = readdir( d ) ) != NULL ){
if (stat(, &info) != 0){
fprintf(stderr, "stat() error on %s: %s\n",... (2 Replies)
I'm trying to figure out how to support Unicode or atleast an unsigned char in the d_name of struct dirent
The problem i'm facing is that I'm checking file names for special characters and obviously the "char d_name" doesn't like it. I'm looping through the directory and getting the file... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I have just installed SunOS 10 at the first PC and exceed (pc-x server) at the second.
I'm trying to connect to the first pc via exceed softvare. After entering login and pass, the exceed window immidiate close without any errors (if CDE or JDS has been chosen). Via exceed working just... (0 Replies)