struct dirent doesn't contain d_namlen and d_type fields.
Dave Korn
dave.korn@artimi.com
Fri Apr 22 11:33:00 GMT 2005
----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
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