On 22 Jan, Bruce Evans wrote:
>>/cdrom:
>>. (type: unknown)
>>.. (type: unknown)
>>autorun.inf (type: unknown)
>
> This is because the cd9660 file system doesn't implement d_type.
man dirent or man readdir didn`t note that it`s possible to have this
behavior.
>>#define _POSIX_SOURCE
>>
>>#include <sys/types.h>
>>#include <dirent.h>
>>...
>> while((dent_p = readdir(dir_p)))
>> {
>> printf("%-40s (type: %s)\n", dent_p->d_name, types[dent_p->d_type]);
>> }
>
> This probably shouldn't compile, since d_type isn't in POSIX.1. POSIX.1
It compiles, output above.
> only guarantees d_name in struct dirent. Names beginning with d_ are
> reserved for use in <dirent.h>, but FreeBSD normally attempts to give
> strict POSIX.1 if _POSIX_SOURCE is defined.
So it`s a bug, but in a different way I want. :(
Without _POSIX_SOURCE it didn`t work either.
Is it useless, because we can only say "it works _perhaps_" (and we
have to stat the entry), or is it a bug?
Bye,
Alexander.
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