Opened 10 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

Last modified 10 years ago

#10991 reopened enhancement (invalid)

readdir (dirent.h) does not have d_type — at Version 2

Reported by: waddlesplash Owned by: nobody
Priority: normal Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: System/POSIX Version: R1/Development
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Platform: All

Description (last modified by anevilyak)

​http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/readdir.3.html

I understand this is not an official POSIX thing but rather a Linux thing; still, many applications use it and we should support it.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by pulkomandy, 10 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

" not supported by all filesystem types"

The docs for this even explains why it is a bad idea. Fix the apps instead.

comment:2 by anevilyak, 10 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: → invalid
Status: new → closed

Indeed.

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