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ndir(5) ndir(5)

NAME

ndir.h - format of HP-UX directory streams

SYNOPSIS

#include <ndir.h>

DESCRIPTION

This header ﬁle deﬁnes data types used by the directory stream routines described in directory (3C). It is

provided to allow older

HP-UX programs to compile unmodiﬁed. This ﬁle is obsoleted starting from HP-

UX 10.30 and is going to be removed in future releases. The header ﬁle <dirent.h> described on

dirent(5) should be used in all new programs for compatibility with System V Release 3, the X/Open Por-

tability Guide, and the

IEEE P1003.1 POSIX

standard.

The following data types are deﬁned:

DIR A structure containing information about an open directory stream.

struct direct A structure deﬁning the format of entries returned by the old

HP-UX readdir func-

tion (see directory (3C)).

The struct direct structure includes the following members:

char d_name[MAXNAMLEN+1]; /* name of directory entry */

long d_ino; /* file serial number */

short d_namlen; /* length of string in d_name */

short d_reclen; /* length of this record */

The constant

MAXNAMLEN is deﬁned in <ndir.h>.

This ﬁle also contains external declarations for the functions in the directory (3C) package, including the

following declaration:

extern struct direct *readdir();

WARNINGS

lint(1) might complain about programs that include this ﬁle, although they compile and run correctly.

AUTHOR

ndir.h was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and HP.