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From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Answer to -ldir problem.
Message-ID: <24BB5349.6958@ateng.com>
Date: 12 Jul 89 14:18:48 GMT
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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Some time ago I posted a complaint about the Dev Sys 2.3 -ldir library
being broken.

Well, it turns out that the bug is in the _kernel_.  Specifically, the -ldir
library (compatible with <dirent.h>) uses the new getdents() system call.
That system call has a bug in Xenix/386 2.3.1; the bug was fixed in 2.3.2.
There may be a free fix from SCO; I'm not sure.

In any case, thanks to the good people at SCO who clued me in.

And in the meantime, if you're stuck with Xenix/386 2.3.1, you can use -lx
and <sys/ndir.h> just like before.
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