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From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
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Subject: Re: directory help
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Date: 20 Dec 90 23:31:28 GMT
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rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes:
>    There's GOT to be a faster way to get the file descriptors for every file
>in a given directory than simply opening each file individually then doing
>a _gs_gfd() on the individual files. 

On the coco, people use SS_FDInf... I just looked in my latest OSK
manual and it's in there, also.

It basically allows you to read any sector on disk, when you come down
to it.  Pretty much designed for dir programs such as yours.  You open
the dir, read in the names and FD lsn's, and use FDInf to grab the first
needed bytes from each file's FD.

Check the manual tho; I seem to recall it saying something about having
to be group superuser or something.  best - kev

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