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From: DERSTAD@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM
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Subject: Re:  Help needed on sys calls to get user, group names
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Date: 20 Apr 91 18:48:51 GMT
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>  Also, one of the arguments to the function namely *dir_list seems to be the
>  best candidate to return a directory list of the form name_$canonical_..._t.
>  But this variable has been declared a pointer to a char.

If you check the help file for name_$read_dir_lc, you'll note

   "To extract information from dir_data, programmers should treat it
    as a pointer to an object of the type name_$canonical_dir_entry_t.
    The entnxt field gives the offset within dir_data of the
    next record..."

Dave Erstad
DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com
Honeywell SSEC