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From: jtc@motcad.portal.com (J.T. Conklin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: finding out if a directory is empty in C program (was Re: How do I tell when a directory is empty in a script?)
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.154347.21338@motcad.portal.com>
Date: 26 Apr 91 15:43:47 GMT
References: <1991Apr18.054735.6733@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> <1991Apr25.022029.5476@csc.canberra.edu.au> <1991Apr25.223540.19303@athena.mit.edu>
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In article <1991Apr25.223540.19303@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>And if you have a system that doesn't have opendir() or something like it,
>instead forcing you to open and read the directory file directly, then you
>should find your vendor and shoot him.

And then obtain a copy of Doug Gwyn's dirent library and use it instead
of opening and reading the directory directly.  

In my opinion it is far easier to maintain a "portability library" of
routines that standardize non-standard machines than it is to maintain
baseline code with twisty mazes of #ifdefs.

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J.T. Conklin    jtc@motcad.portal.com, ...!portal!motcad!jtc