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From: pdg@ihdev.ATT.COM (Joe Isuzu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: getdents(2) query
Message-ID: <1336@ihdev.ATT.COM>
Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 11:03:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 20 11:03:11 1987
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In article <5772@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP writes:
>Does the SVR3 getdents(2) system call ever return directory entries
>having d_ino == 0, or does it remove these itself?


This would have to be implementation (of filesystem) dependant.  On
the regular SVR3 fs, though it does.  Readdir is guaranteed to filter
out `inactive' entries.

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Paul Guthrie
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