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From: mckusick%okeeffe@berkeley.edu (Kirk McKusick)
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Subject: Re: Changed names in POSIX directory access library
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Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 15:33:34 EDT
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From: mckusick%okeeffe@berkeley.edu (Kirk McKusick)

When I wrote the directory access routines I made a mistake in 
connecting them with the underlying implementation of the file
system. They clearly should work on an abstract directory
definition which may coincidentally be the same as the underlying
directory structure (as it is in 4.3BSD). As such, I fully agree
with the decision in the POSIX standard to create a new header
file <dirent.h> rather than using <sys/dir.h>. It is the intention
of CSRG to change the source code at Berkeley to <dirent.h>.

I do take exception to the apparently gratuitous change of renaming
`d_ino' to `d_fileno' in the System V interface, though this can be
worked around with a #define.

	Kirk McKusick
	mckusick@berkeley.edu
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Volume-Number: Volume 12, Number 9