[PATCH] for glibc-2.2 getdents code

H . J . Lu hjl@valinux.com
Wed Feb 21 10:13:00 GMT 2001


On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:03:23AM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com> writes:
> 
> > If you want to get d_type, use getdents64, but not getdents. It is
> > the same as LFS. You can only get the right information with the
> > right interface.
> 
> There is no inherent problem with using the getdents64 syscall
> everywhere.  No point to punish existing applications.
> 

Apparently I disagree with you.


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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)



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