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.TH dirent.h 3HEAD "10 Sep 2004" "SunOS 5.11" "Headers"
.SH NAME
dirent.h, dirent \- format of directory entries
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <\fBdirent.h\fR> 
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The internal format of directories is unspecified. The <\fBdirent.h\fR> header defines the following type:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBDIR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
A type representing a directory stream.
.RE

.sp
.LP
The header also defines the structure \fBdirent\fR, which includes the following members:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
ino_t d_ino        /* file serial number */
char  d_name[]     /* name of entry */ 
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
The type \fBino_t\fR is defined as described in <\fBsys/types.h\fR>. See \fBtypes\fR(3HEAD).
.sp
.LP
The character array \fBd_name\fR is of unspecified size, but the number of bytes preceding the terminating null byte must not exceed {\fBNAME_MAX\fR}.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBclosedir\fR(3C), \fBopendir\fR(3C), \fBreaddir\fR(3C), \fBrewinddir\fR(3C), \fBseekdir\fR(3C), \fBtelldir\fR(3C), \fBtypes.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)