Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:15:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Charles Henrich <henrich@flnet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telldir() Message-ID: <199901280615.WAA01473@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:16:23 PST." <199901272316.PAA69858@apollo.backplane.com>
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> :In the past I have used telldir() in recursive directory can tools to keep my > :position in the directory stream known, so that I could close the directory > :and move into the subdirectory (recursivly). I've just noticed that in > :FreeBSD 2.2.7 [I dont know when this feature came into play] that telldir() is > :no longer accurate across an open/closedir() call. This begs the question, > :how the heck do you do directory scans in a portable way now with FreeBSD? ... > Just use nested opendir()'s and recursion ... that's what everyone uses > as far as I know. Actually, most of us use fts() or ftw()... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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