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authornik <nik@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-29 12:59:51 +0000
committernik <nik@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-29 12:59:51 +0000
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Note that using the dirent.d_type member is non-portable, and might
fail on some filesystems. PR: docs/11645 Submitted by: Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)dir.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
-.\" $Id: dir.5,v 1.8 1997/03/19 03:48:12 bde Exp $
+.\" $Id: dir.5,v 1.9 1998/02/24 02:39:00 bde Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt DIR 5
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ struct dirent {
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fs 5 ,
.Xr inode 5
+.Sh BUGS
+The usage of the member d_type of struct dirent is unportable as it is FreeBSD-specific.
+It also may fail on certain filesystems, for example the cd9660 filesystem.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
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