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author | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-29 12:59:51 +0000 |
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committer | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-29 12:59:51 +0000 |
commit | a076fb6f6e6cf3ec282c03481e47875bfbafdcf8 (patch) | |
tree | ccbfce796ff5e6ffbd8c23f86e532a35ea5af02c /share/man | |
parent | a8223f5303f5173a9d6d06179ae726f19d54d873 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a076fb6f6e6cf3ec282c03481e47875bfbafdcf8.zip FreeBSD-src-a076fb6f6e6cf3ec282c03481e47875bfbafdcf8.tar.gz |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/dir.5 | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/dir.5 b/share/man/man5/dir.5 index 3c038bd..4f9d457 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/dir.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/dir.5 @@ -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 |