dir(4)                         UNIX System V(s5)                         dir(4)


NAME
      dir (s5) - format of s5 directories

SYNOPSIS
      #include <sys/types.h>
      #include <sys/fs/s5dir.h>

DESCRIPTION
      A directory behaves exactly like an ordinary file, save that no user may
      write into a directory.  The fact that a file is a directory is indicated
      by a bit in the mode word of its i-node entry [see the s5-specific
      inode(4)].  The structure of a directory entry as given in the include
      file is:

            #ifndef  DIRSIZ
            #define  DIRSIZ  14
            #endif
            struct direct
            {
                 oinot    dino;  /* s5 inode type */
                 char       dname[DIRSIZ];
            };

      By convention, the first two entries in each directory are . for the
      entry itself and .. for the parent directory.  The meaning of .. is
      modified for the root directory of the master file system; there is no
      parent, so .. has the same meaning as . has.

SEE ALSO
      s5_specific inode(4)
























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