dir(4S5)                        (S5)                        dir(4S5)


       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(4S5)].  The structure of a
             directory entry as given in the include file is:

                   #ifndef  DIRSIZ
                   #define  DIRSIZ  14
                   #endif
                   struct direct
                   {
                        o_ino_t    d_ino;  /* s5 inode type */
                        char       d_name[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.

       REFERENCES
             s5_specific inode(4S5)

















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