Re: [clisp-list] linux:readdir always returns d_type=0 ?

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <Pin...@as...>
> * On the subject of "Re: [clisp-list] linux:readdir always returns d_type=0 ?"
> * Sent on Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:46:02 -0800 (PST)
> * Honorable Kaz Kylheku <ka...@as...> writes:
>
> On 14 Feb 2002, Sam Steingold wrote:
> 
> > > I was just wondering why linux:readdir is always 
> > > returning "0" as d_type, no matter if the file 
> > > is a directory or regular file, such as : 
> > 
> > [1]> (setf dir (linux:opendir "/etc"))
> > #<FOREIGN-ADDRESS #x0826DC20>
> > [3]> (setf file (linux:readdir  dir))
> > #S(LINUX:dirent :|d_ino| 242881 :|d_off| 12 :|d_reclen| 16 :|d_type| 4
> >    :|d_name| ".")
> > [4]> (setf file (linux:readdir  dir))
> > #S(LINUX:dirent :|d_ino| 2 :|d_off| 24 :|d_reclen| 16 :|d_type| 4
> >    :|d_name| "..")
> 
> Interesting. What kind of filesystem is your /etc on?

ext3
why?

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