On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:26:13PM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Does the ifdef in the struct dirent (pasted in below) make any sense? > Seems like regardless of whether the __BSD_VISIBLE is defined or not, > the d_name length will always be 255 + 1. > > Eric > > > struct dirent { > __uint32_t d_fileno; /* file number of entry */ > __uint16_t d_reclen; /* length of this record */ > __uint8_t d_type; /* file type, see below */ > __uint8_t d_namlen; /* length of string in d_name */ > #if __BSD_VISIBLE > #define MAXNAMLEN 255 > char d_name[MAXNAMLEN + 1]; /* name must be no longer than > this */ > #else > char d_name[255 + 1]; /* name must be no longer than > this */ > #endif > };
The difference is whether MAXNAMLEN is defined or not, the value of d_name is irrelevant. How far not defining MAXNAMLEN (in the case __BSD_VISIBLE= false) makes sense, I cannot tell. cheers, t. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"