> Only one byte per directory entry? This confuses > programs that assume that the st_size reported for a > directory is a multiple of sizeof(struct dirent) bytes.
Sorry, but a program making this assumption is just flawed and should be fixed. The POSIX standard is crystal-clear here and explicitely mentions: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/stat.h.html off_t st_size For regular files, the file size in bytes. For symbolic links, the length in bytes of the pathname contained in the symbolic link. [SHM] For a shared memory object, the length in bytes. [TYM] For a typed memory object, the length in bytes. For other file types, the use of this field is unspecified. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a directory is strictly speaking not a regular file and this is in a way enforced by ZFS, the standards wording further defines later on: File type: S_IFREG Regular. S_IFDIR Directory. hth frankB This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
