In the last episode (Jun 10), Zhihui Zhang said:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> > Most filesystems are created from archives that were created by a
> > depth first search (aka ftw).
> > 
> > What does ftw stand for (My guess is File Tree Walk)? Can anyone
> > give me examples of programs that create archives from a file tree
> > in a depth first way? Do these programs rebuild the file tree from
> > archive exactly as they were created?
> 
> I have just found that ftw does stand for File Tree Walk and there is a C
> library routine named ftw() (XPG4 standard) in AIX and HP-UX.  However, I
> can not find the same routine in FreeBSD manual pages.  Maybe it is not
> supported by FreeBSD. 

There is a set of fts* funtcions in FreeBSD (man fts); it looks like
the options are very similar.

        -Dan Nelson
        dnel...@emsphone.com


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