POSIX

POSIX-standard APIs for managing the filesystem More...

Files
file	dirent.h
	Directory entry functionality.
file	ioctl.h
	Header for terminal control operations.
file	uio.h
	Header for vector I/O.

Data Structures
struct	dirent
	POSIX directory entry structure. More...
struct	DIR
	Type representing a directory stream. More...
struct	iovec
	I/O vector structure. More...

Macros
#define	UIO_MAXIOV   IOV_MAX
	Old alias for the maximum length of an iovec.

Directory File Types
POSIX file types for dirent::d_type Remarks These directory entry types are not part of the POSIX specifican per-se, but are used by BSD and glibc. Todo Ensure each VFS driver maps its directory types accordingly
#define	DT_UNKNOWN   0
	Unknown.
#define	DT_FIFO   1
	Named Pipe or FIFO.
#define	DT_CHR   2
	Character Device.
#define	DT_DIR   4
	Directory.
#define	DT_BLK   6
	Block Device.
#define	DT_REG   8
	Regular File.
#define	DT_LNK   10
	Symbolic Link.
#define	DT_SOCK   12
	Local-Domain Socket.
#define	DT_WHT   14
	Whiteout (ignored)

Detailed Description

POSIX-standard APIs for managing the filesystem

Macro Definition Documentation

DT_BLK

#define DT_BLK   6

Block Device.

DT_CHR

#define DT_CHR   2

Character Device.

DT_DIR

#define DT_DIR   4

Directory.

Referenced by browse_directory().

DT_FIFO

#define DT_FIFO   1

Named Pipe or FIFO.

DT_LNK

#define DT_LNK   10

Symbolic Link.

DT_REG

#define DT_REG   8

Regular File.

DT_SOCK

#define DT_SOCK   12

Local-Domain Socket.

DT_UNKNOWN

#define DT_UNKNOWN   0

Unknown.

DT_WHT

#define DT_WHT   14

Whiteout (ignored)

UIO_MAXIOV

#define UIO_MAXIOV   IOV_MAX

Old alias for the maximum length of an iovec.