dirent Struct Reference

POSIX directory entry structure. More...

#include <dirent.h>

Data Fields
int	d_ino
	File unique identifier.
off_t	d_off
	File offset.
uint16_t	d_reclen
	Record length.
uint8_t	d_type
	File type.
char	d_name []
	File name.

Detailed Description

POSIX directory entry structure.

This structure contains information about a single entry in a directory in the VFS.

Field Documentation

d_ino

int dirent::d_ino

File unique identifier.

d_name

char dirent::d_name[]

File name.

Warning

This field is a flexible array member, which means the structure requires manual over-allocation to reserve storage for this string.

Note

This allows us to optimize our memory usage by only allocating exactly as many bytes as the string is long for this field.

d_off

off_t dirent::d_off

File offset.

d_reclen

uint16_t dirent::d_reclen

Record length.

d_type

uint8_t dirent::d_type

File type.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/sys/dirent.h