off_t d_off; /* not an offset; see NOTES */
unsigned short d_reclen; /* length of this record */
unsigned char d_type; /* type of file; not supported
- by all file system types */
+ by all filesystem types */
char d_name[256]; /* filename */
};
.fi
at the current position in the directory stream.
Be aware that despite its type and name, the
.I d_off
-field is seldom any kind of directory offset on modern file systems.
+field is seldom any kind of directory offset on modern filesystems.
.\" https://lwn.net/Articles/544298/
Applications should treat this field as an opaque value,
making no assumptions about its contents; see also
Currently,
.\" kernel 2.6.27
.\" The same sentence is in getdents.2
-only some file systems (among them: Btrfs, ext2, ext3, and ext4)
+only some filesystems (among them: Btrfs, ext2, ext3, and ext4)
have full support for returning the file type in
.IR d_type .
All applications must properly handle a return of
.BR scandir (3),
.BR seekdir (3),
.BR telldir (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.68 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.