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Handle the unknown d_type field in posix readdir #2887

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harendra-kumar opened this issue Nov 20, 2024 · 0 comments · May be fixed by #2897
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Handle the unknown d_type field in posix readdir #2887

harendra-kumar opened this issue Nov 20, 2024 · 0 comments · May be fixed by #2897
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The readdir man page says:

Currently, only some filesystems (among them: Btrfs, ext2, ext3, and ext4) have full support for returning the file type in d_type. All applications must properly handle a return of DT_UNKNOWN.

We should handle the DT_UNKNOWN case properly.
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