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Diffstat (limited to 'extension/readdir.3am')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/extension/readdir.3am b/extension/readdir.3am index 9cb4862e..e7c6ee4f 100644 --- a/extension/readdir.3am +++ b/extension/readdir.3am @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ readdir \- directory input parser for gawk .ft CW @load "readdir" .sp -readdir_do_ftype(1) # or 0 +readdir_do_ftype(2) # or 0 or 1 .ft R .SH DESCRIPTION The @@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ for a socket, and (unknown) for anything else. .PP On systems without the file type information, calling -.B readdir_do_ftype(1) +.B readdir_do_ftype(2) causes the extension to use .IR stat (2) to retrieve the appropriate information. This is not the default, since .IR stat (2) -is a potentially expensive operation. +is a potentially expensive operation. By calling +.B readdir_do_ftype(0) +one can ensure that the file type +information is never displayed, even when readily available in the +directory entry. .SH NOTES On GNU/Linux systems, there are filesystems that don't support the .B d_type @@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ entry (see and so the file type is always .BR u . Therefore, using -.B readdir_do_ftype(1) +.B readdir_do_ftype(2) is advisable even on GNU/Linux systems. In this case, the .I readdir extension will fall back to using |