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-.TH READDIR 3am "Jul 30 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules"
+.TH READDIR 3am "Aug 08 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules"
.SH NAME
readdir \- directory input parser for gawk
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft CW
@load "readdir"
-.br
+.sp
readdir_do_ftype(1) # or 0
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ file:
.B f
for file,
.B d
-for directory, and so on.
+for directory,
+.B b
+for a block device,
+.B c
+for a character device,
+.B p
+for a FIFO,
+.B l
+for a symbolic link,
+.B s
+for a socket, and
+.B u
+(unknown) for anything else.
.PP
On systems without the file type information, calling
.B readdir_do_ftype(1)
@@ -57,6 +69,10 @@ BEGIN { FS = "/" }
.IR readfile (3am),
.IR rwarray (3am),
.IR time (3am).
+.PP
+.IR opendir (3),
+.IR readdir (3),
+.IR stat (2).
.SH AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins,
.BR arnold@skeeve.com .