On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:50:09AM +0100, Chanura Rajakaruna wrote:
> how can i read derectory contents
> using old_readdir system call
It has a manpage. man 2 readdir
^^^
> *this is for kernel programming
Why do you need to do a readdir in kernel?
In kernel, you have to do the kernel_ds thing to make copy_to_user work
to kernel.
> (to develop msdos like shell)
That surely can and should be done in userspace (may need playing with
things like LD_PRELOAD, but it's sure possible).
> *i want to develop ls command in init/main.c
> file
No, you don't.
> please help me
> plaese help me
Well, what do you really want to do?
> i want to develop this type of function
>
> char *x(char *dirname)
> {
>
> ??
>
> }
>
> /* Directory contents */
>
> printk(x("/usr"));
What is such a function good for? You can't do about anything useful at
all with it's result.
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