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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DIR 5
        !             2: .CT 1 dirs
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: dir \- format of directories
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B #include <sys/types.h>
        !             7: .br
        !             8: .B #include <sys/dir.h>
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: A directory
        !            11: behaves exactly like an ordinary file, save that no
        !            12: user may write into a directory.
        !            13: The fact that a file is a directory is indicated by
        !            14: a bit in the flag word of its inode entry;
        !            15: see
        !            16: .IR filsys (5).
        !            17: The structure of a directory entry as given in the
        !            18: include file is:
        !            19: .IP
        !            20: .EX
        !            21: .ta \w'ifndef  'u +\w'DIRSIZ  'u
        !            22: #define        DIRSIZ  14
        !            23: struct direct
        !            24: {
        !            25:        ino_t   d_ino;
        !            26:        char    d_name[DIRSIZ];
        !            27: };
        !            28: .EE
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: By convention, the first two entries in each directory
        !            31: are
        !            32: .L .
        !            33: for the directory itself and
        !            34: .L ..
        !            35: for the parent
        !            36: directory.
        !            37: In the ultimate root directory
        !            38: .L ..
        !            39: is the same as
        !            40: .LR . .
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: It is inadvisable to read directories using this structure.
        !            43: The routines in
        !            44: .IR directory (3)
        !            45: and
        !            46: .IR dirread (2)
        !            47: are more efficient and portable.
        !            48: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            49: .IR filsys (5), 
        !            50: .IR directory (3),
        !            51: .IR dirread (2)
        !            52: 

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