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>Filesystem operations all take a directory pointer as one of their
arguments.  A directory pointer is an opaque handle managed by the
filesystem. It should encapsulate a reference to a specific directory
within the filesystem. For example, it may be a pointer to the data
structure that represents that directory (such as an inode), or a
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> function it makes two
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> functions. The first
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succeeds the second is to dispose of the old current directory
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>struct dirent</SPAN
>
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>read</TT
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>lseek</TT
> and
<TT
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>close</TT
>. Each read operation on this file should
return a single <SPAN
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>struct dirent</SPAN
> object. When
the end of the directory is reached, zero should be returned. The only
seek operation allowed is a rewind to the start of the directory, by
supplying an offset of zero and a <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>whence</I
></TT
>
specifier of <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SEEK_SET</TT
>.</P
><P
>Most of these considerations are invisible to clients of a filesystem
since they will access directories via the POSIX
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>opendir()</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>readdir()</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>closedir()</TT
> functions.</P
><P
>Support for the <TT
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>getcwd()</TT
> function is provided by
three mechanisms.  The first is to use the
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>FS_INFO_GETCWD</TT
> getinfo key on the filesystem to use
any internal support that it has for this. If that fails it falls back
on one of the two other mechanisms. If
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CYGPKG_IO_FILEIO_TRACK_CWD</TT
> is set then the current
directory is tracked textually in <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>chdir()</TT
> and the result of that is
reported in getcwd(). Otherwise an attempt is made to traverse the
directory tree to its root using &quot;..&quot; entries.</P
><P
>This last option is complicated and expensive, and relies on the
filesystem supporting &quot;.&quot; and &quot;..&quot;  entries. This is not always the
case, particularly if the filesystem has been ported from a
non-UNIX-compatible source. Tracking the pathname textually will
usually work, but might not produce optimum results when symbolic
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115			`></TT`
116			`> argument is a previously generated`
117			`directory pointer that can now be disposed of. When the infrastructure`
118			`is implementing the <TT`
119			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
120			`>chdir()</TT`
121			`> function it makes two`
122			`calls to filesystem <TT`
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126			`is to get a directory pointer for the new current directory. If this`
127			`succeeds the second is to dispose of the old current directory`
128			`pointer.</P`
129			`><P`
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132			`>opendir()</TT`
133			`> function is used to open a`
134			`directory for reading. This results in an open file object that can be`
135			`read to return a sequence of <SPAN`
136			`CLASS="STRUCTNAME"`
137			`>struct dirent</SPAN`
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139			`objects. The only operations that are allowed on this file are`
140			`<TT`
141			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
142			`>read</TT`
143			`>, <TT`
144			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
145			`>lseek</TT`
146			`> and`
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148			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
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150			`>. Each read operation on this file should`
151			`return a single <SPAN`
152			`CLASS="STRUCTNAME"`
153			`>struct dirent</SPAN`
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160			`>whence</I`
161			`></TT`
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163			`specifier of <TT`
164			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
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166			`>.</P`
167			`><P`
168			`>Most of these considerations are invisible to clients of a filesystem`
169			`since they will access directories via the POSIX`
170			`<TT`
171			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
172			`>opendir()</TT`
173			`>, <TT`
174			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
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176			`> and`
177			`<TT`
178			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
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180			`> functions.</P`
181			`><P`
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183			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
184			`>getcwd()</TT`
185			`> function is provided by`
186			`three mechanisms. The first is to use the`
187			`<TT`
188			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
189			`>FS_INFO_GETCWD</TT`
190			`> getinfo key on the filesystem to use`
191			`any internal support that it has for this. If that fails it falls back`
192			`on one of the two other mechanisms. If`
193			`<TT`
194			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
195			`>CYGPKG_IO_FILEIO_TRACK_CWD</TT`
196			`> is set then the current`
197			`directory is tracked textually in <TT`
198			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
199			`>chdir()</TT`
200			`> and the result of that is`
201			`reported in getcwd(). Otherwise an attempt is made to traverse the`
202			`directory tree to its root using ".." entries.</P`
203			`><P`
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205			`filesystem supporting "." and ".." entries. This is not always the`
206			`case, particularly if the filesystem has been ported from a`
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