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Author	rosslagerwall
Recipients	larry, rosslagerwall
Date	2011-09-05.15:14:59
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Message-id	<1315235759.92.0.848881432073.issue12898@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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opendir opens a C dirent structure with an underlying file descriptor. However, to open a directory file descriptor, simple use: os.open("/tmp", os.O_RDONLY) This can then be used as the fd to the functions which require a directory fd like os.openat() Cheers Ross

opendir opens a C dirent structure with an underlying file descriptor.

However, to open a directory file descriptor, simple use:
 os.open("/tmp", os.O_RDONLY)

This can then be used as the fd to the functions which require a directory fd like os.openat()

Cheers
Ross

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Date	User	Action	Args
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