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  3. September 2002

RE: using opendir

>opendir() returns a pointer to a DIR.  DIR is
>a macro for something, anyone know what?

If you have the openness includes installed, look in QSYSINC/H(DIRENT)

>How do I properly code opendir() in RPG?

Dopendir          pr              *   extproc('opendir')
D                                 *   value

Ddirent           ds                  based(entry)
D d_reserved                    16
D d_fileno_geni                 10u 0
D d_fileno                      10u 0
D d_reclen                      10u 0
D d_reserved3                   10u 0
D d_reserved4                    8
D d_nlsinfo                     12
D d_namelen                     10u 0
D d_name                       640

C                   eval      dir=opendir(fn)
...
C                   eval      entry=readdir(dir)
...loop while entry <> *null
...work with dirent struc
C                   eval      entry=readdir(dir)
...end loop

  --buck

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