DIR(5) - File Formats Manual

DIR(5) - File Formats Manual # DIR(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # dir, dirent - directory file format SYNOPSIS # #include <dirent.h> DESCRIPTION # Directories provide a convenient hierarchical method of grouping files while obscuring the underlying details of the storage medium. A directory file is differentiated from a plain file by a flag in its inode(5) entry. It consists of records (directory entries) each of which contains information about a file and a pointer to the file itself. ...