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List contents of extremely large directories
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dirent.h> /* Defines DT_* constants */
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#define handle_error(msg) \
do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
struct linux_dirent {
long d_ino;
off_t d_off;
unsigned short d_reclen;
char d_name[];
};
#define BUF_SIZE 1024 * 1024 * 10
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd, nread;
char buf[BUF_SIZE];
struct linux_dirent *d;
int bpos;
char d_type;
fd = open(argc > 1 ? argv[1] : ".", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
if (fd == -1)
handle_error("open");
for ( ; ; ) {
nread = syscall(SYS_getdents, fd, buf, BUF_SIZE);
if (nread == -1)
handle_error("getdents");
if (nread == 0)
break;
#if 0
printf("--------------- nread=%d ---------------\n", nread);
printf("i-node# file type d_reclen d_off d_name\n");
#endif
for (bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
d = (struct linux_dirent *) (buf + bpos);
if (d->d_ino == 0) continue;
#if 0
printf("%8ld ", d->d_ino);
d_type = *(buf + bpos + d->d_reclen - 1);
printf("%-10s ", (d_type == DT_REG) ? "regular" :
(d_type == DT_DIR) ? "directory" :
(d_type == DT_FIFO) ? "FIFO" :
(d_type == DT_SOCK) ? "socket" :
(d_type == DT_LNK) ? "symlink" :
(d_type == DT_BLK) ? "block dev" :
(d_type == DT_CHR) ? "char dev" : "???");
printf("%4d %10lld %s\n", d->d_reclen,
(long long) d->d_off, (char *) d->d_name);
#endif
printf("%s\n", d->d_name);
bpos += d->d_reclen;
}
}
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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