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From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
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Subject: Re: glob vs '*/' vs GLOB_ONLYDIR vs xfs
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Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> Isn't that a bug in XFS? readdir should set d_type to DT_UNKNOWN if it 
> doesn't know the type. It shouldn't set d_type to garbage.

XFS sets d_type to DT_UNKNOWN for most entries, not garbage.

> Doesn't glob do the right thing if d_type is DT_UNKNOWN?

No, if by "right thing" you mean "call lstat and find out the right
type".