Subj : Re: dirent.h
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket>
Date : Fri Apr 16 2004 05:19 pm

It is an item used by the library implementation to verify
that a DIR structure has been properly initialized.  You
do not use it.  The code for the functions in the compiler's
runtime library uses it.

..  Ed

> Mike Dublin wrote in message
> news:4080388b@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> in the structure DIR what exactly does:
>
> unsigned char  _d_magic;  /* magic cookie for verifying
> handle */
> mean?
>
>
> What would I use this for?

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