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| A directory is a container in a filesystem that holds files.  Directories have [[permissions|permission]] like files but must have the execute bit set in order for a program or human to [[cd]] into it and list its contents. | A directory is a container in a filesystem that holds files.  Directories have [[permissions|permission]] like files but must have the execute bit set in order for a program or human to [[cd]] into it and list its contents. | ||
| == Programming == | |||
| See the opendir(3) manpage on how to read directories within a C program. | |||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 17 July 2010
A directory is a container in a filesystem that holds files. Directories have permission like files but must have the execute bit set in order for a program or human to cd into it and list its contents.
Programming
See the opendir(3) manpage on how to read directories within a C program.