Index Entry interpretation for a directory

Hi,
I am trying to parse On-disk index entries stored in the index buffers for a
directory,
from an index entry I need to find out if the child is a file or a dir.
does somebody know the structure of index entry from where I can find out
this info.
any help or pointers would be appreciated

thanx in advance
Harish

Harish,

If I remember it correctly, Index entry has a flag field in which a
particular bit says whether this index entry points to a sub node
or not.

If an index entry points to a sub node then can we conclude that
this is a directory and vice versa ?

I am not sure though.

–kumar :slight_smile:

Harish Arora wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to parse On-disk index entries stored in the index buffers for a
directory,
from an index entry I need to find out if the child is a file or a dir.
does somebody know the structure of index entry from where I can find out
this info.
any help or pointers would be appreciated

thanx in advance
Harish