question on opendir, readdir, etc.

[Tom Reingold]

Here is what I've surmised so far.

To use opendir, readdir, etc. on BSD, you include <sys/dir.h>.  This
lets you use a struct defined as direct.  The member d_name is a
character array of size MAXNAMLEN+1 (256).

To use these functions on System V, you include <dirent.h>.  This lets
you use a struct defined as dirent.  Confusingly close.  The member
d_name is a character array of size 1!  Is this for real?  I have a
sample program which works, but I think I'm lucky that trashing the
area after my structure doesn't kill anything vital.

Am I not supposed to use these functions in System V?  If I am, do they
normally work?
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