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+/* Example for creating a struct dirent object for use with glob.
+ Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+struct dirent *
+mkdirent (const char *name)
+{
+ size_t dirent_size = offsetof (struct dirent, d_name) + 1;
+ size_t name_length = strlen (name);
+ size_t total_size = dirent_size + name_length;
+ if (total_size < dirent_size)
+ {
+ errno = ENOMEM;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ struct dirent *result = malloc (total_size);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ result->d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+ result->d_ino = 1; /* Do not skip this entry. */
+ memcpy (result->d_name, name, name_length + 1);
+ return result;
+}