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# The Coda Dir Package

## Peter J. Braam

Aug 31, 1998

This document describes the directory package used in Coda. Our aim is to describe the interface offered by the dir library, as well as typical usage in Venus and Vice. Areas of improvement are also pointed out. This system is currently being implemented and tested.

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Directory Entries
- 1.2 Directory Format
- 1.3 Persistent Storage for Directories
- 1.4 C Structures Describing the Directory Format
- 1.5 Example of the Directory Layout:

## 2. Interfaces

- 2.1 DirHandle API
- 2.2 DIR api
- 2.3 FID api
- 2.4 Directory Inode API
- 2.5 Directory Handle Cache API

## 3. Lookup handling

## 4. Directory handling in the server

- 4.1 Persistent storage of directory data
- 4.2 Directory handles in the server

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