# [dict.h] Type: Dictionary

## contents

#include "standard.h"

       [dict] provides platform-independant access to directories and their entries.
       Supported platforms are Unix and Windows.

## Types

Dir | Abstract directory type
Dentry | Abstract directory entry type

## Directory access

    Dir Dir_open(c_string PathName)
| open directory 'PathName'
    Dentry Dir_read(Dir Directory)
| next directory entry
    c_string Dentry_name(Dentry Entry)
| name of 'Entry'
    Dir Dentry_open(Dentry Entry)
| open 'Entry'
    c_string Dentry_path(Dentry Entry)
| full path of 'Entry'; allocs memory
    c_bool Dentry_isDir(Dentry Entry)
| 'Entry' = directory ?
    c_bool Dentry_isFile(Dentry Entry)
| 'Entry' = regular file ?
    c_bool Dentry_isCDev(Dentry Entry)
| 'Entry' = character device ?
    c_bool Dentry_isBDev(Dentry Entry)
| 'Entry' = block device ?
    c_bool Dentry_isFifo(Dentry Entry)
| 'Entry' = FIFO ?
    c_string Dir_name(Dir Directory)
| name of 'Directory'
    void Dir_close(Dir Directory)
| close 'Directory'