Re^2: opendir a directory abstraction?

> I assume that you would have to have some way to specify what file system the directory entries in your string are based on?

No, rather a minimal abstraction of a file system.

Kind of a nested data-structure like a AoA or HoH, not the full implementation.

> And what would the inode numbers point to?

nowhere? stat doesn't work on abstracted FH either, hence no "inode"

  DB<410> $str = join "\n", a..d

  DB<411> open AFH, "<",\$str

  DB<412> p "".<AFH>
a

  DB<413> p "".<AFH>
b

  DB<414> @stat = stat AFH

  DB<415> x @stat
  empty array
  DB<416>
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see also stat: "Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types."

Cheers Rolf
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