III File and Directory I/O Services

This section describes the functions for accessing files and directories and include ANSI, POSIX, and NKS functions with a few Novell® additions. These functions allow you to create and delete directory entries, to modify attributes, to read and write, and to set file locks.

The functions have been divided into following groups:

In addition, this section includes information on the following topics:

  • File and Directory I/O Concepts—explains how to get started using the functions. It also provides an overview of the meta data that is stored in the NetWare® file system and how you can access and modify it.

  • Structures—describes all the structures used by the file and directory functions.

  • Values—describes the flags and constants used by the functions and structures.