Hello David, thanks for the response.

>  it may not be worth it

I agree.
I think it is wise to give up to simulate dirread() rigorously. plan9 is not unix.

> Ori's suggestion to use Getdirentries64 on OSX might be  better
I cannot find getdirentries64() on my OSX.



I examined david code and found the code have still some problems.

(1) some directory entries are lost.
(2) uid and gid is wrong.

the test program is attached here.