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Date: Thu,  3 Feb 2011 13:36:40 +0000
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] files vs. directories
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On 3 February 2011 11:45, dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com> wrote:
> read(open("/foo")) returns byte stream under entry `foo' in the root object.
>
> readdir("/foo") returns `bar' (and possibly others) -- entries in hierarchical
> section of object `/foo'.

there's no distinction between readdir and read in plan 9.