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+/*  
+    $Id: udf_file.h,v 1.1 2005/10/30 07:36:15 rocky Exp $
+    Copyright (C) 2005 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+*/
+
+/*!
+ * \file udf_file.h 
+ *
+ * \brief Routines involving UDF file operations
+ *
+*/
+
+#ifndef UDF_FILE_H
+#define UDF_FILE_H 
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+  /*!
+    Return the file id descriptor of the given file.
+  */
+  bool udf_get_fileid_descriptor(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file, 
+				 /*out*/ udf_fileid_desc_t *p_udf_fid);
+
+  /*!
+    Return the name of the file
+  */
+  const char *udf_get_filename(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+  
+  /*!
+    Return the name of the file
+  */
+  bool udf_get_file_entry(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file, 
+			  /*out*/ udf_file_entry_t *p_udf_fe);
+
+  /*!
+    Return the number of hard links of the file. Return 0 if error.
+  */
+  uint16_t udf_get_link_count(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+
+  /*!  
+    Returns a POSIX mode for a given p_udf_file.
+  */
+  mode_t udf_get_posix_filemode(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+
+  /*!
+    Return the next subdirectory. 
+  */
+  udf_file_t *udf_get_sub(const udf_t *p_udf, const udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+  
+  /*!
+    Return the next file.
+  */
+  udf_file_t *udf_get_next(const udf_t *p_udf, udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+  
+  /*!
+    free free resources associated with p_udf_file.
+  */
+  bool udf_file_free(udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+  
+  /*!
+    Return true if the file is a directory.
+  */
+  bool udf_is_dir(const udf_file_t *p_udf_file);
+  
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif /*UDF_FILE_H*/