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+/*
+ * dir.h - Defines for directory handling in NTFS Linux kernel driver. Part of
+ *	   the Linux-NTFS project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Anton Altaparmakov
+ *
+ * This program/include file 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/include file 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 (in the main directory of the Linux-NTFS
+ * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_NTFS_DIR_H
+#define _LINUX_NTFS_DIR_H
+
+#include "layout.h"
+#include "inode.h"
+#include "types.h"
+
+/*
+ * ntfs_name is used to return the file name to the caller of
+ * ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() in order for the caller (namei.c::ntfs_lookup())
+ * to be able to deal with dcache aliasing issues.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	MFT_REF mref;
+	FILE_NAME_TYPE_FLAGS type;
+	u8 len;
+	ntfschar name[0];
+} __attribute__ ((__packed__)) ntfs_name;
+
+/* The little endian Unicode string $I30 as a global constant. */
+extern ntfschar I30[5];
+
+extern MFT_REF ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name(ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
+		const ntfschar *uname, const int uname_len, ntfs_name **res);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_NTFS_FS_DIR_H */