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getdents.2: The programmer must define the linux_dirent structure 

Point out that this structure is not defined in glibc headers.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Modified 22 July 1995 by Michael Chastain <mec@duracef.shout.net>:
.\" Derived from 'readdir.2'.
.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 08:11:14 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.TH GETDENTS 2 2009-09-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH GETDENTS 2 2009-10-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getdents \- get directory entries
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ SVr4.
.SH NOTES
Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
.BR syscall (2).
You will need to define the
.I linux_dirent
structure yourself.
This call supersedes
.BR readdir (2).