/* Sample XDR specification from RFC 1832 Section 5.5 */
const MAXUSERNAME = 32; /* max length of a user name */
const MAXFILELEN = 65535; /* max length of a file */
const MAXNAMELEN = 255; /* max length of a file name */
/*
* Types of files:
*/
enum filekind {
TEXT = 0, /* ascii data */
DATA = 1, /* raw data */
EXEC = 2 /* executable */
};
/*
* File information, per kind of file:
*/
union filetype switch (filekind kind) {
case TEXT:
void; /* no extra information */
case DATA:
string creator<MAXNAMELEN>; /* data creator */
case EXEC:
string interpretor<MAXNAMELEN>; /* program interpretor */
};
/*
* A complete file:
*/
struct file {
string filename<MAXNAMELEN>; /* name of file */
filetype type; /* info about file */
string owner<MAXUSERNAME>; /* owner of file */
opaque data<MAXFILELEN>; /* file data */
};