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+from yaffsfs import *
+
+def yaffs_ls(dname):
+    if dname[-1] != "/": dname = dname + "/"
+    dc = yaffs_opendir(dname)
+    if dc != 0 :
+        sep = yaffs_readdir(dc)
+        while bool(sep):
+            se = sep.contents
+            fullname = dname + se.d_name
+            #print fullname, " ", se.d_ino," ",ord(se.d_type)
+            st = yaffs_stat_struct()
+            result = yaffs_stat(fullname,byref(st))
+            perms = st.st_mode & 0777
+            isFile = True if st.st_mode & 0x8000 else False
+            isDir  = True if st.st_mode & 0x4000 else False
+
+            if isFile :
+                print "File ",se.d_ino, hex(perms), st.st_size, fullname
+            if isDir :
+                print "Dir  ",se.d_ino, hex(perms), fullname
+                yaffs_ls(fullname)
+                
+            sep = yaffs_readdir(dc)
+    else:
+        print "Could not open directory"
+        return -1
+
+
+root = "/yaffs2"
+
+yaffs_StartUp()
+yaffs_mount(root)
+
+yaffs_mkdir(root+"/dd",0666)
+
+yaffs_open(root+"/dd/111",66,0666)
+
+yaffs_ls(root)