Based on the details of the directory structure that Phil found, I've

modified the a7out and the wktls.s program to reflect this.

src/other/wktls.s

@@ -20,17 +20,21 @@ fileloop:
    lac ibufptr		" Point bufptr at the base of the buffer
    dac bufptr
 
+" Each directory entry is eight words. We need to print out
+" the filename which is in words 2 to 5.
 printloop:
+
+   isz bufptr		" Move up to the filename
    lac d1
    sys write; bufptr:0; 4	" Write a filename out to stdout
    lac d1
    sys write; newline; 1	" followed by a newline
 
-   lac bufptr		" Add 4 to the bufptr
-   tad d4
+   lac bufptr		" Add 7 to the bufptr
+   tad d7
    dac bufptr
-   -4
-   tad count		" Decrement the count of words by 4
+   -8
+   tad count		" Decrement the count of words by 8
    dac count
    sza			" Anything left in the buffer to print?
      jmp printloop	" Yes, stuff left to print
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ newline: 012000
 
 fd: 0
 d1: 1				" stdout fd
-d4: 4
+d7: 7
 count: 0
 
 " Input buffer for read

tools/a7out

@@ -666,16 +666,27 @@ sub opensomething {
        return($FH);
     }
 
-    # It's a directory. For now, until we fully understand the code,
-    # I'm going to write space-padded filenames to a temporary
-    # directory, open and unlink it, and return the FH
+    # It's a directory. The on-disk format for this was:
+    #   d.i: .=.+1                   " inode number
+    #   d.name: .=.+4                " name (space padded)
+    #   d.uniq: .=.+1                " unique number from directory inode
+    #   followed by two unused words
+    # The code creates a temporary file and fills in the i-node numbers
+    # and space padded filenames from the directory. The file is closed
+    # opened read-only and unlinked, and the open filehandle is returned.
     opendir(my $dh, $filename) || return(undef);
     open( $FH, ">", $tempfile) || return(undef);
     dprintf("Converting directory $filename\n");
 
     my @list= sort(readdir($dh));
     foreach my $name (@list) {
-        printf( $FH "%-8s", substr( $name, 0, 8 ) );
+        # Get the file's i-node number
+        my (undef,$inode)= stat($name);
+
+        # ARGH! For now we are still read/writing ASCII files, so there's
+	# no way to represent a proper 18-bit value. For now I'll pad
+	# with spaces to create the record
+        printf( $FH "  %-8s      ", substr( $name, 0, 8 ) );
     }
     closedir($dh);
     close($FH);