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18 /* $Id: file.h,v 1.27.18.2 2005/04/29 00:16:54 marka Exp $ */
28 #include <isc/types.h>
33 isc_file_settime(const char *file, isc_time_t *time);
36 isc_file_getmodtime(const char *file, isc_time_t *time);
38 * \brief Get the time of last modication of a file.
41 *\li The time that is set is relative to the (OS-specific) epoch, as are
42 * all isc_time_t structures.
49 *\li If the file could not be accessed, 'time' is unchanged.
55 * No such file exists.
56 *\li #ISC_R_INVALIDFILE
57 * The path specified was not usable by the operating system.
59 * The file's metainformation could not be retrieved because
60 * permission was denied to some part of the file's path.
62 * Hardware error interacting with the filesystem.
63 *\li #ISC_R_UNEXPECTED
64 * Something totally unexpected happened.
69 isc_file_mktemplate(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);
71 * \brief Generate a template string suitable for use with isc_file_openunique().
74 *\li This function is intended to make creating temporary files
75 * portable between different operating systems.
77 *\li The path is prepended to an implementation-defined string and
78 * placed into buf. The string has no path characters in it,
79 * and its maximum length is 14 characters plus a NUL. Thus
80 * buflen should be at least strlen(path) + 15 characters or
81 * an error will be returned.
87 *\li If result == #ISC_R_SUCCESS:
88 * buf contains a string suitable for use as the template argument
89 * to isc_file_openunique().
91 *\li If result != #ISC_R_SUCCESS:
95 *\li #ISC_R_SUCCESS Success.
96 *\li #ISC_R_NOSPACE buflen indicates buf is too small for the catenation
97 * of the path with the internal template string.
102 isc_file_openunique(char *templet, FILE **fp);
104 * \brief Create and open a file with a unique name based on 'templet'.
107 *\li 'template' is a reserved work in C++. If you want to complain
108 * about the spelling of 'templet', first look it up in the
109 * Merriam-Webster English dictionary. (http://www.m-w.com/)
111 *\li This function works by using the template to generate file names.
112 * The template must be a writable string, as it is modified in place.
113 * Trailing X characters in the file name (full file name on Unix,
114 * basename on Win32 -- eg, tmp-XXXXXX vs XXXXXX.tmp, respectively)
115 * are replaced with ASCII characters until a non-existent filename
116 * is found. If the template does not include pathname information,
117 * the files in the working directory of the program are searched.
119 *\li isc_file_mktemplate is a good, portable way to get a template.
122 *\li 'fp' is non-NULL and '*fp' is NULL.
124 *\li 'template' is non-NULL, and of a form suitable for use by
125 * the system as described above.
128 *\li If result is #ISC_R_SUCCESS:
129 * *fp points to an stream opening in stdio's "w+" mode.
131 *\li If result is not #ISC_R_SUCCESS:
134 * No file is open. Even if one was created (but unable
135 * to be reopened as a stdio FILE pointer) then it has been
138 *\li This function does *not* ensure that the template string has not been
139 * modified, even if the operation was unsuccessful.
145 * No file with a unique name could be created based on the
147 *\li #ISC_R_INVALIDFILE
148 * The path specified was not usable by the operating system.
150 * The file could not be created because permission was denied
151 * to some part of the file's path.
153 * Hardware error interacting with the filesystem.
154 *\li #ISC_R_UNEXPECTED
155 * Something totally unexpected happened.
159 isc_file_remove(const char *filename);
161 * \brief Remove the file named by 'filename'.
165 isc_file_rename(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
167 * \brief Rename the file 'oldname' to 'newname'.
171 isc_file_exists(const char *pathname);
173 * \brief Return #ISC_TRUE if the calling process can tell that the given file exists.
174 * Will not return true if the calling process has insufficient privileges
175 * to search the entire path.
179 isc_file_isabsolute(const char *filename);
181 * \brief Return #ISC_TRUE if the given file name is absolute.
185 isc_file_iscurrentdir(const char *filename);
187 * \brief Return #ISC_TRUE if the given file name is the current directory (".").
191 isc_file_ischdiridempotent(const char *filename);
193 * Return #ISC_TRUE if calling chdir(filename) multiple times will give
194 * the same result as calling it once.
198 isc_file_basename(const char *filename);
200 * Return the final component of the path in the file name.
204 isc_file_progname(const char *filename, char *buf, size_t buflen);
206 * \brief Given an operating system specific file name "filename"
207 * referring to a program, return the canonical program name.
210 * Any directory prefix or executable file name extension (if
211 * used on the OS in case) is stripped. On systems where program
212 * names are case insensitive, the name is canonicalized to all
213 * lower case. The name is written to 'buf', an array of 'buflen'
214 * chars, and null terminated.
218 *\li #ISC_R_NOSPACE The name did not fit in 'buf'.
222 isc_file_template(const char *path, const char *templet, char *buf,
225 * Create an OS specific template using 'path' to define the directory
226 * 'templet' to describe the filename and store the result in 'buf'
227 * such that path can be renamed to buf atomically.
231 isc_file_renameunique(const char *file, char *templet);
233 * Rename 'file' using 'templet' as a template for the new file name.
237 isc_file_absolutepath(const char *filename, char *path, size_t pathlen);
239 * Given a file name, return the fully qualified path to the file.
243 * XXX We should also have a isc_file_writeeopen() function
244 * for safely open a file in a publicly writable directory
245 * (see write_open() in BIND 8's ns_config.c).
249 isc_file_truncate(const char *filename, isc_offset_t size);
251 * Truncate/extend the file specified to 'size' bytes.
256 #endif /* ISC_FILE_H */