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#ifndef _GLIBMM_FILEUTILS_H
#define _GLIBMM_FILEUTILS_H
/* Copyright (C) 2002 The gtkmm Development Team
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
extern "C" { typedef struct _GDir GDir; }
#endif
#include <glibmm/error.h>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
namespace Glib
{
/** @addtogroup glibmmEnums glibmm Enums and Flags */
/**
* @var FileTest FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR
* <tt>true</tt> if the file is a regular file
* (not a directory). Note that this test will also return <tt>true</tt>
* if the tested file is a symlink to a regular file.
*
* @var FileTest FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK
* <tt>true</tt> if the file is a symlink.
*
* @var FileTest FILE_TEST_IS_DIR
* <tt>true</tt> if the file is a directory.
*
* @var FileTest FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE
* <tt>true</tt> if the file is executable.
*
* @var FileTest FILE_TEST_EXISTS
* <tt>true</tt> if the file exists. It may or may not
* be a regular file.
*
* @enum FileTest
*
* A test to perform on a file using g_file_test().
*
* @ingroup glibmmEnums
* @par Bitwise operators:
* <tt>%FileTest operator|(FileTest, FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest operator&(FileTest, FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest operator^(FileTest, FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest operator~(FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest& operator|=(FileTest&, FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest& operator&=(FileTest&, FileTest)</tt><br>
* <tt>%FileTest& operator^=(FileTest&, FileTest)</tt><br>
*/
enum FileTest
{
FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR = 1 << 0,
FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK = 1 << 1,
FILE_TEST_IS_DIR = 1 << 2,
FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE = 1 << 3,
FILE_TEST_EXISTS = 1 << 4
};
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest operator|(FileTest lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) | static_cast<unsigned>(rhs)); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest operator&(FileTest lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) & static_cast<unsigned>(rhs)); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest operator^(FileTest lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) ^ static_cast<unsigned>(rhs)); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest operator~(FileTest flags)
{ return static_cast<FileTest>(~static_cast<unsigned>(flags)); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest& operator|=(FileTest& lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return (lhs = static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) | static_cast<unsigned>(rhs))); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest& operator&=(FileTest& lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return (lhs = static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) & static_cast<unsigned>(rhs))); }
/** @ingroup glibmmEnums */
inline FileTest& operator^=(FileTest& lhs, FileTest rhs)
{ return (lhs = static_cast<FileTest>(static_cast<unsigned>(lhs) ^ static_cast<unsigned>(rhs))); }
/** @defgroup FileUtils File Utilities
* Various file-related classes and functions.
*/
/** %Exception class for file-related errors.
* @ingroup FileUtils
*/
class FileError : public Glib::Error
{
public:
/** @var Code EXISTS
* Operation not permitted; only the owner of
* the file (or other resource) or processes with special privileges
* can perform the operation.
*
* @var Code IS_DIRECTORY
* File is a directory; you cannot open a directory
* for writing, or create or remove hard links to it.
*
* @var Code ACCESS_DENIED
* Permission denied; the file permissions do not
* allow the attempted operation.
*
* @var Code NAME_TOO_LONG
* Filename too long.
*
* @var Code NO_SUCH_ENTITY
* No such file or directory. This is a "file
* doesn't exist" error for ordinary files that are referenced in
* contexts where they are expected to already exist.
*
* @var Code NOT_DIRECTORY
* A file that isn't a directory was specified when
* a directory is required.
*
* @var Code NO_SUCH_DEVICE
* No such device or address. The system tried to
* use the device represented by a file you specified, and it
* couldn't find the device. This can mean that the device file was
* installed incorrectly, or that the physical device is missing or
* not correctly attached to the computer.
*
* @var Code NOT_DEVICE
* The underlying file system of the specified file
* does not support memory mapping.
*
* @var Code READONLY_FILESYSTEM
* The directory containing the new link can't be
* modified because it's on a read-only file system.
*
* @var Code TEXT_FILE_BUSY
* Text file busy.
*
* @var Code FAULTY_ADDRESS
* You passed in a pointer to bad memory.
* (GLib won't reliably return this, don't pass in pointers to bad
* memory.).
*
* @var Code SYMLINK_LOOP
* Too many levels of symbolic links were encountered
* in looking up a file name. This often indicates a cycle of symbolic
* links.
*
* @var Code NO_SPACE_LEFT
* No space left on device; write operation on a
* file failed because the disk is full.
*
* @var Code NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
* No memory available. The system cannot allocate
* more virtual memory because its capacity is full.
*
* @var Code TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES
* The current process has too many files open and
* can't open any more. Duplicate descriptors do count toward this
* limit.
*
* @var Code FILE_TABLE_OVERFLOW
* There are too many distinct file openings in the
* entire system.
*
* @var Code BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR
* Bad file descriptor; for example, I/O on a
* descriptor that has been closed or reading from a descriptor open
* only for writing (or vice versa).
*
* @var Code INVALID_ARGUMENT
* Invalid argument. This is used to indicate
* various kinds of problems with passing the wrong argument to a
* library function.
*
* @var Code BROKEN_PIPE
* Broken pipe; there is no process reading from the
* other end of a pipe. Every library function that returns this
* error code also generates a 'SIGPIPE' signal; this signal
* terminates the program if not handled or blocked. Thus, your
* program will never actually see this code unless it has handled
* or blocked 'SIGPIPE'.
*
* @var Code TRYAGAIN
* Resource temporarily unavailable; the call might
* work if you try again later.
*
* @var Code INTERRUPTED
* Interrupted function call; an asynchronous signal
* occurred and prevented completion of the call. When this
* happens, you should try the call again.
*
* @var Code IO_ERROR
* Input/output error; usually used for physical read
* or write errors. i.e. the disk or other physical device hardware
* is returning errors.
*
* @var Code NOT_OWNER
* Operation not permitted; only the owner of the
* file (or other resource) or processes with special privileges can
* perform the operation.
*
* @var Code NOSYS
* Function not implemented; this indicates that
* the system is missing some functionality.
*
* @var Code FAILED
* Does not correspond to a UNIX error code; this
* is the standard "failed for unspecified reason" error code present
* in all Error error code enumerations. Returned if no specific
* code applies.
*
* @enum Code
*
* Values corresponding to @a errno codes returned from file operations
* on UNIX. Unlike @a errno codes, GFileError values are available on
* all systems, even Windows. The exact meaning of each code depends
* on what sort of file operation you were performing; the UNIX
* documentation gives more details. The following error code descriptions
* come from the GNU C Library manual, and are under the copyright
* of that manual.
*
* It's not very portable to make detailed assumptions about exactly
* which errors will be returned from a given operation. Some errors
* don't occur on some systems, etc., sometimes there are subtle
* differences in when a system will report a given error, etc.
*/
enum Code
{
EXISTS,
IS_DIRECTORY,
ACCESS_DENIED,
NAME_TOO_LONG,
NO_SUCH_ENTITY,
NOT_DIRECTORY,
NO_SUCH_DEVICE,
NOT_DEVICE,
READONLY_FILESYSTEM,
TEXT_FILE_BUSY,
FAULTY_ADDRESS,
SYMLINK_LOOP,
NO_SPACE_LEFT,
NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY,
TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES,
FILE_TABLE_OVERFLOW,
BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR,
INVALID_ARGUMENT,
BROKEN_PIPE,
TRYAGAIN,
INTERRUPTED,
IO_ERROR,
NOT_OWNER,
NOSYS,
FAILED
};
FileError(Code error_code, const Glib::ustring& error_message);
explicit FileError(GError* gobject);
Code code() const;
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
private:
static void throw_func(GError* gobject);
friend void wrap_init(); // uses throw_func()
#endif //DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
};
/** @enum FileError::Code
* Values corresponding to <tt>errno</tt> codes returned from file operations
* on UNIX.
* Unlike <tt>errno</tt> codes, FileError::Code values are available on all
* systems, even Windows. The exact meaning of each code depends on what sort
* of file operation you were performing; the UNIX documentation gives more
* details. The following error code descriptions come from the GNU C Library
* manual, and are under the copyright of that manual.
*
* It's not very portable to make detailed assumptions about exactly which
* errors will be returned from a given operation. Some errors don't occur on
* some systems, etc., sometimes there are subtle differences in when a system
* will report a given error, etc.
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::EXISTS
* <tt>(EEXIST)</tt> Operation not permitted; only the owner of the file (or
* other resource) or processes with special privileges can perform the operation.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::IS_DIRECTORY
* <tt>(EISDIR)</tt> File is a directory; you cannot open a directory for writing,
* or create or remove hard links to it.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::ACCESS_DENIED
* <tt>(EACCES)</tt> Permission denied; the file permissions do not allow the
* attempted operation.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NAME_TOO_LONG
* <tt>(ENAMETOOLONG)</tt> Filename too long.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NO_SUCH_ENTITY
* <tt>(ENOENT)</tt> No such file or directory. This is a "file doesn't exist"
* error for ordinary files that are referenced in contexts where they are expected
* to already exist.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NOT_DIRECTORY
* <tt>(ENOTDIR)</tt> A file that isn't a directory was specified when a directory
* is required.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NO_SUCH_DEVICE
* <tt>(ENXIO)</tt> No such device or address. The system tried to use the device
* represented by a file you specified, and it couldn't find the device. This can
* mean that the device file was installed incorrectly, or that the physical device
* is missing or not correctly attached to the computer.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NOT_DEVICE
* <tt>(ENODEV)</tt> This file is of a type that doesn't support mapping.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::READONLY_FILESYSTEM
* <tt>(EROFS)</tt> The directory containing the new link can't be modified
* because it's on a read-only file system.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::TEXT_FILE_BUSY
* <tt>(ETXTBSY)</tt> Text file busy.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::FAULTY_ADDRESS
* <tt>(EFAULT)</tt> You passed in a pointer to bad memory. (Glib won't
* reliably return this, don't pass in pointers to bad memory.)
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::SYMLINK_LOOP
* <tt>(ELOOP)</tt> Too many levels of symbolic links were encountered in
* looking up a file name. This often indicates a cycle of symbolic links.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NO_SPACE_LEFT
* <tt>(ENOSPC)</tt> No space left on device; write operation on a file failed
* because the disk is full.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
* <tt>(ENOMEM)</tt> No memory available. The system cannot allocate more
* virtual memory because its capacity is full.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES
* <tt>(EMFILE)</tt> The current process has too many files open and can't
* open any more. Duplicate descriptors do count toward this limit.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::FILE_TABLE_OVERFLOW
* <tt>(ENFILE)</tt> There are too many distinct file openings in the
* entire system.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR
* <tt>(EBADF)</tt> Bad file descriptor; for example, I/O on a descriptor
* that has been closed or reading from a descriptor open only for writing
* (or vice versa).
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::INVALID_ARGUMENT
* <tt>(EINVAL)</tt> Invalid argument. This is used to indicate various kinds
* of problems with passing the wrong argument to a library function.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::BROKEN_PIPE
* <tt>(EPIPE)</tt> Broken pipe; there is no process reading from the other
* end of a pipe. Every library function that returns this error code also
* generates a <tt>SIGPIPE</tt> signal; this signal terminates the program
* if not handled or blocked. Thus, your program will never actually see
* this code unless it has handled or blocked <tt>SIGPIPE</tt>.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::TRYAGAIN
* <tt>(EAGAIN)</tt> Resource temporarily unavailable; the call might work
* if you try again later.
* We used TRYAGAIN instead of TRY_AGAIN, because that is a defined as a macro by a Unix header.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::INTERRUPTED
* <tt>(EINTR)</tt> Interrupted function call; an asynchronous signal occurred
* and prevented completion of the call. When this happens, you should try
* the call again.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::IO_ERROR
* <tt>(EIO)</tt> Input/output error; usually used for physical read or write
* errors. I.e. the disk or other physical device hardware is returning errors.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::NOT_OWNER
* <tt>(EPERM)</tt> Operation not permitted; only the owner of the file (or other
* resource) or processes with special privileges can perform the operation.
* <br><br>
*/
/** @var FileError::Code FileError::FAILED
* Does not correspond to a UNIX error code; this is the standard "failed for
* unspecified reason" error code present in all Glib::Error error code
* enumerations. Returned if no specific code applies.
*/
class Dir;
/** The iterator type of Glib::Dir.
* @ingroup FileUtils
*/
class DirIterator
{
public:
typedef std::input_iterator_tag iterator_category;
typedef std::string value_type;
typedef int difference_type;
typedef value_type reference;
typedef void pointer;
DirIterator();
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
DirIterator(GDir* gobject, const char* current);
#endif
std::string operator*() const;
DirIterator& operator++();
/** @note DirIterator has input iterator semantics, which means real
* postfix increment is impossible. The return type is @c void to
* prevent surprising behaviour.
*/
void operator++(int);
bool operator==(const DirIterator& rhs) const;
bool operator!=(const DirIterator& rhs) const;
private:
GDir* gobject_;
const char* current_;
};
/** Utility class representing an open directory.
* @ingroup FileUtils
* It's highly recommended to use the iterator interface. With iterators,
* reading an entire directory into a STL container is really easy:
* @code
* Glib::Dir dir (directory_path);
* std::list<std::string> entries (dir.begin(), dir.end());
* @endcode
* @note The encoding of the directory entries isn't necessarily UTF-8.
* Use Glib::filename_to_utf8() if you need to display them.
*/
class Dir
{
public:
using iterator = DirIterator;
using const_iterator = DirIterator;
/** Opens a directory for reading. The names of the files in the
* directory can then be retrieved using read_name().
* @param path The path to the directory you are interested in.
* @throw Glib::FileError
*/
explicit Dir(const std::string& path);
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
explicit Dir(GDir* gobject);
#endif
Dir(const Dir&) = delete;
Dir& operator=(const Dir&) = delete;
/** Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources.
*/
~Dir();
/** Retrieves the name of the next entry in the directory.
* The <tt>'.'</tt> and <tt>'..'</tt> entries are omitted.
* @return The entry's name or <tt>""</tt> if there are no more entries.
* @see begin(), end()
*/
std::string read_name();
/** Resets the directory. The next call to
* read_name() will return the first entry again.
*/
void rewind();
/** Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources.
* Note that close() is implicitely called by ~Dir(). Thus you don't
* need to call close() yourself unless you want to close the directory
* before the destructor runs.
*/
void close();
/** Get the begin of an input iterator sequence.
* @return An input iterator pointing to the first directory entry.
*/
DirIterator begin();
/** Get the end of an input iterator sequence.
* @return An input iterator pointing behind the last directory entry.
*/
DirIterator end();
private:
GDir* gobject_;
};
/** Returns @c true if any of the tests in the bitfield @a test are true.
* @ingroup FileUtils
* For example, <tt>(Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS | Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)</tt> will
* return @c true if the file exists; the check whether it's a directory
* doesn't matter since the existence test is true. With the current set of
* available tests, there's no point passing in more than one test at a time.
*
* Apart from <tt>Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK</tt> all tests follow symbolic
* links, so for a symbolic link to a regular file file_test() will return
* @c true for both <tt>Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK</tt> and
* <tt>Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR</tt>.
*
* @note For a dangling symbolic link file_test() will return @c true for
* <tt>Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK</tt> and @c false for all other flags.
*
* @param filename A filename to test.
* @param test Bitfield of Glib::FileTest flags.
* @return Whether a test was true.
*/
bool file_test(const std::string& filename, FileTest test);
/** Opens a temporary file.
* @ingroup FileUtils
* See the %mkstemp() documentation on most UNIX-like systems. This is a
* portability wrapper, which simply calls %mkstemp() on systems that have
* it, and implements it in GLib otherwise.
* @param filename_template A string that should match the rules for
* %mkstemp(), i.e. end in <tt>"XXXXXX"</tt>. The <tt>X</tt> string
* will be modified to form the name of a file that didn't exist.
* @return A file handle (as from open()) to the file opened for reading
* and writing. The file is opened in binary mode on platforms where there
* is a difference. The file handle should be closed with close(). In
* case of errors, <tt>-1</tt> is returned.
*/
int mkstemp(std::string& filename_template);
/** Opens a file for writing in the preferred directory for temporary files
* (as returned by Glib::get_tmp_dir()).
* @ingroup FileUtils
* @a prefix should a basename template; it'll be suffixed by 6 characters
* in order to form a unique filename. No directory components are allowed.
*
* The actual name used is returned in @a name_used.
*
* @param prefix Template for file name, basename only.
* @retval name_used The actual name used.
* @return A file handle (as from <tt>open()</tt>) to the file opened for reading
* and writing. The file is opened in binary mode on platforms where there is a
* difference. The file handle should be closed with <tt>close()</tt>.
* @throw Glib::FileError
*/
int file_open_tmp(std::string& name_used, const std::string& prefix);
/** Opens a file for writing in the preferred directory for temporary files
* (as returned by Glib::get_tmp_dir()).
* @ingroup FileUtils
* This function works like file_open_tmp(std::string&, const std::string&)
* but uses a default basename prefix.
*
* @retval name_used The actual name used.
* @return A file handle (as from <tt>open()</tt>) to the file opened for reading
* and writing. The file is opened in binary mode on platforms where there is a
* difference. The file handle should be closed with <tt>close()</tt>.
* @throw Glib::FileError
*/
int file_open_tmp(std::string& name_used);
/** Reads an entire file into a string, with good error checking.
* @ingroup FileUtils
* @param filename A file to read contents from.
* @return The file contents.
* @throw Glib::FileError
*/
std::string file_get_contents(const std::string& filename);
/** Writes all of @a contents to a file named @a filename, with good error checking.
*
* @param filename name of a file to write @a contents to, in the GLib file name
* encoding
* @param contents string to write to the file
* @param length length of @a contents, or -1 if @a contents is a nul-terminated string
*
* If a file called @a filename already exists it will be overwritten.
*
* This write is atomic in the sense that it is first written to a temporary
* file which is then renamed to the final name. Notes:
* <ol>
* <li>
* On Unix, if @a filename already exists hard links to @a filename will break.
* Also since the file is recreated, existing permissions, access control
* lists, metadata etc. may be lost. If @a filename is a symbolic link,
* the link itself will be replaced, not the linked file.
* </li>
* <li>
* On Windows renaming a file will not remove an existing file with the
* new name, so on Windows there is a race condition between the existing
* file being removed and the temporary file being renamed.
* </li>
* <li>
* On Windows there is no way to remove a file that is open to some
* process, or mapped into memory. Thus, this function will fail if
* @a filename already exists and is open.
* </li>
* </ol>
*
* If the call was not successful, an exception is thrown.
* Possible error codes are those in the FileError enumeration.
*
* @newin{2,22}
**/
void file_set_contents (const std::string& filename, const gchar *contents, gssize length);
/** A variant of file_set_contents which accepts a standard C++ string
*
* @newin{2,22}
* */
void file_set_contents (const std::string& filename, const std::string& contents);
} // namespace Glib
#endif /* _GLIBMM_FILEUTILS_H */
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