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22 * @file include/gnunet_disk_lib.h
25 #ifndef GNUNET_DISK_LIB_H
26 #define GNUNET_DISK_LIB_H
29 #define OFF_T uint64_t
35 * Handle used to manage a pipe.
37 struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle;
42 GNUNET_DISK_FILE, GNUNET_PIPE
46 * Handle used to access files (and pipes).
48 struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle
53 * File handle under W32.
60 enum GNUNET_FILE_Type type;
63 * Structure for overlapped reading (for pipes)
65 OVERLAPPED *oOverlapRead;
68 * Structure for overlapped writing (for pipes)
70 OVERLAPPED *oOverlapWrite;
74 * File handle on other OSes.
83 /* we need size_t, and since it can be both unsigned int
84 or unsigned long long, this IS platform dependent;
85 but "stdlib.h" should be portable 'enough' to be
86 unconditionally available... */
88 #include "gnunet_configuration_lib.h"
89 #include "gnunet_scheduler_lib.h"
94 #if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
101 * Specifies how a file should be opened.
103 enum GNUNET_DISK_OpenFlags
107 * Open the file for reading
109 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_READ = 1,
112 * Open the file for writing
114 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_WRITE = 2,
117 * Open the file for both reading and writing
119 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_READWRITE = 3,
122 * Fail if file already exists
124 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_FAILIFEXISTS = 4,
127 * Truncate file if it exists
129 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_TRUNCATE = 8,
132 * Create file if it doesn't exist
134 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_CREATE = 16,
139 GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_APPEND = 32
143 * Specifies what type of memory map is desired.
145 enum GNUNET_DISK_MapType
148 * Read-only memory map.
150 GNUNET_DISK_MAP_TYPE_READ = 1,
153 * Write-able memory map.
155 GNUNET_DISK_MAP_TYPE_WRITE = 2,
157 * Read-write memory map.
159 GNUNET_DISK_MAP_TYPE_READWRITE = 3
164 * File access permissions, UNIX-style.
166 enum GNUNET_DISK_AccessPermissions
169 * Nobody is allowed to do anything to the file.
171 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_NONE = 0,
176 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_USER_READ = 1,
181 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_USER_WRITE = 2,
186 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_USER_EXEC = 4,
191 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_GROUP_READ = 8,
196 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_GROUP_WRITE = 16,
201 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_GROUP_EXEC = 32,
204 * Everybody can read.
206 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_OTHER_READ = 64,
209 * Everybody can write.
211 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_OTHER_WRITE = 128,
214 * Everybody can execute.
216 GNUNET_DISK_PERM_OTHER_EXEC = 256
221 * Constants for specifying how to seek.
223 enum GNUNET_DISK_Seek
226 * Seek an absolute position (from the start of the file).
228 GNUNET_DISK_SEEK_SET,
231 * Seek a relative position (from the current offset).
233 GNUNET_DISK_SEEK_CUR,
236 * Seek an absolute position from the end of the file.
243 * Enumeration identifying the two ends of a pipe.
245 enum GNUNET_DISK_PipeEnd
248 * The reading-end of a pipe.
250 GNUNET_DISK_PIPE_END_READ = 0,
253 * The writing-end of a pipe.
255 GNUNET_DISK_PIPE_END_WRITE = 1
260 * Get the number of blocks that are left on the partition that
261 * contains the given file (for normal users).
263 * @param part a file on the partition to check
264 * @return -1 on errors, otherwise the number of free blocks
267 GNUNET_DISK_get_blocks_available (const char *part);
271 * Checks whether a handle is invalid
273 * @param h handle to check
274 * @return GNUNET_YES if invalid, GNUNET_NO if valid
277 GNUNET_DISK_handle_invalid (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h);
281 * Check that fil corresponds to a filename
282 * (of a file that exists and that is not a directory).
284 * @param fil filename to check
285 * @return GNUNET_YES if yes, GNUNET_NO if not a file, GNUNET_SYSERR if something
286 * else (will print an error message in that case, too).
289 GNUNET_DISK_file_test (const char *fil);
293 * Move the read/write pointer in a file
294 * @param h handle of an open file
295 * @param offset position to move to
296 * @param whence specification to which position the offset parameter relates to
297 * @return the new position on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
300 GNUNET_DISK_file_seek (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h, OFF_T offset,
301 enum GNUNET_DISK_Seek whence);
305 * Get the size of the file (or directory)
306 * of the given file (in bytes).
308 * @param filename name of the file or directory
309 * @param size set to the size of the file (or,
310 * in the case of directories, the sum
311 * of all sizes of files in the directory)
312 * @param includeSymLinks should symbolic links be
314 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
317 GNUNET_DISK_file_size (const char *filename, uint64_t * size,
318 int includeSymLinks);
322 * Obtain some unique identifiers for the given file
323 * that can be used to identify it in the local system.
324 * This function is used between GNUnet processes to
325 * quickly check if two files with the same absolute path
326 * are actually identical. The two processes represent
327 * the same peer but may communicate over the network
328 * (and the file may be on an NFS volume). This function
329 * may not be supported on all operating systems.
331 * @param filename name of the file
332 * @param dev set to the device ID
333 * @param ino set to the inode ID
334 * @return GNUNET_OK on success
337 GNUNET_DISK_file_get_identifiers (const char *filename, uint64_t * dev,
342 * Create an (empty) temporary file on disk. If the given name is not
343 * an absolute path, the current 'TMPDIR' will be prepended. In any case,
344 * 6 random characters will be appended to the name to create a unique
347 * @param t component to use for the name;
348 * does NOT contain "XXXXXX" or "/tmp/".
349 * @return NULL on error, otherwise name of fresh
350 * file on disk in directory for temporary files
353 GNUNET_DISK_mktemp (const char *t);
357 * Open a file. Note that the access permissions will only be
358 * used if a new file is created and if the underlying operating
359 * system supports the given permissions.
361 * @param fn file name to be opened
362 * @param flags opening flags, a combination of GNUNET_DISK_OPEN_xxx bit flags
363 * @param perm permissions for the newly created file, use
364 * GNUNET_DISK_PERM_NONE if a file could not be created by this
365 * call (because of flags)
366 * @return IO handle on success, NULL on error
368 struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *
369 GNUNET_DISK_file_open (const char *fn, enum GNUNET_DISK_OpenFlags flags,
370 enum GNUNET_DISK_AccessPermissions perm);
374 * Get the size of an open file.
376 * @param fh open file handle
377 * @param size where to write size of the file
378 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
381 GNUNET_DISK_file_handle_size (struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *fh,
386 * Creates an interprocess channel
388 * @param blocking_read creates an asynchronous pipe for reading if set to GNUNET_NO
389 * @param blocking_write creates an asynchronous pipe for writing if set to GNUNET_NO
390 * @param inherit_read 1 to make read handle inheritable, 0 otherwise (NT only)
391 * @param inherit_write 1 to make write handle inheritable, 0 otherwise (NT only)
392 * @return handle to the new pipe, NULL on error
394 struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *
395 GNUNET_DISK_pipe (int blocking_read, int blocking_write, int inherit_read, int inherit_write);
399 * Creates a pipe object from a couple of file descriptors.
400 * Useful for wrapping existing pipe FDs.
402 * @param blocking_read creates an asynchronous pipe for reading if set to GNUNET_NO
403 * @param blocking_write creates an asynchronous pipe for writing if set to GNUNET_NO
404 * @param fd an array of two fd values. One of them may be -1 for read-only or write-only pipes
406 * @return handle to the new pipe, NULL on error
408 struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *
409 GNUNET_DISK_pipe_from_fd (int blocking_read, int blocking_write, int fd[2]);
412 * Closes an interprocess channel
414 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
417 GNUNET_DISK_pipe_close (struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *p);
420 * Closes one half of an interprocess channel
422 * @param p pipe to close end of
423 * @param end which end of the pipe to close
424 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
427 GNUNET_DISK_pipe_close_end (struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *p,
428 enum GNUNET_DISK_PipeEnd end);
431 * Close an open file.
433 * @param h file handle
434 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
437 GNUNET_DISK_file_close (struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h);
441 * Get the handle to a particular pipe end
444 * @param n end to access
445 * @return handle for the respective end
447 const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *
448 GNUNET_DISK_pipe_handle (const struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *p,
449 enum GNUNET_DISK_PipeEnd n);
452 * Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.
453 * @param h handle to an open file
454 * @param result the buffer to write the result to
455 * @param len the maximum number of bytes to read
456 * @return the number of bytes read on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on failure
459 GNUNET_DISK_file_read (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h, void *result,
463 * Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.
464 * Guarantees not to block (returns GNUNET_SYSERR and sets errno to EAGAIN
465 * when no data can be read).
467 * @param h handle to an open file
468 * @param result the buffer to write the result to
469 * @param len the maximum number of bytes to read
470 * @return the number of bytes read on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on failure
473 GNUNET_DISK_file_read_non_blocking (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle * h,
474 void *result, size_t len);
477 * Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.
479 * @param fn file name
480 * @param result the buffer to write the result to
481 * @param len the maximum number of bytes to read
482 * @return number of bytes read, GNUNET_SYSERR on failure
485 GNUNET_DISK_fn_read (const char *fn, void *result, size_t len);
489 * Write a buffer to a file.
491 * @param h handle to open file
492 * @param buffer the data to write
493 * @param n number of bytes to write
494 * @return number of bytes written on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
497 GNUNET_DISK_file_write (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h,
498 const void *buffer, size_t n);
502 * Write a buffer to a file, blocking, if necessary.
503 * @param h handle to open file
504 * @param buffer the data to write
505 * @param n number of bytes to write
506 * @return number of bytes written on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
509 GNUNET_DISK_file_write_blocking (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle * h,
510 const void *buffer, size_t n);
513 * Write a buffer to a file. If the file is longer than
514 * the given buffer size, it will be truncated.
516 * @param fn file name
517 * @param buffer the data to write
518 * @param n number of bytes to write
519 * @param mode file permissions
520 * @return number of bytes written on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
523 GNUNET_DISK_fn_write (const char *fn, const void *buffer, size_t n,
524 enum GNUNET_DISK_AccessPermissions mode);
530 * @param src file to copy
531 * @param dst destination file name
532 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
535 GNUNET_DISK_file_copy (const char *src, const char *dst);
539 * Scan a directory for files.
541 * @param dirName the name of the directory
542 * @param callback the method to call for each file
543 * @param callback_cls closure for callback
544 * @return the number of files found, -1 on error
547 GNUNET_DISK_directory_scan (const char *dirName,
548 GNUNET_FileNameCallback callback,
553 * Opaque handle used for iterating over a directory.
555 struct GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIterator;
559 * Function called to iterate over a directory.
562 * @param di argument to pass to "GNUNET_DISK_directory_iterator_next" to
563 * get called on the next entry (or finish cleanly);
564 * NULL on error (will be the last call in that case)
565 * @param filename complete filename (absolute path)
566 * @param dirname directory name (absolute path)
568 typedef void (*GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIteratorCallback) (void *cls,
570 GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIterator
572 const char *filename,
573 const char *dirname);
577 * This function must be called during the DiskIteratorCallback
578 * (exactly once) to schedule the task to process the next
579 * filename in the directory (if there is one).
581 * @param iter opaque handle for the iterator
582 * @param can set to GNUNET_YES to terminate the iteration early
583 * @return GNUNET_YES if iteration will continue,
584 * GNUNET_NO if this was the last entry (and iteration is complete),
585 * GNUNET_SYSERR if "can" was YES
588 GNUNET_DISK_directory_iterator_next (struct GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIterator *iter,
593 * Scan a directory for files using the scheduler to run a task for
594 * each entry. The name of the directory must be expanded first (!).
595 * If a scheduler does not need to be used, GNUNET_DISK_directory_scan
596 * may provide a simpler API.
598 * @param prio priority to use
599 * @param dirName the name of the directory
600 * @param callback the method to call for each file
601 * @param callback_cls closure for callback
602 * @return GNUNET_YES if directory is not empty and 'callback'
603 * will be called later, GNUNET_NO otherwise, GNUNET_SYSERR on error.
606 GNUNET_DISK_directory_iterator_start (enum GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Priority prio,
608 GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIteratorCallback
609 callback, void *callback_cls);
613 * Create the directory structure for storing
616 * @param filename name of a file in the directory
617 * @returns GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on failure,
618 * GNUNET_NO if directory exists but is not writeable
621 GNUNET_DISK_directory_create_for_file (const char *filename);
625 * Test if "fil" is a directory that can be accessed.
626 * Will not print an error message if the directory
627 * does not exist. Will log errors if GNUNET_SYSERR is
630 * @param fil filename to test
631 * @return GNUNET_YES if yes, GNUNET_NO if does not exist, GNUNET_SYSERR
632 * on any error and if exists but not directory
635 GNUNET_DISK_directory_test (const char *fil);
639 * Remove all files in a directory (rm -rf). Call with
642 * @param fileName the file to remove
643 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
646 GNUNET_DISK_directory_remove (const char *fileName);
650 * Implementation of "mkdir -p"
652 * @param dir the directory to create
653 * @returns GNUNET_SYSERR on failure, GNUNET_OK otherwise
656 GNUNET_DISK_directory_create (const char *dir);
660 * Lock a part of a file.
662 * @param fh file handle
663 * @param lockStart absolute position from where to lock
664 * @param lockEnd absolute position until where to lock
665 * @param excl GNUNET_YES for an exclusive lock
666 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
669 GNUNET_DISK_file_lock (struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *fh, OFF_T lockStart,
670 OFF_T lockEnd, int excl);
674 * Unlock a part of a file
675 * @param fh file handle
676 * @param unlockStart absolute position from where to unlock
677 * @param unlockEnd absolute position until where to unlock
678 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
681 GNUNET_DISK_file_unlock (struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *fh, OFF_T unlockStart,
686 * @brief Removes special characters as ':' from a filename.
687 * @param fn the filename to canonicalize
690 GNUNET_DISK_filename_canonicalize (char *fn);
694 * @brief Change owner of a file
695 * @param filename file to change
696 * @param user new owner of the file
697 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on failure
700 GNUNET_DISK_file_change_owner (const char *filename, const char *user);
704 * Construct full path to a file inside of the private
705 * directory used by GNUnet. Also creates the corresponding
706 * directory. If the resulting name is supposed to be
707 * a directory, end the last argument in '/' (or pass
708 * DIR_SEPARATOR_STR as the last argument before NULL).
710 * @param cfg configuration to use
711 * @param serviceName name of the service asking
712 * @param ... is NULL-terminated list of
713 * path components to append to the
714 * private directory name.
715 * @return the constructed filename
718 GNUNET_DISK_get_home_filename (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
719 const char *serviceName, ...);
723 * Opaque handle for a memory-mapping operation.
725 struct GNUNET_DISK_MapHandle;
728 * Map a file into memory
729 * @param h open file handle
730 * @param m handle to the new mapping (will be set)
731 * @param access access specification, GNUNET_DISK_MAP_TYPE_xxx
732 * @param len size of the mapping
733 * @return pointer to the mapped memory region, NULL on failure
736 GNUNET_DISK_file_map (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h,
737 struct GNUNET_DISK_MapHandle **m,
738 enum GNUNET_DISK_MapType access, size_t len);
743 * @param h mapping handle
744 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
747 GNUNET_DISK_file_unmap (struct GNUNET_DISK_MapHandle *h);
750 * Write file changes to disk
751 * @param h handle to an open file
752 * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
755 GNUNET_DISK_file_sync (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h);
758 #if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
766 /* ifndef GNUNET_DISK_LIB_H */
768 /* end of gnunet_disk_lib.h */