file_util.h revision 0d205d712abd16eeed2f5d5b1052a367d23a223f
1// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5// This file contains utility functions for dealing with the local
6// filesystem.
7
8#ifndef BASE_FILES_FILE_UTIL_H_
9#define BASE_FILES_FILE_UTIL_H_
10
11#include <stddef.h>
12#include <stdint.h>
13#include <stdio.h>
14
15#include <set>
16#include <string>
17#include <vector>
18
19#include "base/base_export.h"
20#include "base/files/file.h"
21#include "base/files/file_path.h"
22#include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
23#include "base/strings/string16.h"
24#include "build/build_config.h"
25
26#if defined(OS_WIN)
27#include <windows.h>
28#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
29#include <sys/stat.h>
30#include <unistd.h>
31#endif
32
33#if defined(OS_POSIX)
34#include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
35#include "base/logging.h"
36#include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
37#endif
38
39namespace base {
40
41class Time;
42
43//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
44// Functions that involve filesystem access or modification:
45
46// Returns an absolute version of a relative path. Returns an empty path on
47// error. On POSIX, this function fails if the path does not exist. This
48// function can result in I/O so it can be slow.
49BASE_EXPORT FilePath MakeAbsoluteFilePath(const FilePath& input);
50
51// Returns the total number of bytes used by all the files under |root_path|.
52// If the path does not exist the function returns 0.
53//
54// This function is implemented using the FileEnumerator class so it is not
55// particularly speedy in any platform.
56BASE_EXPORT int64_t ComputeDirectorySize(const FilePath& root_path);
57
58// Deletes the given path, whether it's a file or a directory.
59// If it's a directory, it's perfectly happy to delete all of the
60// directory's contents.  Passing true to recursive deletes
61// subdirectories and their contents as well.
62// Returns true if successful, false otherwise. It is considered successful
63// to attempt to delete a file that does not exist.
64//
65// In posix environment and if |path| is a symbolic link, this deletes only
66// the symlink. (even if the symlink points to a non-existent file)
67//
68// WARNING: USING THIS WITH recursive==true IS EQUIVALENT
69//          TO "rm -rf", SO USE WITH CAUTION.
70BASE_EXPORT bool DeleteFile(const FilePath& path, bool recursive);
71
72#if defined(OS_WIN)
73// Schedules to delete the given path, whether it's a file or a directory, until
74// the operating system is restarted.
75// Note:
76// 1) The file/directory to be deleted should exist in a temp folder.
77// 2) The directory to be deleted must be empty.
78BASE_EXPORT bool DeleteFileAfterReboot(const FilePath& path);
79#endif
80
81// Moves the given path, whether it's a file or a directory.
82// If a simple rename is not possible, such as in the case where the paths are
83// on different volumes, this will attempt to copy and delete. Returns
84// true for success.
85// This function fails if either path contains traversal components ('..').
86BASE_EXPORT bool Move(const FilePath& from_path, const FilePath& to_path);
87
88// Renames file |from_path| to |to_path|. Both paths must be on the same
89// volume, or the function will fail. Destination file will be created
90// if it doesn't exist. Prefer this function over Move when dealing with
91// temporary files. On Windows it preserves attributes of the target file.
92// Returns true on success, leaving *error unchanged.
93// Returns false on failure and sets *error appropriately, if it is non-NULL.
94BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceFile(const FilePath& from_path,
95                             const FilePath& to_path,
96                             File::Error* error);
97
98// Copies a single file. Use CopyDirectory to copy directories.
99// This function fails if either path contains traversal components ('..').
100//
101// This function keeps the metadata on Windows. The read only bit on Windows is
102// not kept.
103BASE_EXPORT bool CopyFile(const FilePath& from_path, const FilePath& to_path);
104
105// Copies the given path, and optionally all subdirectories and their contents
106// as well.
107//
108// If there are files existing under to_path, always overwrite. Returns true
109// if successful, false otherwise. Wildcards on the names are not supported.
110//
111// This function calls into CopyFile() so the same behavior w.r.t. metadata
112// applies.
113//
114// If you only need to copy a file use CopyFile, it's faster.
115BASE_EXPORT bool CopyDirectory(const FilePath& from_path,
116                               const FilePath& to_path,
117                               bool recursive);
118
119// Returns true if the given path exists on the local filesystem,
120// false otherwise.
121BASE_EXPORT bool PathExists(const FilePath& path);
122
123// Returns true if the given path is writable by the user, false otherwise.
124BASE_EXPORT bool PathIsWritable(const FilePath& path);
125
126// Returns true if the given path exists and is a directory, false otherwise.
127BASE_EXPORT bool DirectoryExists(const FilePath& path);
128
129// Returns true if the contents of the two files given are equal, false
130// otherwise.  If either file can't be read, returns false.
131BASE_EXPORT bool ContentsEqual(const FilePath& filename1,
132                               const FilePath& filename2);
133
134// Returns true if the contents of the two text files given are equal, false
135// otherwise.  This routine treats "\r\n" and "\n" as equivalent.
136BASE_EXPORT bool TextContentsEqual(const FilePath& filename1,
137                                   const FilePath& filename2);
138
139// Reads the file at |path| into |contents| and returns true on success and
140// false on error.  For security reasons, a |path| containing path traversal
141// components ('..') is treated as a read error and |contents| is set to empty.
142// In case of I/O error, |contents| holds the data that could be read from the
143// file before the error occurred.
144// |contents| may be NULL, in which case this function is useful for its side
145// effect of priming the disk cache (could be used for unit tests).
146BASE_EXPORT bool ReadFileToString(const FilePath& path, std::string* contents);
147
148// Reads the file at |path| into |contents| and returns true on success and
149// false on error.  For security reasons, a |path| containing path traversal
150// components ('..') is treated as a read error and |contents| is set to empty.
151// In case of I/O error, |contents| holds the data that could be read from the
152// file before the error occurred.  When the file size exceeds |max_size|, the
153// function returns false with |contents| holding the file truncated to
154// |max_size|.
155// |contents| may be NULL, in which case this function is useful for its side
156// effect of priming the disk cache (could be used for unit tests).
157BASE_EXPORT bool ReadFileToString(const FilePath& path,
158                                  std::string* contents,
159                                  size_t max_size);
160
161#if defined(OS_POSIX)
162
163// Read exactly |bytes| bytes from file descriptor |fd|, storing the result
164// in |buffer|. This function is protected against EINTR and partial reads.
165// Returns true iff |bytes| bytes have been successfully read from |fd|.
166BASE_EXPORT bool ReadFromFD(int fd, char* buffer, size_t bytes);
167
168// Creates a symbolic link at |symlink| pointing to |target|.  Returns
169// false on failure.
170BASE_EXPORT bool CreateSymbolicLink(const FilePath& target,
171                                    const FilePath& symlink);
172
173// Reads the given |symlink| and returns where it points to in |target|.
174// Returns false upon failure.
175BASE_EXPORT bool ReadSymbolicLink(const FilePath& symlink, FilePath* target);
176
177// Bits and masks of the file permission.
178enum FilePermissionBits {
179  FILE_PERMISSION_MASK              = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO,
180  FILE_PERMISSION_USER_MASK         = S_IRWXU,
181  FILE_PERMISSION_GROUP_MASK        = S_IRWXG,
182  FILE_PERMISSION_OTHERS_MASK       = S_IRWXO,
183
184  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_USER      = S_IRUSR,
185  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_USER     = S_IWUSR,
186  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_USER   = S_IXUSR,
187  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_GROUP     = S_IRGRP,
188  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_GROUP    = S_IWGRP,
189  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_GROUP  = S_IXGRP,
190  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_OTHERS    = S_IROTH,
191  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_OTHERS   = S_IWOTH,
192  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_OTHERS = S_IXOTH,
193};
194
195// Reads the permission of the given |path|, storing the file permission
196// bits in |mode|. If |path| is symbolic link, |mode| is the permission of
197// a file which the symlink points to.
198BASE_EXPORT bool GetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int* mode);
199// Sets the permission of the given |path|. If |path| is symbolic link, sets
200// the permission of a file which the symlink points to.
201BASE_EXPORT bool SetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int mode);
202
203#endif  // OS_POSIX
204
205// Returns true if the given directory is empty
206BASE_EXPORT bool IsDirectoryEmpty(const FilePath& dir_path);
207
208// Get the temporary directory provided by the system.
209//
210// WARNING: In general, you should use CreateTemporaryFile variants below
211// instead of this function. Those variants will ensure that the proper
212// permissions are set so that other users on the system can't edit them while
213// they're open (which can lead to security issues).
214BASE_EXPORT bool GetTempDir(FilePath* path);
215
216// Get the home directory. This is more complicated than just getenv("HOME")
217// as it knows to fall back on getpwent() etc.
218//
219// You should not generally call this directly. Instead use DIR_HOME with the
220// path service which will use this function but cache the value.
221// Path service may also override DIR_HOME.
222BASE_EXPORT FilePath GetHomeDir();
223
224// Creates a temporary file. The full path is placed in |path|, and the
225// function returns true if was successful in creating the file. The file will
226// be empty and all handles closed after this function returns.
227BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryFile(FilePath* path);
228
229// Same as CreateTemporaryFile but the file is created in |dir|.
230BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir,
231                                          FilePath* temp_file);
232
233// Create and open a temporary file.  File is opened for read/write.
234// The full path is placed in |path|.
235// Returns a handle to the opened file or NULL if an error occurred.
236BASE_EXPORT FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryFile(FilePath* path);
237
238// Similar to CreateAndOpenTemporaryFile, but the file is created in |dir|.
239BASE_EXPORT FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir,
240                                                  FilePath* path);
241
242// Create a new directory. If prefix is provided, the new directory name is in
243// the format of prefixyyyy.
244// NOTE: prefix is ignored in the POSIX implementation.
245// If success, return true and output the full path of the directory created.
246BASE_EXPORT bool CreateNewTempDirectory(const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
247                                        FilePath* new_temp_path);
248
249// Create a directory within another directory.
250// Extra characters will be appended to |prefix| to ensure that the
251// new directory does not have the same name as an existing directory.
252BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryDirInDir(const FilePath& base_dir,
253                                         const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
254                                         FilePath* new_dir);
255
256// Creates a directory, as well as creating any parent directories, if they
257// don't exist. Returns 'true' on successful creation, or if the directory
258// already exists.  The directory is only readable by the current user.
259// Returns true on success, leaving *error unchanged.
260// Returns false on failure and sets *error appropriately, if it is non-NULL.
261BASE_EXPORT bool CreateDirectoryAndGetError(const FilePath& full_path,
262                                            File::Error* error);
263
264// Backward-compatible convenience method for the above.
265BASE_EXPORT bool CreateDirectory(const FilePath& full_path);
266
267// Returns the file size. Returns true on success.
268BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileSize(const FilePath& file_path, int64_t* file_size);
269
270// Sets |real_path| to |path| with symbolic links and junctions expanded.
271// On windows, make sure the path starts with a lettered drive.
272// |path| must reference a file.  Function will fail if |path| points to
273// a directory or to a nonexistent path.  On windows, this function will
274// fail if |path| is a junction or symlink that points to an empty file,
275// or if |real_path| would be longer than MAX_PATH characters.
276BASE_EXPORT bool NormalizeFilePath(const FilePath& path, FilePath* real_path);
277
278#if defined(OS_WIN)
279
280// Given a path in NT native form ("\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..."),
281// return in |drive_letter_path| the equivalent path that starts with
282// a drive letter ("C:\...").  Return false if no such path exists.
283BASE_EXPORT bool DevicePathToDriveLetterPath(const FilePath& device_path,
284                                             FilePath* drive_letter_path);
285
286// Given an existing file in |path|, set |real_path| to the path
287// in native NT format, of the form "\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..".
288// Returns false if the path can not be found. Empty files cannot
289// be resolved with this function.
290BASE_EXPORT bool NormalizeToNativeFilePath(const FilePath& path,
291                                           FilePath* nt_path);
292#endif
293
294// This function will return if the given file is a symlink or not.
295BASE_EXPORT bool IsLink(const FilePath& file_path);
296
297// Returns information about the given file path.
298BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileInfo(const FilePath& file_path, File::Info* info);
299
300// Sets the time of the last access and the time of the last modification.
301BASE_EXPORT bool TouchFile(const FilePath& path,
302                           const Time& last_accessed,
303                           const Time& last_modified);
304
305// Wrapper for fopen-like calls. Returns non-NULL FILE* on success.
306BASE_EXPORT FILE* OpenFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* mode);
307
308// Closes file opened by OpenFile. Returns true on success.
309BASE_EXPORT bool CloseFile(FILE* file);
310
311// Associates a standard FILE stream with an existing File. Note that this
312// functions take ownership of the existing File.
313BASE_EXPORT FILE* FileToFILE(File file, const char* mode);
314
315// Truncates an open file to end at the location of the current file pointer.
316// This is a cross-platform analog to Windows' SetEndOfFile() function.
317BASE_EXPORT bool TruncateFile(FILE* file);
318
319// Reads at most the given number of bytes from the file into the buffer.
320// Returns the number of read bytes, or -1 on error.
321BASE_EXPORT int ReadFile(const FilePath& filename, char* data, int max_size);
322
323// Writes the given buffer into the file, overwriting any data that was
324// previously there.  Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
325BASE_EXPORT int WriteFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data,
326                          int size);
327
328#if defined(OS_POSIX)
329// Appends |data| to |fd|. Does not close |fd| when done.  Returns true iff
330// |size| bytes of |data| were written to |fd|.
331BASE_EXPORT bool WriteFileDescriptor(const int fd, const char* data, int size);
332#endif
333
334// Appends |data| to |filename|.  Returns true iff |size| bytes of |data| were
335// written to |filename|.
336BASE_EXPORT bool AppendToFile(const FilePath& filename,
337                              const char* data,
338                              int size);
339
340// Gets the current working directory for the process.
341BASE_EXPORT bool GetCurrentDirectory(FilePath* path);
342
343// Sets the current working directory for the process.
344BASE_EXPORT bool SetCurrentDirectory(const FilePath& path);
345
346// Attempts to find a number that can be appended to the |path| to make it
347// unique. If |path| does not exist, 0 is returned.  If it fails to find such
348// a number, -1 is returned. If |suffix| is not empty, also checks the
349// existence of it with the given suffix.
350BASE_EXPORT int GetUniquePathNumber(const FilePath& path,
351                                    const FilePath::StringType& suffix);
352
353// Sets the given |fd| to non-blocking mode.
354// Returns true if it was able to set it in the non-blocking mode, otherwise
355// false.
356BASE_EXPORT bool SetNonBlocking(int fd);
357
358#if defined(OS_POSIX)
359// Test that |path| can only be changed by a given user and members of
360// a given set of groups.
361// Specifically, test that all parts of |path| under (and including) |base|:
362// * Exist.
363// * Are owned by a specific user.
364// * Are not writable by all users.
365// * Are owned by a member of a given set of groups, or are not writable by
366//   their group.
367// * Are not symbolic links.
368// This is useful for checking that a config file is administrator-controlled.
369// |base| must contain |path|.
370BASE_EXPORT bool VerifyPathControlledByUser(const base::FilePath& base,
371                                            const base::FilePath& path,
372                                            uid_t owner_uid,
373                                            const std::set<gid_t>& group_gids);
374#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
375
376#if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
377// Is |path| writable only by a user with administrator privileges?
378// This function uses Mac OS conventions.  The super user is assumed to have
379// uid 0, and the administrator group is assumed to be named "admin".
380// Testing that |path|, and every parent directory including the root of
381// the filesystem, are owned by the superuser, controlled by the group
382// "admin", are not writable by all users, and contain no symbolic links.
383// Will return false if |path| does not exist.
384BASE_EXPORT bool VerifyPathControlledByAdmin(const base::FilePath& path);
385#endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
386
387// Returns the maximum length of path component on the volume containing
388// the directory |path|, in the number of FilePath::CharType, or -1 on failure.
389BASE_EXPORT int GetMaximumPathComponentLength(const base::FilePath& path);
390
391#if defined(OS_LINUX)
392// Broad categories of file systems as returned by statfs() on Linux.
393enum FileSystemType {
394  FILE_SYSTEM_UNKNOWN,  // statfs failed.
395  FILE_SYSTEM_0,        // statfs.f_type == 0 means unknown, may indicate AFS.
396  FILE_SYSTEM_ORDINARY,       // on-disk filesystem like ext2
397  FILE_SYSTEM_NFS,
398  FILE_SYSTEM_SMB,
399  FILE_SYSTEM_CODA,
400  FILE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,         // in-memory file system
401  FILE_SYSTEM_CGROUP,         // cgroup control.
402  FILE_SYSTEM_OTHER,          // any other value.
403  FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE_COUNT
404};
405
406// Attempts determine the FileSystemType for |path|.
407// Returns false if |path| doesn't exist.
408BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileSystemType(const FilePath& path, FileSystemType* type);
409#endif
410
411#if defined(OS_POSIX)
412// Get a temporary directory for shared memory files. The directory may depend
413// on whether the destination is intended for executable files, which in turn
414// depends on how /dev/shmem was mounted. As a result, you must supply whether
415// you intend to create executable shmem segments so this function can find
416// an appropriate location.
417BASE_EXPORT bool GetShmemTempDir(bool executable, FilePath* path);
418#endif
419
420// Internal --------------------------------------------------------------------
421
422namespace internal {
423
424// Same as Move but allows paths with traversal components.
425// Use only with extreme care.
426BASE_EXPORT bool MoveUnsafe(const FilePath& from_path,
427                            const FilePath& to_path);
428
429#if defined(OS_WIN)
430// Copy from_path to to_path recursively and then delete from_path recursively.
431// Returns true if all operations succeed.
432// This function simulates Move(), but unlike Move() it works across volumes.
433// This function is not transactional.
434BASE_EXPORT bool CopyAndDeleteDirectory(const FilePath& from_path,
435                                        const FilePath& to_path);
436#endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
437
438}  // namespace internal
439}  // namespace base
440
441#endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_UTIL_H_
442