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