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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#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
20#include <sys/stat.h>
21#include <unistd.h>
22#endif
23
24#include "base/files/file.h"
25#include "base/files/file_path.h"
26#include "util/build_config.h"
27
28#if defined(OS_WIN)
29#include <windows.h>
30#elif defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
31#include "base/logging.h"
32#include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
33#endif
34
35namespace base {
36
37class Environment;
38
39//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
40// Functions that involve filesystem access or modification:
41
42// Returns an absolute version of a relative path. Returns an empty path on
43// error. On POSIX, this function fails if the path does not exist. This
44// function can result in I/O so it can be slow.
45FilePath MakeAbsoluteFilePath(const FilePath& input);
46
47// Returns the total number of bytes used by all the files under |root_path|.
48// If the path does not exist the function returns 0.
49//
50// This function is implemented using the FileEnumerator class so it is not
51// particularly speedy in any platform.
52int64_t ComputeDirectorySize(const FilePath& root_path);
53
54// Deletes the given path, whether it's a file or a directory.
55// If it's a directory, it's perfectly happy to delete all of the
56// directory's contents.  Passing true to recursive deletes
57// subdirectories and their contents as well.
58// Returns true if successful, false otherwise. It is considered successful
59// to attempt to delete a file that does not exist.
60//
61// In posix environment and if |path| is a symbolic link, this deletes only
62// the symlink. (even if the symlink points to a non-existent file)
63//
64// WARNING: USING THIS WITH recursive==true IS EQUIVALENT
65//          TO "rm -rf", SO USE WITH CAUTION.
66bool DeleteFile(const FilePath& path, bool recursive);
67
68#if defined(OS_WIN)
69// Schedules to delete the given path, whether it's a file or a directory, until
70// the operating system is restarted.
71// Note:
72// 1) The file/directory to be deleted should exist in a temp folder.
73// 2) The directory to be deleted must be empty.
74bool DeleteFileAfterReboot(const FilePath& path);
75#endif
76
77// Renames file |from_path| to |to_path|. Both paths must be on the same
78// volume, or the function will fail. Destination file will be created
79// if it doesn't exist. Prefer this function over Move when dealing with
80// temporary files. On Windows it preserves attributes of the target file.
81// Returns true on success, leaving *error unchanged.
82// Returns false on failure and sets *error appropriately, if it is non-NULL.
83bool ReplaceFile(const FilePath& from_path,
84                 const FilePath& to_path,
85                 File::Error* error);
86
87// Returns true if the given path exists on the local filesystem,
88// false otherwise.
89bool PathExists(const FilePath& path);
90
91// Returns true if the given path is writable by the user, false otherwise.
92bool PathIsWritable(const FilePath& path);
93
94// Returns true if the given path exists and is a directory, false otherwise.
95bool DirectoryExists(const FilePath& path);
96
97// Returns true if the contents of the two files given are equal, false
98// otherwise.  If either file can't be read, returns false.
99bool ContentsEqual(const FilePath& filename1, const FilePath& filename2);
100
101// Returns true if the contents of the two text files given are equal, false
102// otherwise.  This routine treats "\r\n" and "\n" as equivalent.
103bool TextContentsEqual(const FilePath& filename1, const FilePath& filename2);
104
105// Reads the file at |path| into |contents| and returns true on success and
106// false on error.  For security reasons, a |path| containing path traversal
107// components ('..') is treated as a read error and |contents| is set to empty.
108// In case of I/O error, |contents| holds the data that could be read from the
109// file before the error occurred.
110// |contents| may be NULL, in which case this function is useful for its side
111// effect of priming the disk cache (could be used for unit tests).
112bool ReadFileToString(const FilePath& path, std::string* contents);
113
114// Reads the file at |path| into |contents| and returns true on success and
115// false on error.  For security reasons, a |path| containing path traversal
116// components ('..') is treated as a read error and |contents| is set to empty.
117// In case of I/O error, |contents| holds the data that could be read from the
118// file before the error occurred.  When the file size exceeds |max_size|, the
119// function returns false with |contents| holding the file truncated to
120// |max_size|.
121// |contents| may be NULL, in which case this function is useful for its side
122// effect of priming the disk cache (could be used for unit tests).
123bool ReadFileToStringWithMaxSize(const FilePath& path,
124                                 std::string* contents,
125                                 size_t max_size);
126
127#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
128
129// Performs the same function as CreateAndOpenTemporaryFileInDir(), but
130// returns the file-descriptor wrapped in a ScopedFD rather than a File.
131ScopedFD CreateAndOpenFdForTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir,
132                                              FilePath* path);
133
134#endif
135
136#if defined(OS_POSIX)
137
138// Creates a symbolic link at |symlink| pointing to |target|.  Returns
139// false on failure.
140bool CreateSymbolicLink(const FilePath& target, const FilePath& symlink);
141
142// Reads the given |symlink| and returns where it points to in |target|.
143// Returns false upon failure.
144bool ReadSymbolicLink(const FilePath& symlink, FilePath* target);
145
146// Bits and masks of the file permission.
147enum FilePermissionBits {
148  FILE_PERMISSION_MASK = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO,
149  FILE_PERMISSION_USER_MASK = S_IRWXU,
150  FILE_PERMISSION_GROUP_MASK = S_IRWXG,
151  FILE_PERMISSION_OTHERS_MASK = S_IRWXO,
152
153  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_USER = S_IRUSR,
154  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_USER = S_IWUSR,
155  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_USER = S_IXUSR,
156  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_GROUP = S_IRGRP,
157  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_GROUP = S_IWGRP,
158  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_GROUP = S_IXGRP,
159  FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_OTHERS = S_IROTH,
160  FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_OTHERS = S_IWOTH,
161  FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_OTHERS = S_IXOTH,
162};
163
164// Reads the permission of the given |path|, storing the file permission
165// bits in |mode|. If |path| is symbolic link, |mode| is the permission of
166// a file which the symlink points to.
167bool GetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int* mode);
168// Sets the permission of the given |path|. If |path| is symbolic link, sets
169// the permission of a file which the symlink points to.
170bool SetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int mode);
171
172// Returns true iff |executable| can be found in any directory specified by the
173// environment variable in |env|.
174bool ExecutableExistsInPath(Environment* env,
175                            const FilePath::StringType& executable);
176
177#endif  // OS_POSIX
178
179// Returns true if the given directory is empty
180bool IsDirectoryEmpty(const FilePath& dir_path);
181
182// Get the temporary directory provided by the system.
183bool GetTempDir(FilePath* path);
184
185// Returns a new temporary file in |dir| with a unique name. On success,
186// |temp_file| is populated with the full path to the created file.
187File CreateAndOpenTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir, FilePath* temp_file);
188
189// Create a new directory. If prefix is provided, the new directory name is in
190// the format of prefixyyyy.
191// NOTE: prefix is ignored in the POSIX implementation.
192// If success, return true and output the full path of the directory created.
193bool CreateNewTempDirectory(const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
194                            FilePath* new_temp_path);
195
196// Create a directory within another directory.
197// Extra characters will be appended to |prefix| to ensure that the
198// new directory does not have the same name as an existing directory.
199bool CreateTemporaryDirInDir(const FilePath& base_dir,
200                             const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
201                             FilePath* new_dir);
202
203// Creates a directory, as well as creating any parent directories, if they
204// don't exist. Returns 'true' on successful creation, or if the directory
205// already exists.  The directory is only readable by the current user.
206// Returns true on success, leaving *error unchanged.
207// Returns false on failure and sets *error appropriately, if it is non-NULL.
208bool CreateDirectoryAndGetError(const FilePath& full_path, File::Error* error);
209
210// Backward-compatible convenience method for the above.
211bool CreateDirectory(const FilePath& full_path);
212
213// Returns the file size. Returns true on success.
214bool GetFileSize(const FilePath& file_path, int64_t* file_size);
215
216// Sets |real_path| to |path| with symbolic links and junctions expanded.
217// On windows, make sure the path starts with a lettered drive.
218// |path| must reference a file.  Function will fail if |path| points to
219// a directory or to a nonexistent path.  On windows, this function will
220// fail if |path| is a junction or symlink that points to an empty file,
221// or if |real_path| would be longer than MAX_PATH characters.
222bool NormalizeFilePath(const FilePath& path, FilePath* real_path);
223
224#if defined(OS_WIN)
225
226// Given a path in NT native form ("\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..."),
227// return in |drive_letter_path| the equivalent path that starts with
228// a drive letter ("C:\...").  Return false if no such path exists.
229bool DevicePathToDriveLetterPath(const FilePath& device_path,
230                                 FilePath* drive_letter_path);
231
232// Given an existing file in |path|, set |real_path| to the path
233// in native NT format, of the form "\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..".
234// Returns false if the path can not be found. Empty files cannot
235// be resolved with this function.
236bool NormalizeToNativeFilePath(const FilePath& path, FilePath* nt_path);
237#endif
238
239// This function will return if the given file is a symlink or not.
240bool IsLink(const FilePath& file_path);
241
242// Returns information about the given file path.
243bool GetFileInfo(const FilePath& file_path, File::Info* info);
244
245// Wrapper for fopen-like calls. Returns non-NULL FILE* on success. The
246// underlying file descriptor (POSIX) or handle (Windows) is unconditionally
247// configured to not be propagated to child processes.
248FILE* OpenFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* mode);
249
250// Closes file opened by OpenFile. Returns true on success.
251bool CloseFile(FILE* file);
252
253// Associates a standard FILE stream with an existing File. Note that this
254// functions take ownership of the existing File.
255FILE* FileToFILE(File file, const char* mode);
256
257// Truncates an open file to end at the location of the current file pointer.
258// This is a cross-platform analog to Windows' SetEndOfFile() function.
259bool TruncateFile(FILE* file);
260
261// Reads at most the given number of bytes from the file into the buffer.
262// Returns the number of read bytes, or -1 on error.
263int ReadFile(const FilePath& filename, char* data, int max_size);
264
265// Writes the given buffer into the file, overwriting any data that was
266// previously there.  Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
267int WriteFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data, int size);
268
269#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
270// Appends |data| to |fd|. Does not close |fd| when done.  Returns true iff
271// |size| bytes of |data| were written to |fd|.
272bool WriteFileDescriptor(const int fd, const char* data, int size);
273#endif
274
275// Appends |data| to |filename|.  Returns true iff |size| bytes of |data| were
276// written to |filename|.
277bool AppendToFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data, int size);
278
279// Gets the current working directory for the process.
280bool GetCurrentDirectory(FilePath* path);
281
282// Sets the current working directory for the process.
283bool SetCurrentDirectory(const FilePath& path);
284
285// Attempts to find a number that can be appended to the |path| to make it
286// unique. If |path| does not exist, 0 is returned.  If it fails to find such
287// a number, -1 is returned. If |suffix| is not empty, also checks the
288// existence of it with the given suffix.
289int GetUniquePathNumber(const FilePath& path,
290                        const FilePath::StringType& suffix);
291
292// Sets the given |fd| to non-blocking mode.
293// Returns true if it was able to set it in the non-blocking mode, otherwise
294// false.
295bool SetNonBlocking(int fd);
296
297#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
298// Creates a non-blocking, close-on-exec pipe.
299// This creates a non-blocking pipe that is not intended to be shared with any
300// child process. This will be done atomically if the operating system supports
301// it. Returns true if it was able to create the pipe, otherwise false.
302bool CreateLocalNonBlockingPipe(int fds[2]);
303
304// Sets the given |fd| to close-on-exec mode.
305// Returns true if it was able to set it in the close-on-exec mode, otherwise
306// false.
307bool SetCloseOnExec(int fd);
308
309// Test that |path| can only be changed by a given user and members of
310// a given set of groups.
311// Specifically, test that all parts of |path| under (and including) |base|:
312// * Exist.
313// * Are owned by a specific user.
314// * Are not writable by all users.
315// * Are owned by a member of a given set of groups, or are not writable by
316//   their group.
317// * Are not symbolic links.
318// This is useful for checking that a config file is administrator-controlled.
319// |base| must contain |path|.
320bool VerifyPathControlledByUser(const base::FilePath& base,
321                                const base::FilePath& path,
322                                uid_t owner_uid,
323                                const std::set<gid_t>& group_gids);
324#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
325
326#if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
327// Is |path| writable only by a user with administrator privileges?
328// This function uses Mac OS conventions.  The super user is assumed to have
329// uid 0, and the administrator group is assumed to be named "admin".
330// Testing that |path|, and every parent directory including the root of
331// the filesystem, are owned by the superuser, controlled by the group
332// "admin", are not writable by all users, and contain no symbolic links.
333// Will return false if |path| does not exist.
334bool VerifyPathControlledByAdmin(const base::FilePath& path);
335#endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
336
337// Returns the maximum length of path component on the volume containing
338// the directory |path|, in the number of FilePath::CharType, or -1 on failure.
339int GetMaximumPathComponentLength(const base::FilePath& path);
340
341#if defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_AIX) || defined(OS_BSD)
342// Broad categories of file systems as returned by statfs() on Linux.
343enum FileSystemType {
344  FILE_SYSTEM_UNKNOWN,   // statfs failed.
345  FILE_SYSTEM_0,         // statfs.f_type == 0 means unknown, may indicate AFS.
346  FILE_SYSTEM_ORDINARY,  // on-disk filesystem like ext2
347  FILE_SYSTEM_NFS,
348  FILE_SYSTEM_SMB,
349  FILE_SYSTEM_CODA,
350  FILE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,  // in-memory file system
351  FILE_SYSTEM_CGROUP,  // cgroup control.
352  FILE_SYSTEM_OTHER,   // any other value.
353  FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE_COUNT
354};
355
356// Attempts determine the FileSystemType for |path|.
357// Returns false if |path| doesn't exist.
358bool GetFileSystemType(const FilePath& path, FileSystemType* type);
359#endif
360
361}  // namespace base
362
363#endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_UTIL_H_
364