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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 #include "base/base_export.h"
     20 #include "base/files/file.h"
     21 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
     22 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     23 #include "build/build_config.h"
     24 
     25 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     26 #include <windows.h>
     27 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
     28 #include <sys/stat.h>
     29 #include <unistd.h>
     30 #endif
     31 
     32 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     33 #include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
     34 #include "base/logging.h"
     35 #include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
     36 #endif
     37 
     38 namespace base {
     39 
     40 class Environment;
     41 class 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.
     49 BASE_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.
     56 BASE_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.
     70 BASE_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.
     78 BASE_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 ('..').
     86 BASE_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.
     94 BASE_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.
    103 BASE_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.
    115 BASE_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.
    121 BASE_EXPORT bool PathExists(const FilePath& path);
    122 
    123 // Returns true if the given path is writable by the user, false otherwise.
    124 BASE_EXPORT bool PathIsWritable(const FilePath& path);
    125 
    126 // Returns true if the given path exists and is a directory, false otherwise.
    127 BASE_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.
    131 BASE_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.
    136 BASE_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).
    146 BASE_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).
    157 BASE_EXPORT bool ReadFileToStringWithMaxSize(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|.
    166 BASE_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.
    170 BASE_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.
    175 BASE_EXPORT bool ReadSymbolicLink(const FilePath& symlink, FilePath* target);
    176 
    177 // Bits and masks of the file permission.
    178 enum 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.
    198 BASE_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.
    201 BASE_EXPORT bool SetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int mode);
    202 
    203 // Returns true iff |executable| can be found in any directory specified by the
    204 // environment variable in |env|.
    205 BASE_EXPORT bool ExecutableExistsInPath(Environment* env,
    206                                         const FilePath::StringType& executable);
    207 
    208 #endif  // OS_POSIX
    209 
    210 // Returns true if the given directory is empty
    211 BASE_EXPORT bool IsDirectoryEmpty(const FilePath& dir_path);
    212 
    213 // Get the temporary directory provided by the system.
    214 //
    215 // WARNING: In general, you should use CreateTemporaryFile variants below
    216 // instead of this function. Those variants will ensure that the proper
    217 // permissions are set so that other users on the system can't edit them while
    218 // they're open (which can lead to security issues).
    219 BASE_EXPORT bool GetTempDir(FilePath* path);
    220 
    221 // Get the home directory. This is more complicated than just getenv("HOME")
    222 // as it knows to fall back on getpwent() etc.
    223 //
    224 // You should not generally call this directly. Instead use DIR_HOME with the
    225 // path service which will use this function but cache the value.
    226 // Path service may also override DIR_HOME.
    227 BASE_EXPORT FilePath GetHomeDir();
    228 
    229 // Creates a temporary file. The full path is placed in |path|, and the
    230 // function returns true if was successful in creating the file. The file will
    231 // be empty and all handles closed after this function returns.
    232 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryFile(FilePath* path);
    233 
    234 // Same as CreateTemporaryFile but the file is created in |dir|.
    235 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir,
    236                                           FilePath* temp_file);
    237 
    238 // Create and open a temporary file.  File is opened for read/write.
    239 // The full path is placed in |path|.
    240 // Returns a handle to the opened file or NULL if an error occurred.
    241 BASE_EXPORT FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryFile(FilePath* path);
    242 
    243 // Similar to CreateAndOpenTemporaryFile, but the file is created in |dir|.
    244 BASE_EXPORT FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryFileInDir(const FilePath& dir,
    245                                                   FilePath* path);
    246 
    247 // Create a new directory. If prefix is provided, the new directory name is in
    248 // the format of prefixyyyy.
    249 // NOTE: prefix is ignored in the POSIX implementation.
    250 // If success, return true and output the full path of the directory created.
    251 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateNewTempDirectory(const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
    252                                         FilePath* new_temp_path);
    253 
    254 // Create a directory within another directory.
    255 // Extra characters will be appended to |prefix| to ensure that the
    256 // new directory does not have the same name as an existing directory.
    257 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateTemporaryDirInDir(const FilePath& base_dir,
    258                                          const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
    259                                          FilePath* new_dir);
    260 
    261 // Creates a directory, as well as creating any parent directories, if they
    262 // don't exist. Returns 'true' on successful creation, or if the directory
    263 // already exists.  The directory is only readable by the current user.
    264 // Returns true on success, leaving *error unchanged.
    265 // Returns false on failure and sets *error appropriately, if it is non-NULL.
    266 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateDirectoryAndGetError(const FilePath& full_path,
    267                                             File::Error* error);
    268 
    269 // Backward-compatible convenience method for the above.
    270 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateDirectory(const FilePath& full_path);
    271 
    272 // Returns the file size. Returns true on success.
    273 BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileSize(const FilePath& file_path, int64_t* file_size);
    274 
    275 // Sets |real_path| to |path| with symbolic links and junctions expanded.
    276 // On windows, make sure the path starts with a lettered drive.
    277 // |path| must reference a file.  Function will fail if |path| points to
    278 // a directory or to a nonexistent path.  On windows, this function will
    279 // fail if |path| is a junction or symlink that points to an empty file,
    280 // or if |real_path| would be longer than MAX_PATH characters.
    281 BASE_EXPORT bool NormalizeFilePath(const FilePath& path, FilePath* real_path);
    282 
    283 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    284 
    285 // Given a path in NT native form ("\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..."),
    286 // return in |drive_letter_path| the equivalent path that starts with
    287 // a drive letter ("C:\...").  Return false if no such path exists.
    288 BASE_EXPORT bool DevicePathToDriveLetterPath(const FilePath& device_path,
    289                                              FilePath* drive_letter_path);
    290 
    291 // Given an existing file in |path|, set |real_path| to the path
    292 // in native NT format, of the form "\Device\HarddiskVolumeXX\..".
    293 // Returns false if the path can not be found. Empty files cannot
    294 // be resolved with this function.
    295 BASE_EXPORT bool NormalizeToNativeFilePath(const FilePath& path,
    296                                            FilePath* nt_path);
    297 #endif
    298 
    299 // This function will return if the given file is a symlink or not.
    300 BASE_EXPORT bool IsLink(const FilePath& file_path);
    301 
    302 // Returns information about the given file path.
    303 BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileInfo(const FilePath& file_path, File::Info* info);
    304 
    305 // Sets the time of the last access and the time of the last modification.
    306 BASE_EXPORT bool TouchFile(const FilePath& path,
    307                            const Time& last_accessed,
    308                            const Time& last_modified);
    309 
    310 // Wrapper for fopen-like calls. Returns non-NULL FILE* on success. The
    311 // underlying file descriptor (POSIX) or handle (Windows) is unconditionally
    312 // configured to not be propagated to child processes.
    313 BASE_EXPORT FILE* OpenFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* mode);
    314 
    315 // Closes file opened by OpenFile. Returns true on success.
    316 BASE_EXPORT bool CloseFile(FILE* file);
    317 
    318 // Associates a standard FILE stream with an existing File. Note that this
    319 // functions take ownership of the existing File.
    320 BASE_EXPORT FILE* FileToFILE(File file, const char* mode);
    321 
    322 // Truncates an open file to end at the location of the current file pointer.
    323 // This is a cross-platform analog to Windows' SetEndOfFile() function.
    324 BASE_EXPORT bool TruncateFile(FILE* file);
    325 
    326 // Reads at most the given number of bytes from the file into the buffer.
    327 // Returns the number of read bytes, or -1 on error.
    328 BASE_EXPORT int ReadFile(const FilePath& filename, char* data, int max_size);
    329 
    330 // Writes the given buffer into the file, overwriting any data that was
    331 // previously there.  Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
    332 BASE_EXPORT int WriteFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data,
    333                           int size);
    334 
    335 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    336 // Appends |data| to |fd|. Does not close |fd| when done.  Returns true iff
    337 // |size| bytes of |data| were written to |fd|.
    338 BASE_EXPORT bool WriteFileDescriptor(const int fd, const char* data, int size);
    339 #endif
    340 
    341 // Appends |data| to |filename|.  Returns true iff |size| bytes of |data| were
    342 // written to |filename|.
    343 BASE_EXPORT bool AppendToFile(const FilePath& filename,
    344                               const char* data,
    345                               int size);
    346 
    347 // Gets the current working directory for the process.
    348 BASE_EXPORT bool GetCurrentDirectory(FilePath* path);
    349 
    350 // Sets the current working directory for the process.
    351 BASE_EXPORT bool SetCurrentDirectory(const FilePath& path);
    352 
    353 // Attempts to find a number that can be appended to the |path| to make it
    354 // unique. If |path| does not exist, 0 is returned.  If it fails to find such
    355 // a number, -1 is returned. If |suffix| is not empty, also checks the
    356 // existence of it with the given suffix.
    357 BASE_EXPORT int GetUniquePathNumber(const FilePath& path,
    358                                     const FilePath::StringType& suffix);
    359 
    360 // Sets the given |fd| to non-blocking mode.
    361 // Returns true if it was able to set it in the non-blocking mode, otherwise
    362 // false.
    363 BASE_EXPORT bool SetNonBlocking(int fd);
    364 
    365 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    366 // Creates a non-blocking, close-on-exec pipe.
    367 // This creates a non-blocking pipe that is not intended to be shared with any
    368 // child process. This will be done atomically if the operating system supports
    369 // it. Returns true if it was able to create the pipe, otherwise false.
    370 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateLocalNonBlockingPipe(int fds[2]);
    371 
    372 // Sets the given |fd| to close-on-exec mode.
    373 // Returns true if it was able to set it in the close-on-exec mode, otherwise
    374 // false.
    375 BASE_EXPORT bool SetCloseOnExec(int fd);
    376 
    377 // Test that |path| can only be changed by a given user and members of
    378 // a given set of groups.
    379 // Specifically, test that all parts of |path| under (and including) |base|:
    380 // * Exist.
    381 // * Are owned by a specific user.
    382 // * Are not writable by all users.
    383 // * Are owned by a member of a given set of groups, or are not writable by
    384 //   their group.
    385 // * Are not symbolic links.
    386 // This is useful for checking that a config file is administrator-controlled.
    387 // |base| must contain |path|.
    388 BASE_EXPORT bool VerifyPathControlledByUser(const base::FilePath& base,
    389                                             const base::FilePath& path,
    390                                             uid_t owner_uid,
    391                                             const std::set<gid_t>& group_gids);
    392 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
    393 
    394 #if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
    395 // Is |path| writable only by a user with administrator privileges?
    396 // This function uses Mac OS conventions.  The super user is assumed to have
    397 // uid 0, and the administrator group is assumed to be named "admin".
    398 // Testing that |path|, and every parent directory including the root of
    399 // the filesystem, are owned by the superuser, controlled by the group
    400 // "admin", are not writable by all users, and contain no symbolic links.
    401 // Will return false if |path| does not exist.
    402 BASE_EXPORT bool VerifyPathControlledByAdmin(const base::FilePath& path);
    403 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
    404 
    405 // Returns the maximum length of path component on the volume containing
    406 // the directory |path|, in the number of FilePath::CharType, or -1 on failure.
    407 BASE_EXPORT int GetMaximumPathComponentLength(const base::FilePath& path);
    408 
    409 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
    410 // Broad categories of file systems as returned by statfs() on Linux.
    411 enum FileSystemType {
    412   FILE_SYSTEM_UNKNOWN,  // statfs failed.
    413   FILE_SYSTEM_0,        // statfs.f_type == 0 means unknown, may indicate AFS.
    414   FILE_SYSTEM_ORDINARY,       // on-disk filesystem like ext2
    415   FILE_SYSTEM_NFS,
    416   FILE_SYSTEM_SMB,
    417   FILE_SYSTEM_CODA,
    418   FILE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,         // in-memory file system
    419   FILE_SYSTEM_CGROUP,         // cgroup control.
    420   FILE_SYSTEM_OTHER,          // any other value.
    421   FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE_COUNT
    422 };
    423 
    424 // Attempts determine the FileSystemType for |path|.
    425 // Returns false if |path| doesn't exist.
    426 BASE_EXPORT bool GetFileSystemType(const FilePath& path, FileSystemType* type);
    427 #endif
    428 
    429 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    430 // Get a temporary directory for shared memory files. The directory may depend
    431 // on whether the destination is intended for executable files, which in turn
    432 // depends on how /dev/shmem was mounted. As a result, you must supply whether
    433 // you intend to create executable shmem segments so this function can find
    434 // an appropriate location.
    435 BASE_EXPORT bool GetShmemTempDir(bool executable, FilePath* path);
    436 #endif
    437 
    438 // Internal --------------------------------------------------------------------
    439 
    440 namespace internal {
    441 
    442 // Same as Move but allows paths with traversal components.
    443 // Use only with extreme care.
    444 BASE_EXPORT bool MoveUnsafe(const FilePath& from_path,
    445                             const FilePath& to_path);
    446 
    447 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    448 // Copy from_path to to_path recursively and then delete from_path recursively.
    449 // Returns true if all operations succeed.
    450 // This function simulates Move(), but unlike Move() it works across volumes.
    451 // This function is not transactional.
    452 BASE_EXPORT bool CopyAndDeleteDirectory(const FilePath& from_path,
    453                                         const FilePath& to_path);
    454 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
    455 
    456 }  // namespace internal
    457 }  // namespace base
    458 
    459 #endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_UTIL_H_
    460