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diff --git a/include/jau/file_util.hpp b/include/jau/file_util.hpp
index 2daea63..933952d 100644
--- a/include/jau/file_util.hpp
+++ b/include/jau/file_util.hpp
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ namespace jau {
enum class fmode_bits : uint32_t {
/** No mode bit set */
NONE = 0,
- /** Entity is a file. */
+ /** Entity is a file, might be in combination with LINK. */
FILE = 1U << 0,
- /** Entity is a directory. */
+ /** Entity is a directory, might be in combination with LINK. */
DIR = 1U << 1,
- /** Entity is a symbolic link. */
+ /** Entity is a symbolic link, might be in combination with FILE or DIR. */
LINK = 1U << 2,
- /** Entity gives no access to user. */
+ /** Entity gives no access to user, exclusive bit. */
NO_ACCESS = 1U << 30,
- /** Entity does not exist. */
+ /** Entity does not exist, exclusive bit. */
NOT_EXISTING = 1U << 31
};
constexpr uint32_t number(const fmode_bits rhs) noexcept {
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ namespace jau {
};
/**
- * Platform agnostic C++ representation of POSIX ::lstat()
+ * Platform agnostic C++ representation of POSIX ::lstat() and ::stat()
* for a given pathname.
+ *
+ * Implementation follows the symbolic link, i.e. first opens
+ * the given pathname with ::lstat() and if identifying as a symbolic link
+ * opens it via ::stat() to retrieve the actual properties like size, time and ownership.
*/
class file_stats {
public:
@@ -146,23 +150,19 @@ namespace jau {
file_stats() noexcept;
/**
- * Instantiates a file_stats for the given `path`
- * using either `::lstat()` (default) or `::stat()`.
+ * Instantiates a file_stats for the given `path`.
*
* The dir_item will be constructed without parent_dir
* @param path the path to produce stats for
- * @param use_lstat if true using `::lstat()` (default) allowing symbolic links to be detected, otherwise using `::stat()`.
*/
- file_stats(const std::string& path, const bool use_lstat=true) noexcept;
+ file_stats(const std::string& path) noexcept;
/**
- * Instantiates a file_stats for the given dir_item
- * using either `::lstat()` (default) or `::stat()`.
+ * Instantiates a file_stats for the given dir_item.
*
* @param item the dir_item to produce stats for
- * @param use_lstat if true using `::lstat()` (default) allowing symbolic links to be detected, otherwise using `::stat()`.
*/
- file_stats(const dir_item& item, const bool use_lstat=true) noexcept;
+ file_stats(const dir_item& item) noexcept;
/** Returns the dir_item. */
const dir_item& item() const noexcept { return item_; }
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace jau {
/** Returns the group id, owning the element. */
gid_t gid() const noexcept { return gid_; }
- /** Returns the size in bytes of this element if its a fmode_bits::FILE, otherwise zero. */
+ /** Returns the size in bytes of this element if is_file() including is_link(), otherwise zero. */
size_t size() const noexcept { return size_; }
/** Returns the last access time of this element since Unix Epoch. */
@@ -195,12 +195,19 @@ namespace jau {
/** Returns true if no error occurred */
bool ok() const noexcept { return 0 == errno_res_; }
- /** Returns true if given path is fmode_bits::FILE */
+ /** Returns true if entity is a file, might be in combination with is_link(). */
bool is_file() const noexcept { return has_fmode_bit( mode_, fmode_bits::FILE ); }
+
+ /** Returns true if entity is a directory, might be in combination with is_link(). */
bool is_dir() const noexcept { return has_fmode_bit( mode_, fmode_bits::DIR ); }
+
+ /** Returns true if entity is a symbolic link, might be in combination with is_file() or is_dir(). */
bool is_link() const noexcept { return has_fmode_bit( mode_, fmode_bits::LINK ); }
+ /** Returns true if entity gives no access to user, exclusive bit. */
bool has_access() const noexcept { return !has_fmode_bit( mode_, fmode_bits::NO_ACCESS ); }
+
+ /** Returns true if entity does not exist, exclusive bit. */
bool exists() const noexcept { return !has_fmode_bit( mode_, fmode_bits::NOT_EXISTING ); }
/**
@@ -268,38 +275,42 @@ namespace jau {
*
* Any element without access or error otherwise will be skipped.
*
- * All elements of type fmode_bits::FILE, fmode_bits::DIR, fmode_bits::LINK and fmode_bits::NO_ACCESS
+ * All elements of type fmode_bits::FILE, fmode_bits::DIR and fmode_bits::NO_ACCESS
* will be visited by the `visitor`
* and processing ends if it returns `false`.
*
* @param path the starting path
+ * @param follow_sym_link_dirs pass true to visit directories with property fmode_bits::LINK, otherwise false.
* @param visitor path_visitor function `bool visitor(const file_stats& item_stats)`.
* @return true if all visitor invocation returned true and no error occurred, otherwise false
*/
- bool visit(const std::string& path, const path_visitor& visitor) noexcept;
+ bool visit(const std::string& path, const bool follow_sym_link_dirs, const path_visitor& visitor) noexcept;
/**
* Visit all elements of path in a recursive manner, visiting content first then its parent directory.
*
* Any element without access or error otherwise will be skipped.
*
- * All elements of type fmode_bits::FILE, fmode_bits::DIR, fmode_bits::LINK and fmode_bits::NO_ACCESS
+ * All elements of type fmode_bits::FILE, fmode_bits::DIR and fmode_bits::NO_ACCESS
* will be visited by the `visitor`
* and processing ends if it returns `false`.
*
* @param item_stats pre-fetched file_stats for a given dir_item, used for efficiency
+ * @param follow_sym_link_dirs pass true to visit directories with property fmode_bits::LINK, otherwise false.
* @param visitor path_visitor function `bool visitor(const file_stats& item_stats)`.
* @return true if all visitor invocation returned true and no error occurred, otherwise false
*/
- bool visit(const file_stats& item_stats, const path_visitor& visitor) noexcept;
+ bool visit(const file_stats& item_stats, const bool follow_sym_link_dirs, const path_visitor& visitor) noexcept;
/**
* Remove the given path. If path represents a director, `recursive` must be set to true.
* @param path path to remove
* @param recursive indicates to remove directories
+ * @param follow_sym_link_dirs pass true to remove directories with property fmode_bits::LINK (default), otherwise false.
+ * @param verbose pass true for verbose information about deleted files and directories, otherwise false (default)
* @return true only if the file or the directory with content has been deleted, otherwise false
*/
- bool remove(const std::string& path, const bool recursive, const bool verbose=false) noexcept;
+ bool remove(const std::string& path, const bool recursive, const bool follow_sym_link_dirs=true, const bool verbose=false) noexcept;
/**@}*/