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-rw-r--r--java_jni/org/jau/fs/CopyOptions.java2
-rw-r--r--java_jni/org/jau/fs/FileUtil.java19
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/java_jni/org/jau/fs/CopyOptions.java b/java_jni/org/jau/fs/CopyOptions.java
index bc732c6..cdc5161 100644
--- a/java_jni/org/jau/fs/CopyOptions.java
+++ b/java_jni/org/jau/fs/CopyOptions.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class CopyOptions {
*/
ignore_symlink_errors ( (short)( 1 << 8 ) ),
- /** Overwrite existing destination files, always. */
+ /** Overwrite existing destination files. */
overwrite ( (short)( 1 << 9 ) ),
/** Preserve uid and gid if allowed and access- and modification-timestamps, i.e. producing a most exact meta-data copy. */
diff --git a/java_jni/org/jau/fs/FileUtil.java b/java_jni/org/jau/fs/FileUtil.java
index 89dde4f..6b88242 100644
--- a/java_jni/org/jau/fs/FileUtil.java
+++ b/java_jni/org/jau/fs/FileUtil.java
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ public final class FileUtil {
* - traverse_options::follow_symlinks shall be set by caller to remove symbolic linked directories recursively, which is kind of dangerous.
* If not set, only the symbolic link will be removed (default)
*
+ * Implementation is most data-race-free (DRF), utilizes following safeguards
+ * - utilizing parent directory file descriptor and `openat()` and `unlinkat()` operations against concurrent mutation
+ *
* @param path path to remove
* @param topts given traverse_options for this operation, defaults to traverse_options::none
* @return true only if the file or the directory with content has been deleted, otherwise false
@@ -235,9 +238,6 @@ public final class FileUtil {
*
* The behavior is similar like POSIX `cp` commandline tooling.
*
- * Implementation either uses ::sendfile() if running under `GNU/Linux`,
- * otherwise POSIX ::read() and ::write().
- *
* The following behavior is being followed regarding dest_path:
* - If source_path is a directory and copy_options::recursive set
* - If dest_path doesn't exist, source_path dir content is copied into the newly created dest_path.
@@ -249,6 +249,19 @@ public final class FileUtil {
* - If dest_path exists as a file, copy_options::overwrite must be set to have it overwritten by the source_path file
* - Everything else is considered an error
*
+ * Implementation either uses ::sendfile() if running under `GNU/Linux`,
+ * otherwise POSIX ::read() and ::write().
+ *
+ * Implementation is most data-race-free (DRF), utilizes following safeguards on recursive directory copy
+ * - utilizing parent directory file descriptor and `openat()` operations against concurrent mutation
+ * - for each entered *directory*
+ * - new destination directory is create with '.<random_number>' and user-rwx permissions only
+ * - its file descriptor is being opened
+ * - its user-read permission is dropped, remains user-wx permissions only
+ * - its renamed to destination path
+ * - all copy operations are performed inside
+ * - at exit, its permissions are restored, etc.
+ *
* See copy_options for details.
*
* @param source_path