/** @file ../include/sys/stat.h
@internalComponent
*/
/** @fn chmod(const char *_path, mode_t _mode)
@param _path
@param _mode
Note: This description also covers the following functions -
fchmod() lchmod()
@return Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
@code
#include < sys/stat.h > :
@endcode
The file permission bits of the file named specified by _path or referenced by the file descriptor fd are changed to _mode. The chmod system call verifies that the process owner (user) either owns
the file specified by _path (or fd ),
or
is the super-user.
The chmod system call follows symbolic links to operate on the target of the link
rather than the link itself.
The lchmod system call is similar to chmod but does not follow symbolic links.
A mode is created from ored permission bit masks
defined in \#include \<sys/stat.h\> :
@code
#define S_IRWXU 0000700 // RWX mask for owner
#define S_IRUSR 0000400 // R for owner
#define S_IWUSR 0000200 // W for owner
#define S_IXUSR 0000100 // X for owner
#define S_IRWXG 0000070 // RWX mask for group
#define S_IRGRP 0000040 // R for group
#define S_IWGRP 0000020 // W for group
#define S_IXGRP 0000010 // X for group
#define S_IRWXO 0000007 // RWX mask for other
#define S_IROTH 0000004 // R for other
#define S_IWOTH 0000002 // W for other
#define S_IXOTH 0000001 // X for other
#define S_ISUID 0004000 // set user id on execution
#define S_ISGID 0002000 // set group id on execution
#ifndef __BSD_VISIBLE
#define S_ISTXT 0001000 // sticky bit
#endif
@endcode
Notes :
Sticky bit and set id on execution are not supported.
Permission values for group and others are ignored as there is no concept of
group and others on the Symbian OS.
The flag bits S_IXUSR, S_IXGRP & S_IXOTH are ignored as execute permissions on a file are meaningless on Symbian OS.
An attempt to change file permission to write-only changes the file permission
to read-write.
Either or both of S_IRUSR or S_IWUSR bits must be set in the _mode argument, else chmod fails with EINVAL.
Permissions for directories are ignored.
000 mode is treated as invalid mode as Symbian OS cannot have entries with
both read and write permissions absent.
Examples:
@code
/*Detailed description: This test code demonstartes usage of chmod system call, it
* changes mode of file Example.txt in the current working directory to read-only.
* Preconditions: Example.txt file should be present in the current working directory.
*/
int main()
{
if(chmod("Example.txt" , 0444) < 0 )
{
printf("change mode of file Example.txt failed");
return -1;
}
printf("Chmod system call successful");
return 0;
}
@endcode
Output
@code
Chmod system call successful
@endcode
@code
/* Detailed description : This sample code demonstrates the usage of fchmod system call, this code
* changes mode of file Example.txt using fchmod system call.
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int main()
{
int fd = 0;
fd = open("Example.txt" , O_CREAT | O_RDWR , 0666);
if(fd < 0 ) {
printf("Failed to open file Example.txt");
return -1;
}
if(fchmod(fd , 0444) < 0 ) {
printf("fchmod failed to change mode of file Example.txt");
return -1;
}
printf("Fchmod call changed mode of Example.txt");
return 0;
}
@endcode
Output
@code
Fchmod call changed mode of Example.txt
@endcode
Limitations:
KErrNotReady of Symbian error code is mapped to ENOENT, which typically means drive
not found or filesystem not mounted on the drive.
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see open()
@see stat()
@capability Deferred @ref RFs::SetAtt(const TDesC16&, unsigned, unsigned)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn fchmod(int fd, mode_t _mode)
@param fd
@param _mode
Refer to chmod() for the documentation
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see open()
@see stat()
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn fstat(int fd, struct stat *st)
@param fd
@param st
Refer to stat() for the documentation
Notes:
If 'fd' refers to a shared memory object, the implementation updates only the st_uid, st_gid, st_size,
and st_mode fields in the stat structure pointed to by the 'st' argument .
@see access()
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see utimes()
@see symlink()
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn fstat64(int fd, struct stat64 *st)
@param fd
@param st
For full documentation see: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.0
@see fstat()
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
@param file_name
@param buf
Refer to stat() for the documentation
@see access()
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see utimes()
@see symlink()
@capability Deferred @ref RFs::Entry(const TDesC16&, TEntry&)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn lstat64(const char *file_name, struct stat64 *buf)
@param file_name
@param buf
For full documentation see: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.0
@see lstat()
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn __xstat(int, const char *file, struct stat *buf)
@param file
@param buf
Refer to stat() for the documentation
@see access()
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see utimes()
@see symlink()
@publishedAll
@released
*/
/** @fn __xstat64(int, const char *file, struct stat64 *buf)
@param file
@param buf
For full documentation see: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.0
@see __xstat()
@publishedAll
@released
*/
/** @fn __lxstat(int, const char *file, struct stat *buf)
@param file
@param buf
Refer to stat() for the documentation
@see access()
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see utimes()
@see symlink()
@publishedAll
@released
*/
/** @fn __lxstat64(int, const char *file, struct stat64 *buf)
@param file
@param buf
For full documentation see: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.0
@see __lxstat()
@publishedAll
@released
*/
/** @fn mkdir(const char *_path, mode_t _mode)
@param _path
@param _mode
@return The mkdir() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
The directory _path is created with the access permissions specified by _mode.
Notes:
_mode values and access permissions are ignored in Symbian OS.
The default working directory of a process is initialized to C: \\private\\U ID
(UID of the calling application) and any data written into this directory persists between phone resets.
The parent directory's time stamp is not updated when a new child is created.
The newly created directory will be empty (i.e. it doesn't have "." and
".." entries)
Examples:
@code
/* Detailed description : This test code demonstrates usage of mkdir systemcall,
* it creates function a directory Example in current working directory.
*/
int main()
{
if(mkdir("Example" , 0666) < 0 )
{
printf("Directory creation failed");
return -1;
}
printf("Directory Example created");
return 0;
}
@endcode
Output
@code
Directory Example created
@endcode
Limitations:
The path parameter in mkdir() should not exceed 256 characters in length.
KErrNotReady of Symbian error code is mapped to ENOENT, which typically means drive
not found or filesystem not mounted on the drive.
The path given to mkdir() should be complete. Attempting to create a directory my calling mkdir("logs",0400|0200|0100)
will pass on emulator but fails on h/w because the cwd is taken as c:\private\uid3 on emulator and
z:\private\uid3 on h/w. Since Z drive is a rom on h/w, mkdir() fails by setting errno to 13 on hardware.
@see chmod()
@see stat()
@see umask()
@capability Deferred @ref RFs::MkDir(const TDesC16&)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn mkfifo(const char *pathname, mode_t mode)
@param pathname
@param mode
@return The mkfifo function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
The mkfifo system call
creates a new FIFO(First In First Out) file with name path. The access permissions are
specified by mode and restricted by the umask of the calling process.
With the current implementation, the use of umask has no effect.
The FIFO's owner ID and group ID are set to root.
Please note that running stat on a FIFO file does not provide modification
time information (it provides the creation time). Use fstat on the fd to retrieve the last modified
time.
Examples:
@code
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char *pathname = "C:\XXX";
mode_t mode = 0666;
if (mkfifo(pathname, mode) == -1) {
printf("mkfifo() failed");
}
return 0;
}
@endcode
@see chmod()
@see stat()
@see umask()
Limitations:
KErrNotReady of Symbian error code is mapped to ENOENT, which typically means drive
not found or filesystem not mounted on the drive.
@capability Deferred @ref RFs::Delete(const TDesC16&)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn stat(const char *name, struct stat *st)
@param name
@param st
Note: This description also covers the following functions -
lstat() fstat() __xstat() __lxstat()
@return Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
@code
st_dev The numeric ID of the device containing the file.
st_ino The file's inode number.
st_nlink
The number of hard links to the file.
@endcode
@code
st_atime Time when file data last accessed.
Changed by the .Xr utimes 2, read and readv system calls.
st_mtime Time when file data last modified.
Changed by the mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, utimes, write and writev system calls.
st_ctime Time when file status was last changed (inode data modification).
Changed by the chmod, chown, creat, link, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, rename, rmdir, symlink, truncate, unlink, utimes, write and writev system calls.
st_birthtime
Time when the inode was created.
@endcode
@code
st_size The file size in bytes.
st_blksize
The optimal I/O block size for the file.
st_blocks The actual number of blocks allocated for the file in 512-byte units.
As short symbolic links are stored in the inode, this number may
be zero.
@endcode
@code
st_uid The user ID of the file's owner.
st_gid The group ID of the file.
st_mode
Status of the file (see below).
@endcode
@code
Test for a block special file.
Test for a character special file.
Test for a directory.
Test for a pipe or FIFO special file.
Test for a symbolic link. NOTE: Inode structure is not supported by Symbian OS and hence link count updation is not possible.
Check for symbolic link would always fail because of this reason.
Test for a regular file.
Test for a socket.
Test for a whiteout.
@endcode
The stat system call obtains information about the file pointed to by path. Read, write or execute
permission of the named file is not required, but all directories
listed in the path name leading to the file must be searchable.
The lstat system call is like stat except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link,
in which case lstat returns information about the link,
while stat returns information about the file the link references.
The fstat system call obtains the same information about an open file
known by the file descriptor fd.
The __xstat and __lxstat system calls are exactly similar to stat and lstat functionality.
The sb argument is a pointer to a stat structure as defined by \#include \<sys/stat.h\> and into which information is
placed concerning the file.
The fields of struct stat
related to the file system are as follows:
@code
st_dev The numeric ID of the device containing the file.
st_ino The file's inode number.
st_nlink The number of hard links to the file.
@endcode
The st_dev and st_ino fields together identify the file uniquely within the system.
The time-related fields of struct stat
are as follows:
st_atime Time when file data last accessed.
Changed by the .Xr utimes 2, read and readv system calls.
st_mtime Time when file data last modified.
Changed by the mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, utimes, write and writev system calls.
st_ctime Time when file status was last changed (inode data modification).
Changed by the chmod, chown, creat, link, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, rename, rmdir, symlink, truncate, unlink, utimes, write and writev system calls. st_birthtime Time when the inode was created.
If _POSIX_SOURCE is not defined, the time-related fields are defined as:
@code
#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
#define st_atime st_atimespec.tv_sec
#define st_mtime st_mtimespec.tv_sec
#define st_ctime st_ctimespec.tv_sec
#endif
@endcode
The size-related fields of the struct stat
are as follows:
st_size The file size in bytes.
st_blksize The optimal I/O block size for the file. st_blocks The actual number of blocks allocated for the file in 512-byte units.
As short symbolic links are stored in the inode, this number may
be zero.
The access-related fields of struct stat
are as follows:
st_uid The user ID of the file's owner.
st_gid The group ID of the file.
st_mode Status of the file (see below).
The status information word st_mode has the following bits:
@code
#define S_IFMT 0170000 // type of file
#define S_IFIFO 0010000 // named pipe (fifo)
#define S_IFCHR 0020000 // character special
#define S_IFDIR 0040000 // directory
#define S_IFBLK 0060000 // block special
#define S_IFREG 0100000 // regular
#define S_IFLNK 0120000 // symbolic link
#define S_IFSOCK 0140000 // socket
#define S_IFWHT 0160000 // whiteout
#define S_ISUID 0004000 // set user id on execution
#define S_ISGID 0002000 // set group id on execution
#define S_ISVTX 0001000 // save swapped text even after use
#define S_IRUSR 0000400 // read permission, owner
#define S_IWUSR 0000200 // write permission, owner
#define S_IXUSR 0000100 // execute/search permission, owner
@endcode
For a list of access modes, see \#include \<sys/stat.h\> access and chmod The following macros are available to
test whether a st_mode value passed in the m argument corresponds to a file of the specified type: S_ISBLK (m); Test for a block special file. S_ISCHR (m); Test for a character special file. S_ISDIR (m); Test for a directory. S_ISFIFO (m); Test for a pipe or FIFO special file. S_ISLNK (m); Test for a symbolic link. NOTE: Inode structure is not supported by Symbian OS and hence link count updation is not possible.
Check for symbolic link would always fail because of this reason. S_ISREG (m); Test for a regular file. S_ISSOCK (m); Test for a socket. S_ISWHT (m); Test for a whiteout.
The macros evaluate to a non-zero value if the test is true
or to the value 0 if the test is false.
Note: To obtain correct timestamps of FIFOs use fstat instead of stat call.
Examples:
@code
/* Detailed description: Sample usage of stat system call
* Preconditions: Example.txt file should be present in working directory
*/
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int main()
{
struct stat buf;
if(stat("Example.txt" , &buf;) < 0 )
{
printf("Failed to stat Example.txt");
return -1;
}
printf("Stat system call succeeded");
return 0;
}
/*
* Detailed description: Sample usage of fstat system call
*
*/
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int main()
{
struct stat buf;
int fd = open("Example.txt" , O_RDONLY | O_CREAT , 0666);
if(fstat(fd , &buf;) < 0 )
{
printf("Failed to stat Example.txt");
return -1;
}
printf("Stat system call succeeded");
close(fd);
return 0;
}
@endcode
Output
@code
Stat system call succeeded
@endcode
Output
@code
Stat system call succeeded
@endcode
Limitations:
The path parameters of the stat() and lstat() functions should not exceed 256 characters each in length.
KErrNotReady of Symbian error code is mapped to ENOENT, which typically means drive
not found or filesystem not mounted on the drive.
@see access()
@see chmod()
@see chown()
@see utimes()
@see symlink()
@capability Deferred @ref RFs::Entry(const TDesC16&, TEntry&)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn stat64(const char *name, struct stat64 *st)
@param name
@param st
@return Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
For full documentation see: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.0
@see stat()
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @fn umask(mode_t cmask)
@param cmask
@return This function always returns MASK_RWUSR.
This function is build supported but not available functionally. Symbian
OS does not support multiple users and groups
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @struct stat
This structure provides detailed information about a file. The information returned depends on the type of file and/or the file system on which the file resides.
Includes following members,
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @var stat::st_dev
inode's device
*/
/** @var stat::st_ino
inode's number
*/
/** @var stat::st_mode
inode protection mode
*/
/** @var stat::st_nlink
number of hard links
*/
/** @var stat::st_uid
user ID of the file's owner
*/
/** @var stat::st_gid
group ID of the file's group
*/
/** @var stat::st_rdev
device type
*/
/** @var stat::st_atimespec
time of last access
*/
/** @var stat::st_mtimespec
time of last data modification
*/
/** @var stat::st_ctimespec
time of last file status change
*/
/** @var stat::st_size
file size, in bytes
*/
/** @var stat::st_blocks
blocks allocated for file
*/
/** @var stat::st_blksize
optimal blocksize for IO
*/
/** @var stat::st_flags
user defined flags for file
*/
/** @var stat::st_gen
file generation number
*/
/** @struct stat64
The stat64 structure is similar to the stat structure, except that it is capable of returning information about files that are larger than 2 gigabytes.
This structure provides detailed information about a file. The information returned depends on the type of file and/or the file system on which the file resides.
Includes following members,
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @var stat64::st_dev
inode's device
*/
/** @var stat64::st_ino
inode's number
*/
/** @var stat64::st_mode
inode protection mode
*/
/** @var stat64::st_nlink
number of hard links
*/
/** @var stat64::st_uid
user ID of the file's owner
*/
/** @var stat64::st_gid
group ID of the file's group
*/
/** @var stat64::st_rdev
device type
*/
/** @var stat64::st_atimespec
time of last access
*/
/** @var stat64::st_mtimespec
time of last data modification
*/
/** @var stat64::st_ctimespec
time of last file status change
*/
/** @var stat64::st_size
file size, in bytes
*/
/** @var stat64::st_blocks
blocks allocated for file
*/
/** @var stat64::st_blksize
optimal blocksize for IO
*/
/** @var stat64::st_flags
user defined flags for file
*/
/** @var stat64::st_gen
file generation number
*/
/** @def S_IRWXU
RWX mask for owner
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IRUSR
R for owner
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IWUSR
W for owner
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IXUSR
X for owner
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFMT
type of file mask
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFIFO
named pipe (fifo)
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFCHR
character special
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFDIR
directory
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFBLK
block special
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFREG
regular
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IFLNK
symbolic link
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISDIR(m)
directory.
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISCHR(m)
char special.
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISLNK(m)
symbolic link
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISBLK(m)
block special
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISREG(m)
regular file
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISFIFO(m)
fifo or socket
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISUID
set user id on execution
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISGID
set group id on execution
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IRWXG
RWX mask for group
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IRGRP
R for group
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IWGRP
W for group
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IXGRP
X for group
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IRWXO
RWX mask for other
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IROTH
R for other
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IWOTH
W for other
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_IXOTH
X for other
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/
/** @def S_ISVTX
save swapped text even after use
@publishedAll
@externallyDefinedApi
*/