source: vbox/trunk/include/iprt/symlink.h@ 37196

/** @file
 * IPRT - Symbolic Link Manipulation.
 */

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 */

#ifndef ___iprt_symlink_h
#define ___iprt_symlink_h

#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
#include <iprt/types.h>



RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN

/** @defgroup grp_rt_symlink    RTSymlink - Symbolic Link Manipulation
 * @ingroup grp_rt
 *
 * For querying and changing symlink info (mode, ownership, etc) please refer
 * to the @ref grp_rt_path "RTPath" API: RTPathQueryInfoEx, RTPathSetOwnerEx,
 * RTPathSetModeEx and RTPathSetTimesEx.
 *
 * @{
 */

/**
 * Checks if the specified path exists and is a symlink.
 *
 * @returns true if it's a symlink, false if it isn't.
 * @param   pszSymlink      The path to the symlink.
 *
 * @sa      RTDirExists, RTPathExists, RTSymlinkExists.
 */
RTDECL(bool) RTSymlinkExists(const char *pszSymlink);

/**
 * Checks if this is a dangling link or not.
 *
 * If the target of @a pszSymlink is a symbolic link, this may return false if
 * that or any subsequent links are dangling.
 *
 * @returns true if it's dangling, false if it isn't.
 * @param   pszSymlink      The path to the symlink.
 */
RTDECL(bool) RTSymlinkIsDangling(const char *pszSymlink);

/**
 * RTSymlinkCreate link type argument.
 */
typedef enum RTSYMLINKTYPE
{
    /** Invalid value. */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_INVALID = 0,
    /** The link targets a directory. */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_DIR,
    /** The link targets a file (or whatever else). */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_FILE,
    /** It is not known what is being targeted.
     * @remarks The RTSymlinkCreate API may probe the target to try figure
     *          out what is being targeted. */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_UNKNOWN,
    /** The end of the valid type values. */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_END,
    /** Blow the type up to 32-bit. */
    RTSYMLINKTYPE_32BIT_HACK = 0x7fffffff
} RTSYMLINKTYPE;

/**
 * Creates a symbolic link (@a pszSymlink) targeting @a pszTarget.
 *
 * @returns IPRT status code.
 *
 * @param   pszSymlink      The name of the symbolic link.
 * @param   pszTarget       The path to the symbolic link target.  This is
 *                          relative to @a pszSymlink.
 * @param   enmType         The symbolic link type.  For Windows compatability
 *                          it is very important to set this correctly.  When
 *                          RTSYMLINKTYPE_UNKNOWN is used, the API will try
 *                          make a guess and may attempt query information
 *                          about @a pszTarget in the process.
 */
RTDECL(int) RTSymlinkCreate(const char *pszSymlink, const char *pszTarget, RTSYMLINKTYPE enmType);

/**
 * Deletes the specified symbolic link.
 *
 * This will try to refuse deleting non-symlinks, however there are usually
 * races in the implementation of this check so no guarantees can be are made.
 *
 * @returns IPRT status code.
 * @retval  VERR_NOT_SYMLINK if @a pszSymlink does not specify a symbolic link.
 *
 * @param   pszSymlink      The symbolic link that should be removed.
 */
RTDECL(int) RTSymlinkDelete(const char *pszSymlink);

/**
 * Read the symlink target.
 *
 * @returns IPRT status code.
 * @retval  VERR_NOT_SYMLINK if @a pszSymlink does not specify a symbolic link.
 * @retval  VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the link is larger than @a cbTarget.  The
 *          buffer will contain what all we managed to read, fully terminated
 *          if @a cbTarget > 0.
 *
 * @param   pszSymlink      The symbolic link that should be read.
 * @param   pszTarget       The target buffer.
 * @param   cbTarget        The size of the target buffer.
 */
RTDECL(int) RTSymlinkRead(const char *pszSymlink, char *pszTarget, size_t cbTarget);

/**
 * Read the symlink target into an API allocated buffer.
 *
 * This API eliminates the race involved in determining the right buffer size.
 *
 * @returns IPRT status code.
 * @retval  VERR_NOT_SYMLINK if @a pszSymlink does not specify a symbolic link.
 *
 * @param   pszSymlink      The symbolic link that should be read.
 * @param   ppszTarget      Where to return the target string.  Free the string
 *                          by calling RTStrFree.
 */
RTDECL(int) RTSymlinkReadA(const char *pszSymlink, char **ppszTarget);

/** @} */

RT_C_DECLS_END

#endif