5 Author: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@silcnet.org>
7 Copyright (C) 1997 - 2002 Pekka Riikonen
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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20 /****h* silcutil/SILC File Util Interface
24 * The SILC File Util Interface is a small set of functions that provides a
25 * portable access method to the filesystem.
29 #ifndef SILCFILEUTIL_H
30 #define SILCFILEUTIL_H
34 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_open
38 * int silc_file_open(const char *filename, int flags);
42 * Opens a file indicated by the filename `filename' with flags indicated
43 * by `flags'. The opening permission defaults to 0600.
46 int silc_file_open(const char *filename, int flags);
48 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_open_mode
52 * int silc_file_open_mode(const char *filename, int flags, int mode);
56 * Opens a file indicated by the filename `filename' with flags indicated
57 * by `flags'. The argument `mode' specifies the permissions to use in
58 * case a new file is created.
61 int silc_file_open_mode(const char *filename, int flags, int mode);
63 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_read
67 * int silc_file_read(int fd, unsigned char *buf, SilcUInt32 buf_len);
71 * Reads data from file descriptor `fd' to `buf'.
74 int silc_file_read(int fd, unsigned char *buf, SilcUInt32 buf_len);
76 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_write
80 * int silc_file_write(int fd, const char *buffer, SilcUInt32 len);
84 * Writes `buffer' of length of `len' to file descriptor `fd'.
87 int silc_file_write(int fd, const char *buffer, SilcUInt32 len);
89 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_close
93 * int silc_file_close(int fd);
97 * Closes file descriptor previously opened with silc_file_open().
100 int silc_file_close(int fd);
102 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_readfile
106 * char *silc_file_readfile(const char *filename, SilcUInt32 *return_len);
110 * Reads the content of `filename' to a buffer. The allocated buffer is
111 * returned. This does not NULL terminate the buffer but EOF terminate
112 * it. The caller must replace the EOF with NULL if the buffer must be
115 * If the `return_len' pointer is not NULL, it's filled with the length of
119 char *silc_file_readfile(const char *filename, SilcUInt32 *return_len);
121 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_writefile
125 * int silc_file_writefile(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
130 * Writes a buffer to the file. If the file is created specific mode is
134 int silc_file_writefile(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
137 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_writefile_mode
141 * int silc_file_writefile_mode(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
142 * SilcUInt32 len, int mode);
146 * Writes a buffer to the file. If the file is created the specified `mode'
147 * is set to the file.
150 int silc_file_writefile_mode(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
151 SilcUInt32 len, int mode);
153 /****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_size
157 * SilcUInt64 silc_file_size(const char *filename);
161 * Returns the size of `filename'. Returns 0 on error.
164 SilcUInt64 silc_file_size(const char *filename);
166 #endif /* !SILCFILEUTIL_H */