FileUtils.h

#include <glibmm.h>

#include <arc/Thread.h>

#ifdef WIN32
#ifndef uid_t
#define uid_t int
#endif
#ifndef gid_t
#define gid_t int
#endif
#endif

namespace Arc {

  // Utility functions for handling files and directories.
  // These functions offer possibility to access files and directories
  // under user and group ids different from those of current user.
  // Id switching is done in a safe way for multi-threaded applications.
  // If any of specified ids is 0 then such id is not switched and
  // current id is used instead.



  bool FileCopy(const std::string& source_path,const std::string& destination_path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);

  bool FileCopy(const std::string& source_path,const std::string& destination_path);

  bool FileCopy(const std::string& source_path,int destination_handle);

  bool FileCopy(int source_handle,const std::string& destination_path);

  bool FileCopy(int source_handle,int destination_handle);


  bool FileRead(const std::string& filename, std::list<std::string>& data, uid_t uid=0, gid_t gid=0);


  bool FileRead(const std::string& filename, std::string& data, uid_t uid=0, gid_t gid=0);


  bool FileCreate(const std::string& filename, const std::string& data, uid_t uid=0, gid_t gid=0, mode_t mode = 0);

  bool FileStat(const std::string& path,struct stat *st,bool follow_symlinks);


  bool FileStat(const std::string& path,struct stat *st,uid_t uid,gid_t gid,bool follow_symlinks);

  bool FileLink(const std::string& oldpath,const std::string& newpath, bool symbolic);


  bool FileLink(const std::string& oldpath,const std::string& newpath,uid_t uid,gid_t gid,bool symbolic);

  std::string FileReadLink(const std::string& path);


  std::string FileReadLink(const std::string& path,uid_t uid,gid_t gid);

  bool FileDelete(const std::string& path);


  bool FileDelete(const std::string& path,uid_t uid,gid_t gid);

  bool DirCreate(const std::string& path,mode_t mode,bool with_parents = false);


  bool DirCreate(const std::string& path,uid_t uid,gid_t gid,mode_t mode,bool with_parents = false);


  bool DirDelete(const std::string& path, bool recursive = true);


  bool DirDelete(const std::string& path, bool recursive, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);


  bool TmpDirCreate(std::string& path);


  bool TmpFileCreate(std::string& filename, const std::string& data, uid_t uid=0, gid_t gid=0, mode_t mode = 0);


  bool CanonicalDir(std::string& name, bool leading_slash = true);

} // namespace Arc