Manpages - filefuncs.3am

The chdir() function is a direct hook to the /chdir/(2) system call to change the current directory. It returns zero upon success or less than zero upon error. In the latter case it updates ERRNO.

The stat() function provides a hook into the /stat/(2) system call. It returns zero upon success or less than zero upon error. In the latter case it updates ERRNO. By default, it uses /lstat/(2). However, if passed a third argument, it uses /stat/(2), instead.

In all cases, it clears the statdata array. When the call is successful, stat() fills the statdata array with information retrieved from the filesystem, as follows:

statdata[“name”]

The name of the file, equal to the first argument passed to stat().

statdata[“dev”]

Corresponds to the st_dev field in the struct stat.

statdata[“ino”]

Corresponds to the st_ino field in the struct stat.

statdata[“mode”]

Corresponds to the st_mode field in the struct stat.

statdata[“nlink”]

Corresponds to the st_nlink field in the struct stat.

statdata[“uid”]

Corresponds to the st_uid field in the struct stat.

statdata[“gid”]

Corresponds to the st_gid field in the struct stat.

statdata[“size”]

Corresponds to the st_size field in the struct stat.

statdata[“atime”]

Corresponds to the st_atime field in the struct stat.

statdata[“mtime”]

Corresponds to the st_mtime field in the struct stat.

statdata[“ctime”]

Corresponds to the st_ctime field in the struct stat.

statdata[“rdev”]

Corresponds to the st_rdev field in the struct stat. This element is only present for device files.

statdata[“major”]

Corresponds to the st_major field in the struct stat. This element is only present for device files.

statdata[“minor”]

Corresponds to the st_minor field in the struct stat. This element is only present for device files.

statdata[“blksize”]

Corresponds to the st_blksize field in the struct stat, if this field is present on your system. (It is present on all modern systems that we know of.)

statdata[“pmode”]

A human-readable version of the mode value, such as printed by /ls/(1). For example, “-rwxr-xr-x”.

statdata[“linkval”]

If the named file is a symbolic link, this element will exist and its value is the value of the symbolic link (where the symbolic link points to).

statdata[“type”]

The type of the file as a string. One of “file”, “blockdev”, “chardev”, “directory”, “socket”, “fifo”, “symlink”, “door”, or “unknown”. Not all systems support all file types.

The fts() function provides a hook to the /fts/(3) set of routines for traversing file hierarchies. Instead of returning data about one file at a time in a stream, it fills in a multi-dimensional array with data about each file and directory encountered in the requested hierarchies.

The arguments are as follows:

pathlist

An array of filenames. The element values are used; the index values are ignored.

flags

This should be the bitwise OR of one or more of the following predefined flag values. At least one of FTS_LOGICAL or FTS_PHYSICAL must be provided; otherwise fts() returns an error value and sets ERRNO.

FTS_LOGICAL

Do a ``logical’’ file traversal, where the information returned for a symbolic link refers to the linked-to file, and not to the symbolic link itself. This flag is mutually exclusive with FTS_PHYSICAL.

FTS_PHYSICAL

Do a ``physical’’ file traversal, where the information returned for a symbolic link refers to the symbolic link itself. This flag is mutually exclusive with FTS_LOGICAL.

FTS_NOCHDIR

As a performance optimization, the /fts/(3) routines change directory as they traverse a file hierarchy. This flag disables that optimization.

FTS_COMFOLLOW

Immediately follow a symbolic link named in pathlist, whether or not FTS_LOGICAL is set.

FTS_SEEDOT

By default, the /fts/(3) routines do not return entries for ``.’’ and ``..’’. This option causes entries for ``..’’ to also be included. (The AWK extension always includes an entry for ``.’’, see below.)

FTS_XDEV

During a traversal, do not cross onto a different mounted filesystem.

FTS_SKIP

When set, causes top level directories to not be descended into.

filedata

The filedata array is first cleared. Then, fts() creates an element in filedata for every element in pathlist. The index is the name of the directory or file given in pathlist. The element for this index is itself an array. There are two cases.

The path is a file.

In this case, the array contains two or three elements:

“path”

The full path to this file, starting from the ``root’’ that was given in the pathlist array.

“stat”

This element is itself an array, containing the same information as provided by the stat() function described earlier for its statdata argument. The element may not be present if /stat/(2) for the file failed.

“error”

If some kind of error was encountered, the array will also contain an element named “error”, which is a string describing the error.

The path is a directory.

In this case, the array contains one element for each entry in the directory. If an entry is a file, that element is as for files, just described. If the entry is a directory, that element is (recursively), an array describing the subdirectory. If FTS_SEEDOT was provided in the flags, then there will also be an element named “..”. This element will be an array containing the data as provided by stat().

In addition, there will be an element whose index is “.”. This element is an array containing the same two or three elements as for a file: “path”, “stat”, and “error”.

The fts() function returns 0 if there were no errors. Otherwise it returns -1.

The statvfs() function provides a hook into the /statvfs/(2) system call on systems that supply this system call. It returns zero upon success or less than zero upon error. In the latter case it updates ERRNO.

When the call is successful, statvfs() fills the fsdata array with information retrieved about the filesystem, as follows:

fsdata[“bsize”]

Corresponds to the bsize member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“frsize”]

Corresponds to the f_frsize member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“blocks”]

Corresponds to the f_blocks member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“bfree”]

Corresponds to the f_bfree member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“bavail”]

Corresponds to the f_bavail member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“files”]

Corresponds to the f_files member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“ffree”]

Corresponds to the f_ffree member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“favail”]

Corresponds to the f_favail member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“fsid”]

Corresponds to the f_fsid member in the struct statvfs. This member is not available on all systems.

fsdata[“flag”]

Corresponds to the f_flag member in the struct statvfs.

fsdata[“namemax”]

Corresponds to the f_namemax member in the struct statvfs.