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Module Eio.PathSource

Accessing paths on a file-system.

A _ Path.t represents a particular location in some filesystem. It is a pair of a base directory and a relative path from there.

Eio.Stdenv.cwd provides access to the current working directory. For example:

  let ( / ) = Eio.Path.( / )

  let run dir =
    Eio.Path.save ~create:(`Exclusive 0o600)
      (dir / "output.txt") "the data"

  let () =
    Eio_main.run @@ fun env ->
    run (Eio.Stdenv.cwd env)

It is normally not permitted to access anything above the base directory, even by following a symlink. The exception is Stdenv.fs, which provides access to the whole file-system:

  Eio.Path.load (fs / "/etc/passwd")

In Eio, the directory separator is always "/", even on Windows. Use native to convert to a native path.

Sourcetype 'a t = 'a Fs.dir * Fs.path

An OS directory FD and a path relative to it, for use with e.g. openat(2).

Sourceval (/) : 'a t -> string -> 'a t

t / step is t with step appended to t's path, or replacing t's path if step is absolute:

  • (fd, "foo") / "bar" = (fd, "foo/bar")
  • (fd, "foo") / "/bar" = (fd, "/bar")
Sourceval pp : _ t Fmt.t

pp formats a _ t as "<label:path>", suitable for logging.

Sourceval native : _ t -> string option

native t returns a path that can be used to refer to t with the host platform's native string-based file-system APIs, if available. This is intended for interoperability with non-Eio libraries.

This does not check for confinement (the resulting path might not be accessible via t itself). Also, if a directory was opened with open_dir and later renamed, this might use the old name.

Using strings as paths is not secure if components in the path can be replaced by symlinks while the path is being used. For example, if you try to write to "/home/mal/output.txt" just as mal replaces "output.txt" with a symlink to "/etc/passwd".

Sourceval native_exn : _ t -> string

Like native, but raise a suitable exception if the path is not a native path.

Reading files

Sourceval load : _ t -> string

load t returns the contents of the given file.

This is a convenience wrapper around with_open_in.

Sourceval open_in : sw:Switch.t -> _ t -> File.ro_ty Std.r

open_in ~sw t opens t for reading.

Note: files are always opened in binary mode.

Sourceval with_open_in : _ t -> (File.ro_ty Std.r -> 'a) -> 'a

with_open_in is like open_in, but calls fn flow with the new flow and closes it automatically when fn returns (if it hasn't already been closed by then).

Sourceval with_lines : _ t -> (string Seq.t -> 'a) -> 'a

with_lines t fn is a convenience function for streaming the lines of the file.

It uses Buf_read.lines.

Writing files

Sourceval save : ?append:bool -> create:Fs.create -> _ t -> string -> unit

save t data ~create writes data to t.

This is a convenience wrapper around with_open_out.

Sourceval open_out : sw:Switch.t -> ?append:bool -> create:Fs.create -> _ t -> File.rw_ty Resource.t

open_out ~sw t opens t for reading and writing.

Note: files are always opened in binary mode.

  • parameter append

    Open for appending: always write at end of file.

  • parameter create

    Controls whether to create the file, and what permissions to give it if so.

Sourceval with_open_out : ?append:bool -> create:Fs.create -> _ t -> (File.rw_ty Std.r -> 'a) -> 'a

with_open_out is like open_out, but calls fn flow with the new flow and closes it automatically when fn returns (if it hasn't already been closed by then).

Directories

Sourceval mkdir : perm:File.Unix_perm.t -> _ t -> unit

mkdir ~perm t creates a new directory t with permissions perm.

Sourceval open_dir : sw:Switch.t -> _ t -> [ `Close | Fs.dir_ty ] t

open_dir ~sw t opens t.

This can be passed to functions to grant access only to the subtree t.

Sourceval with_open_dir : _ t -> ([ `Close | Fs.dir_ty ] t -> 'a) -> 'a

with_open_dir is like open_dir, but calls fn dir with the new directory and closes it automatically when fn returns (if it hasn't already been closed by then).

Sourceval read_dir : _ t -> string list

read_dir t reads directory entries for t.

The entries are sorted using String.compare.

Note: The special Unix entries "." and ".." are not included in the results.

Other

unlink t removes directory entry t.

Note: this cannot be used to unlink directories. Use rmdir for directories.

Sourceval rmdir : _ t -> unit

rmdir t removes directory entry t. This only works when the entry is itself a directory.

Note: this usually requires the directory to be empty.

Sourceval rename : _ t -> _ t -> unit

rename old_t new_t atomically unlinks old_t and links it as new_t.

If new_t already exists, it is atomically replaced.