109 lines
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109 lines
4.4 KiB
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--- Large File Object.
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-- Large file operations are supported up to 52 bits if the Lua number type is
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-- double (default).
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-- @cstyle instance
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module "nixio.File"
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--- Write to the file descriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.write
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-- @usage <strong>Warning:</strong> It is not guaranteed that all data
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-- in the buffer is written at once especially when dealing with pipes.
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-- You have to check the return value - the number of bytes actually written -
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-- or use the safe IO functions in the high-level IO utility module.
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-- @usage Unlike standard Lua indexing the lowest offset and default is 0.
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-- @param buffer Buffer holding the data to be written.
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-- @param offset Offset to start reading the buffer from. (optional)
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-- @param length Length of chunk to read from the buffer. (optional)
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-- @return number of bytes written
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--- Read from a file descriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.read
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-- @usage <strong>Warning:</strong> It is not guaranteed that all requested data
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-- is read at once especially when dealing with pipes.
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-- You have to check the return value - the length of the buffer actually read -
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-- or use the safe IO functions in the high-level IO utility module.
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-- @usage The length of the return buffer is limited by the (compile time)
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-- nixio buffersize which is <em>nixio.const.buffersize</em> (8192 by default).
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-- Any read request greater than that will be safely truncated to this value.
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-- @param length Amount of data to read (in Bytes).
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-- @return buffer containing data successfully read
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--- Reposition read / write offset of the file descriptor.
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-- The seek will be done either from the beginning of the file or relative
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-- to the current position or relative to the end.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.seek
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-- @usage This function calls lseek().
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-- @param offset File Offset
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-- @param whence Starting point [<strong>"set"</strong>, "cur", "end"]
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-- @return new (absolute) offset position
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--- Return the current read / write offset of the file descriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.tell
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-- @usage This function calls lseek() with offset 0 from the current position.
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-- @return offset position
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--- Synchronizes the file with the storage device.
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-- Returns when the file is successfully written to the disk.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.sync
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-- @usage This function calls fsync() when data_only equals false
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-- otherwise fdatasync(), on Windows _commit() is used instead.
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-- @usage fdatasync() is only supported by Linux and Solaris. For other systems
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-- the <em>data_only</em> parameter is ignored and fsync() is always called.
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-- @param data_only Do not synchronize the metadata. (optional, boolean)
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-- @return true
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--- Apply or test a lock on the file.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.lock
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-- @usage This function calls lockf() on POSIX and _locking() on Windows.
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-- @usage The "lock" command is blocking, "tlock" is non-blocking,
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-- "ulock" unlocks and "test" only tests for the lock.
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-- @usage The "test" command is not available on Windows.
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-- @usage Locks are by default advisory on POSIX, but mandatory on Windows.
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-- @param command Locking Command ["lock", "tlock", "ulock", "test"]
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-- @param length Amount of Bytes to lock from current offset (optional)
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-- @return true
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--- Get file status and attributes.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.stat
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-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional)
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-- @usage This function calls fstat().
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-- @return Table containing: <ul>
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-- <li>atime = Last access timestamp</li>
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-- <li>blksize = Blocksize (POSIX only)</li>
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-- <li>blocks = Blocks used (POSIX only)</li>
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-- <li>ctime = Creation timestamp</li>
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-- <li>dev = Device ID</li>
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-- <li>gid = Group ID</li>
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-- <li>ino = Inode</li>
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-- <li>modedec = Mode converted into a decimal number</li>
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-- <li>modestr = Mode as string as returned by `ls -l`</li>
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-- <li>mtime = Last modification timestamp</li>
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-- <li>nlink = Number of links</li>
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-- <li>rdev = Device ID (if special file)</li>
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-- <li>size = Size in bytes</li>
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-- <li>type = ["reg", "dir", "chr", "blk", "fifo", "lnk", "sock"]</li>
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-- <li>uid = User ID</li>
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-- </ul>
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--- Close the file descriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.close
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-- @return true
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--- Get the number of the filedescriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.fileno
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-- @return file descriptor number
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--- (POSIX) Set the blocking mode of the file descriptor.
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-- @class function
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-- @name File.setblocking
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-- @param blocking (boolean)
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-- @return true |