libgit2/include/git/os/unix.h
Shawn O. Pearce 16a67770b7 Create a micro abstraction around the POSIX file APIs
This way we can start to write IO code to read and write files in the
Git object database, but provide a hook to inject native Win32 APIs
instead so libgit2 can be ported to run natively on that platform.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-11-01 16:53:06 -07:00

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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_os_abstraction_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_os_abstraction_h__
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
/**
* @file git/os/unix.h
* @brief Portable operating system abstractions
* @defgroup git_os_abstraction Portable operating system abstractions
* @ingroup Git
* @{
*/
GIT_BEGIN_DECL
/** Descriptor to an open file in the filesystem. */
typedef int git_file;
/**
* Open a file by path name.
*
* Valid flags are:
* - O_CREAT: Create the file if it does not yet exist.
* - O_RDONLY: Open the file for reading.
* - O_WRONLY: Open the file for writing.
* - O_RDWR: Open the file for both reading and writing.
*
* @param path path name of the file to open.
* @param flags bitmask of access requested to the file.
* @return the opened file descriptor; <0 if the open failed.
*/
static inline git_file git_fopen(const char *path, int flags)
{
return open(path, flags);
}
/**
* Close an open file descriptor.
* @param fd descriptor to close.
* @return 0 on success; <0 if the descriptor close failed.
*/
static inline int git_fclose(git_file fd)
{
return close(fd);
}
/**
* Read from an open file descriptor at the current position.
*
* Less than the number of requested bytes may be read. The
* read is automatically restarted if it fails due to a signal
* being delivered to the calling thread.
*
* @param fd open descriptor.
* @param buf buffer to store the read data into.
* @param cnt number of bytes to transfer.
* @return
* - On success, actual number of bytes read.
* - On EOF, 0.
* - On failure, <0.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(ssize_t) git_fread(git_file fd, void *buf, size_t cnt);
/**
* Write to an open file descriptor at the current position.
*
* Less than the number of requested bytes may be written. The
* write is automatically restarted if it fails due to a signal
* being delivered to the calling thread.
*
* @param fd open descriptor.
* @param buf buffer to write data from.
* @param cnt number of bytes to transfer.
* @return
* - On success, actual number of bytes written.
* - On EOF, 0.
* - On failure, <0.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(ssize_t) git_fwrite(git_file fd, void *buf, size_t cnt);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif