/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * fd.h * Virtual file descriptor definitions. * * * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * $Id: fd.h,v 1.17 1999/07/17 20:18:34 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* * calls: * * File {Close, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Sync} * {File Name Open, Allocate, Free} File * * These are NOT JUST RENAMINGS OF THE UNIX ROUTINES. * Use them for all file activity... * * File fd; * fd = FilePathOpenFile("foo", O_RDONLY); * * AllocateFile(); * FreeFile(); * * Use AllocateFile, not fopen, if you need a stdio file (FILE*); then * use FreeFile, not fclose, to close it. AVOID using stdio for files * that you intend to hold open for any length of time, since there is * no way for them to share kernel file descriptors with other files. * * The BufFile routines provide a partial replacement for stdio. Currently * they only support buffered access to a virtual file, without any of * stdio's formatting features. That's enough for immediate needs, but * the set of facilities could be expanded if necessary. */ #ifndef FD_H #define FD_H /* * FileSeek uses the standard UNIX lseek(2) flags. */ typedef char *FileName; typedef int File; /* BufFile is an opaque type whose details are not known outside fd.c. */ typedef struct BufFile BufFile; /* why is this here? fd.c doesn't want it ... */ struct pgstat { /* just the fields we need from stat * structure */ int st_ino; int st_mode; unsigned int st_size; unsigned int st_sizehigh; /* high order bits */ /* 2^64 == 1.8 x 10^20 bytes */ int st_uid; int st_atime_s; /* just the seconds */ int st_mtime_s; /* since SysV and the new BSD both have */ int st_ctime_s; /* usec fields.. */ }; /* * prototypes for functions in fd.c */ /* Operations on virtual Files --- equivalent to Unix kernel file ops */ extern File FileNameOpenFile(FileName fileName, int fileFlags, int fileMode); extern File PathNameOpenFile(FileName fileName, int fileFlags, int fileMode); extern File OpenTemporaryFile(void); extern void FileClose(File file); extern void FileUnlink(File file); extern int FileRead(File file, char *buffer, int amount); extern int FileWrite(File file, char *buffer, int amount); extern long FileSeek(File file, long offset, int whence); extern int FileTruncate(File file, int offset); extern int FileSync(File file); /* Operations that allow use of regular stdio --- USE WITH CAUTION */ extern FILE *AllocateFile(char *name, char *mode); extern void FreeFile(FILE *); /* Operations on BufFiles --- a very incomplete emulation of stdio * atop virtual Files... */ extern BufFile *BufFileCreate(File file); extern void BufFileClose(BufFile *file); extern size_t BufFileRead(BufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size); extern size_t BufFileWrite(BufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size); extern long BufFileSeek(BufFile *file, long offset, int whence); /* Miscellaneous support routines */ extern int FileNameUnlink(char *filename); extern void closeAllVfds(void); extern void AtEOXact_Files(void); extern int pg_fsync(int fd); #endif /* FD_H */