/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * fd.h * Virtual file descriptor definitions. * * * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * $Id: fd.h,v 1.18 1999/10/13 15:02:32 tgl 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. */ #ifndef FD_H #define FD_H /* * FileSeek uses the standard UNIX lseek(2) flags. */ typedef char *FileName; typedef int File; /* * 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, long 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 *); /* Miscellaneous support routines */ extern bool ReleaseDataFile(void); extern void closeAllVfds(void); extern void AtEOXact_Files(void); extern int pg_fsync(int fd); #endif /* FD_H */