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author | Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> | 2014-12-03 15:17:05 +0100 |
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committer | Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> | 2015-01-08 16:26:20 +0100 |
commit | 1bb4822dca6113f73e3bc89e2acf15935e6f8e92 (patch) | |
tree | 35e16f100466e4e00657199b38bb3d87d52bf73f /libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.File.lua | |
parent | 9edd0e46c3f880727738ce8ca6ff1c8b85f99ef4 (diff) |
Rework LuCI build system
* Rename subdirectories to their repective OpenWrt package names
* Make each LuCI module its own standalone package
* Deploy a shared luci.mk which is used by each module Makefile
Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
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diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.File.lua b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.File.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..368562a2a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.File.lua @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +--- Large File Object. +-- Large file operations are supported up to 52 bits if the Lua number type is +-- double (default). +-- @cstyle instance +module "nixio.File" + +--- Write to the file descriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.write +-- @usage <strong>Warning:</strong> It is not guaranteed that all data +-- in the buffer is written at once especially when dealing with pipes. +-- You have to check the return value - the number of bytes actually written - +-- or use the safe IO functions in the high-level IO utility module. +-- @usage Unlike standard Lua indexing the lowest offset and default is 0. +-- @param buffer Buffer holding the data to be written. +-- @param offset Offset to start reading the buffer from. (optional) +-- @param length Length of chunk to read from the buffer. (optional) +-- @return number of bytes written + +--- Read from a file descriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.read +-- @usage <strong>Warning:</strong> It is not guaranteed that all requested data +-- is read at once especially when dealing with pipes. +-- You have to check the return value - the length of the buffer actually read - +-- or use the safe IO functions in the high-level IO utility module. +-- @usage The length of the return buffer is limited by the (compile time) +-- nixio buffersize which is <em>nixio.const.buffersize</em> (8192 by default). +-- Any read request greater than that will be safely truncated to this value. +-- @param length Amount of data to read (in Bytes). +-- @return buffer containing data successfully read + +--- Reposition read / write offset of the file descriptor. +-- The seek will be done either from the beginning of the file or relative +-- to the current position or relative to the end. +-- @class function +-- @name File.seek +-- @usage This function calls lseek(). +-- @param offset File Offset +-- @param whence Starting point [<strong>"set"</strong>, "cur", "end"] +-- @return new (absolute) offset position + +--- Return the current read / write offset of the file descriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.tell +-- @usage This function calls lseek() with offset 0 from the current position. +-- @return offset position + +--- Synchronizes the file with the storage device. +-- Returns when the file is successfully written to the disk. +-- @class function +-- @name File.sync +-- @usage This function calls fsync() when data_only equals false +-- otherwise fdatasync(), on Windows _commit() is used instead. +-- @usage fdatasync() is only supported by Linux and Solaris. For other systems +-- the <em>data_only</em> parameter is ignored and fsync() is always called. +-- @param data_only Do not synchronize the metadata. (optional, boolean) +-- @return true + +--- Apply or test a lock on the file. +-- @class function +-- @name File.lock +-- @usage This function calls lockf() on POSIX and _locking() on Windows. +-- @usage The "lock" command is blocking, "tlock" is non-blocking, +-- "ulock" unlocks and "test" only tests for the lock. +-- @usage The "test" command is not available on Windows. +-- @usage Locks are by default advisory on POSIX, but mandatory on Windows. +-- @param command Locking Command ["lock", "tlock", "ulock", "test"] +-- @param length Amount of Bytes to lock from current offset (optional) +-- @return true + +--- Get file status and attributes. +-- @class function +-- @name File.stat +-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional) +-- @usage This function calls fstat(). +-- @return Table containing: <ul> +-- <li>atime = Last access timestamp</li> +-- <li>blksize = Blocksize (POSIX only)</li> +-- <li>blocks = Blocks used (POSIX only)</li> +-- <li>ctime = Creation timestamp</li> +-- <li>dev = Device ID</li> +-- <li>gid = Group ID</li> +-- <li>ino = Inode</li> +-- <li>modedec = Mode converted into a decimal number</li> +-- <li>modestr = Mode as string as returned by `ls -l`</li> +-- <li>mtime = Last modification timestamp</li> +-- <li>nlink = Number of links</li> +-- <li>rdev = Device ID (if special file)</li> +-- <li>size = Size in bytes</li> +-- <li>type = ["reg", "dir", "chr", "blk", "fifo", "lnk", "sock"]</li> +-- <li>uid = User ID</li> +-- </ul> + +--- Close the file descriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.close +-- @return true + +--- Get the number of the filedescriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.fileno +-- @return file descriptor number + +--- (POSIX) Set the blocking mode of the file descriptor. +-- @class function +-- @name File.setblocking +-- @param blocking (boolean) +-- @return true
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