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diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.fs.lua b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.fs.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5d08719e96 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/nixio.fs.lua @@ -0,0 +1,265 @@ +--- Low-level and high-level filesystem manipulation library. +module "nixio.fs" + + +--- Check user's permission on a file. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.access +-- @param path Path +-- @param mode1 First Mode to check ["f", "r", "w", "x"] +-- @param ... More Modes to check [-"-] +-- @return true + +--- Strip the directory part from a path. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.basename +-- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil. +-- @param path Path +-- @return basename + +--- Strip the base from a path. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.dirname +-- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil. +-- @param path Path +-- @return dirname + +--- Return the cannonicalized absolute pathname. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.realpath +-- @param path Path +-- @return absolute path + +--- Remove a file or directory. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.remove +-- @param path Path +-- @return true + +--- Delete a name and - if no links are left - the associated file. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.unlink +-- @param path Path +-- @return true + +--- Renames a file or directory. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.rename +-- @param src Source path +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @usage It is normally not possible to rename files accross fileystems. +-- @return true + +--- Remove an empty directory. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.rmdir +-- @param path Path +-- @return true + +--- Create a new directory. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.mkdir +-- @param path Path +-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask) +-- @see nixio.fs.chmod +-- @see nixio.umask +-- @return true + +--- Change the file mode. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.chmod +-- @usage Windows only supports setting the write-protection through the +-- "Writable to others" bit. +-- @usage <strong>Notice:</strong> The mode-flag for the functions +-- open, mkdir, mkfifo are affected by the umask. +-- @param path Path +-- @param mode File mode +-- [decimal mode number, "[-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xtT]"] +-- @see nixio.umask +-- @return true + +--- Iterate over the entries of a directory. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.dir +-- @usage The special entries "." and ".." are omitted. +-- @param path Path +-- @return directory iterator returning one entry per call + +--- Create a hard link. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.link +-- @usage This function calls link() on POSIX and CreateHardLink() on Windows. +-- @param oldpath Path +-- @param newpath Path +-- @return true + +--- Change file last access and last modification time. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.utimes +-- @param path Path +-- @param actime Last access timestamp (optional, default: current time) +-- @param mtime Last modification timestamp (optional, default: actime) +-- @return true + +--- Get file status and attributes. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.stat +-- @param path Path +-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional) +-- @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> + +--- Get file status and attributes and do not resolve if target is a symlink. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.lstat +-- @param path Path +-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional) +-- @see nixio.fs.stat +-- @return Table containing attributes (see stat for a detailed description) + +--- (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.chown +-- @param path Path +-- @param user User ID or Username (optional) +-- @param group Group ID or Groupname (optional) +-- @return true + +--- (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file and do not resolve +-- if target is a symlink. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.lchown +-- @param path Path +-- @param user User ID or Username (optional) +-- @param group Group ID or Groupname (optional) +-- @return true + +--- (POSIX) Create a FIFO (named pipe). +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.mkfifo +-- @param path Path +-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask) +-- @see nixio.fs.chmod +-- @see nixio.umask +-- @return true + +--- (POSIX) Create a symbolic link. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.symlink +-- @param oldpath Path +-- @param newpath Path +-- @return true + +--- (POSIX) Read the target of a symbolic link. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.readlink +-- @param path Path +-- @return target path + +--- (POSIX) Find pathnames matching a pattern. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.glob +-- @param pattern Pattern +-- @return path iterator +-- @return number of matches + +--- (POSIX) Get filesystem statistics. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.statvfs +-- @param path Path to any file within the filesystem. +-- @return Table containing: <ul> +-- <li>bavail = available blocks</li> +-- <li>bfree = free blocks</li> +-- <li>blocks = number of fragments</li> +-- <li>frsize = fragment size</li> +-- <li>favail = available inodes</li> +-- <li>ffree = free inodes</li> +-- <li>files = inodes</li> +-- <li>flag = flags</li> +-- <li>fsid = filesystem ID</li> +-- <li>namemax = maximum filename length</li> +-- </ul> + +--- Read the contents of a file into a buffer. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.readfile +-- @param path Path +-- @param limit Maximum bytes to read (optional) +-- @return file contents + +--- Write a buffer into a file truncating the file first. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.writefile +-- @param path Path +-- @param data Data to write +-- @return true + +--- Copy data between files. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.datacopy +-- @param src Source file path +-- @param dest Destination file path +-- @param limit Maximum bytes to copy (optional) +-- @return true + +--- Copy a file, directory or symlink non-recursively preserving file mode, +-- timestamps, owner and group. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.copy +-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not +-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal. +-- @param src Source path +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @return true + +--- Rename a file, directory or symlink non-recursively across filesystems. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.move +-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not +-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal. +-- @param src Source path +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @return true + +--- Create a directory and all needed parent directories recursively. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.mkdirr +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask) +-- @see nixio.fs.chmod +-- @see nixio.umask +-- @return true + +--- Rename a file, directory or symlink recursively across filesystems. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.mover +-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not +-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal. +-- @param src Source path +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @return true + +--- Copy a file, directory or symlink recursively preserving file mode, +-- timestamps, owner and group. +-- @class function +-- @name nixio.fs.copyr +-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not +-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal. +-- @param src Source path +-- @param dest Destination path +-- @return true
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