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diff --git a/libs/nixio/docsrc/nixio.lua b/libs/nixio/docsrc/nixio.lua deleted file mode 100644 index 1b434d76de..0000000000 --- a/libs/nixio/docsrc/nixio.lua +++ /dev/null @@ -1,467 +0,0 @@ ---- General POSIX IO library. -module "nixio" - ---- Look up a hostname and service via DNS. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getaddrinfo --- @param host hostname to lookup (optional) --- @param family address family [<strong>"any"</strong>, "inet", "inet6"] --- @param service service name or port (optional) --- @return Table containing one or more tables containing: <ul> --- <li>family = ["inet", "inet6"]</li> --- <li>socktype = ["stream", "dgram", "raw"]</li> --- <li>address = Resolved IP-Address</li> --- <li>port = Resolved Port (if service was given)</li> --- </ul> - ---- Reverse look up an IP-Address via DNS. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getnameinfo --- @param ipaddr IPv4 or IPv6-Address --- @return FQDN - ---- (Linux, BSD) Get a list of available network interfaces and their addresses. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getifaddrs --- @return Table containing one or more tables containing: <ul> --- <li>name = Interface Name</li> --- <li>family = ["inet", "inet6", "packet"]</li> --- <li>addr = Interface Address (IPv4, IPv6, MAC, ...)</li> --- <li>broadaddr = Broadcast Address</li> --- <li>dstaddr = Destination Address (Point-to-Point)</li> --- <li>netmask = Netmask (if available)</li> --- <li>prefix = Prefix (if available)</li> --- <li>flags = Table of interface flags (up, multicast, loopback, ...)</li> --- <li>data = Statistics (Linux, "packet"-family)</li> --- <li>hatype = Hardware Type Identifier (Linix, "packet"-family)</li> --- <li>ifindex = Interface Index (Linux, "packet"-family)</li> --- </ul> - ---- Get protocol entry by name. --- @usage This function returns nil if the given protocol is unknown. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getprotobyname --- @param name protocol name to lookup --- @return Table containing the following fields: <ul> --- <li>name = Protocol Name</li> --- <li>proto = Protocol Number</li> --- <li>aliases = Table of alias names</li> --- </ul> - ---- Get protocol entry by number. --- @usage This function returns nil if the given protocol is unknown. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getprotobynumber --- @param proto protocol number to lookup --- @return Table containing the following fields: <ul> --- <li>name = Protocol Name</li> --- <li>proto = Protocol Number</li> --- <li>aliases = Table of alias names</li> --- </ul> - ---- Get all or a specifc proto entry. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getproto --- @param proto protocol number or name to lookup (optional) --- @return Table (or if no parameter is given, a table of tables) --- containing the following fields: <ul> --- <li>name = Protocol Name</li> --- <li>proto = Protocol Number</li> --- <li>aliases = Table of alias names</li> --- </ul> - ---- Create a new socket and bind it to a network address. --- This function is a shortcut for calling nixio.socket and then bind() --- on the socket object. --- @usage This functions calls getaddrinfo(), socket(), --- setsockopt() and bind() but NOT listen(). --- @usage The <em>reuseaddr</em>-option is automatically set before binding. --- @class function --- @name nixio.bind --- @param host Hostname or IP-Address (optional, default: all addresses) --- @param port Port or service description --- @param family Address family [<strong>"any"</strong>, "inet", "inet6"] --- @param socktype Socket Type [<strong>"stream"</strong>, "dgram"] --- @return Socket Object - ---- Create a new socket and connect to a network address. --- This function is a shortcut for calling nixio.socket and then connect() --- on the socket object. --- @usage This functions calls getaddrinfo(), socket() and connect(). --- @class function --- @name nixio.connect --- @param host Hostname or IP-Address (optional, default: localhost) --- @param port Port or service description --- @param family Address family [<strong>"any"</strong>, "inet", "inet6"] --- @param socktype Socket Type [<strong>"stream"</strong>, "dgram"] --- @return Socket Object - ---- Open a file. --- @class function --- @name nixio.open --- @usage Although this function also supports the traditional fopen() --- file flags it does not create a file stream but uses the open() syscall. --- @param path Filesystem path to open --- @param flags Flag string or number (see open_flags). --- [<strong>"r"</strong>, "r+", "w", "w+", "a", "a+"] --- @param mode File mode for newly created files (see chmod, umask). --- @see nixio.umask --- @see nixio.open_flags --- @return File Object - ---- Generate flags for a call to open(). --- @class function --- @name nixio.open_flags --- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil. --- @usage The "nonblock" and "ndelay" flags are aliases. --- @usage The "nonblock", "ndelay" and "sync" flags are no-ops on Windows. --- @param flag1 First Flag ["append", "creat", "excl", "nonblock", "ndelay", --- "sync", "trunc", "rdonly", "wronly", "rdwr"] --- @param ... More Flags [-"-] --- @return flag to be used as second paramter to open - ---- Duplicate a file descriptor. --- @class function --- @name nixio.dup --- @usage This funcation calls dup2() if <em>newfd</em> is set, otherwise dup(). --- @param oldfd Old descriptor [File Object, Socket Object (POSIX only)] --- @param newfd New descriptor to serve as copy (optional) --- @return File Object of new descriptor - ---- Create a pipe. --- @class function --- @name nixio.pipe --- @return File Object of the read end --- @return File Object of the write end - ---- Get the last system error code. --- @class function --- @name nixio.errno --- @return Error code - ---- Get the error message for the corresponding error code. --- @class function --- @name nixio.strerror --- @param errno System error code --- @return Error message - ---- Sleep for a specified amount of time. --- @class function --- @usage Not all systems support nanosecond precision but you can expect --- to have at least maillisecond precision. --- @usage This function is not signal-protected and may fail with EINTR. --- @param seconds Seconds to wait (optional) --- @param nanoseconds Nanoseconds to wait (optional) --- @name nixio.nanosleep --- @return true - ---- Generate events-bitfield or parse revents-bitfield for poll. --- @class function --- @name nixio.poll_flags --- @param mode1 revents-Flag bitfield returned from poll to parse OR --- ["in", "out", "err", "pri" (POSIX), "hup" (POSIX), "nval" (POSIX)] --- @param ... More mode strings for generating the flag [-"-] --- @see nixio.poll --- @return table with boolean fields reflecting the mode parameter --- <strong>OR</strong> bitfield to use for the events-Flag field - ---- Wait for some event on a file descriptor. --- poll() sets the revents-field of the tables provided by fds to a bitfield --- indicating the events that occured. --- @class function --- @usage This function works in-place on the provided table and only --- writes the revents field, you can use other fields on your demand. --- @usage All metamethods on the tables provided as fds are ignored. --- @usage The revents-fields are not reset when the call times out. --- You have to check the first return value to be 0 to handle this case. --- @usage If you want to wait on a TLS-Socket you have to use the underlying --- socket instead. --- @usage On Windows poll is emulated through select(), can only be used --- on socket descriptors and cannot take more than 64 descriptors per call. --- @usage This function is not signal-protected and may fail with EINTR. --- @param fds Table containing one or more tables containing <ul> --- <li> fd = I/O Descriptor [Socket Object, File Object (POSIX)]</li> --- <li> events = events to wait for (bitfield generated with poll_flags)</li> --- </ul> --- @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds --- @name nixio.poll --- @see nixio.poll_flags --- @return number of ready IO descriptors --- @return the fds-table with revents-fields set - ---- (POSIX) Clone the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.fork --- @return the child process id for the parent process, 0 for the child process - ---- (POSIX) Send a signal to one or more processes. --- @class function --- @name nixio.kill --- @param target Target process of process group. --- @param signal Signal to send --- @return true - ---- (POSIX) Get the parent process id of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getppid --- @return parent process id - ---- (POSIX) Get the user id of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getuid --- @return process user id - ---- (POSIX) Get the group id of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getgid --- @return process group id - ---- (POSIX) Set the group id of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.setgid --- @param gid New Group ID --- @return true - ---- (POSIX) Set the user id of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.setuid --- @param gid New User ID --- @return true - ---- (POSIX) Change priority of current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.nice --- @param nice Nice Value --- @return true - ---- (POSIX) Create a new session and set the process group ID. --- @class function --- @name nixio.setsid --- @return session id - ---- (POSIX) Wait for a process to change state. --- @class function --- @name nixio.waitpid --- @usage If the "nohang" is given this function becomes non-blocking. --- @param pid Process ID (optional, default: any childprocess) --- @param flag1 Flag (optional) ["nohang", "untraced", "continued"] --- @param ... More Flags [-"-] --- @return process id of child or 0 if no child has changed state --- @return ["exited", "signaled", "stopped"] --- @return [exit code, terminate signal, stop signal] - ---- (POSIX) Get process times. --- @class function --- @name nixio.times --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>utime = user time</li> --- <li>utime = system time</li> --- <li>cutime = children user time</li> --- <li>cstime = children system time</li> --- </ul> - ---- (POSIX) Get information about current system and kernel. --- @class function --- @name nixio.uname --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>sysname = operating system</li> --- <li>nodename = network name (usually hostname)</li> --- <li>release = OS release</li> --- <li>version = OS version</li> --- <li>machine = hardware identifier</li> --- </ul> - ---- Change the working directory. --- @class function --- @name nixio.chdir --- @param path New working directory --- @return true - ---- Ignore or use set the default handler for a signal. --- @class function --- @name nixio.signal --- @param signal Signal --- @param handler ["ign", "dfl"] --- @return true - ---- Get the ID of the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getpid --- @return process id - ---- Get the current working directory. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getcwd --- @return workign directory - ---- Get the current environment table or a specific environment variable. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getenv --- @param variable Variable (optional) --- @return environment table or single environment variable - ---- Set or unset a environment variable. --- @class function --- @name nixio.setenv --- @usage The environment variable will be unset if value is ommited. --- @param variable Variable --- @param value Value (optional) --- @return true - ---- Execute a file to replace the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.exec --- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0] --- @usage This function does not return on success. --- @param executable Executable --- @param ... Parameters - ---- Invoke the shell and execute a file to replace the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.execp --- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0] --- @usage This function does not return on success. --- @param executable Executable --- @param ... Parameters - ---- Execute a file with a custom environment to replace the current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.exece --- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0] --- @usage This function does not return on success. --- @param executable Executable --- @param arguments Argument Table --- @param environment Environment Table (optional) - ---- Sets the file mode creation mask. --- @class function --- @name nixio.umask --- @param mask New creation mask (see chmod for format specifications) --- @return the old umask as decimal mode number --- @return the old umask as mode string - ---- (Linux) Get overall system statistics. --- @class function --- @name nixio.sysinfo --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>uptime = system uptime in seconds</li> --- <li>loads = {loadavg1, loadavg5, loadavg15}</li> --- <li>totalram = total RAM</li> --- <li>freeram = free RAM</li> --- <li>sharedram = shared RAM</li> --- <li>bufferram = buffered RAM</li> --- <li>totalswap = total SWAP</li> --- <li>freeswap = free SWAP</li> --- <li>procs = number of running processes</li> --- </ul> - ---- Create a new socket. --- @class function --- @name nixio.socket --- @param domain Domain ["inet", "inet6", "unix"] --- @param type Type ["stream", "dgram", "raw"] --- @return Socket Object - ---- (POSIX) Send data from a file to a socket in kernel-space. --- @class function --- @name nixio.sendfile --- @param socket Socket Object --- @param file File Object --- @param length Amount of data to send (in Bytes). --- @return bytes sent - ---- (Linux) Send data from / to a pipe in kernel-space. --- @class function --- @name nixio.splice --- @param fdin Input I/O descriptor --- @param fdout Output I/O descriptor --- @param length Amount of data to send (in Bytes). --- @param flags (optional, bitfield generated by splice_flags) --- @see nixio.splice_flags --- @return bytes sent - ---- (Linux) Generate a flag bitfield for a call to splice. --- @class function --- @name nixio.splice_flags --- @param flag1 First Flag ["move", "nonblock", "more"] --- @param ... More flags [-"-] --- @see nixio.splice --- @return Flag bitfield - ---- (POSIX) Open a connection to the system logger. --- @class function --- @name nixio.openlog --- @param ident Identifier --- @param flag1 Flag 1 ["cons", "nowait", "pid", "perror", "ndelay", "odelay"] --- @param ... More flags [-"-] - ---- (POSIX) Close the connection to the system logger. --- @class function --- @name nixio.closelog - ---- (POSIX) Write a message to the system logger. --- @class function --- @name nixio.syslog --- @param priority Priority ["emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning", --- "notice", "info", "debug"] --- @param message - ---- (POSIX) Set the logmask of the system logger for current process. --- @class function --- @name nixio.setlogmask --- @param priority Priority ["emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning", --- "notice", "info", "debug"] - ---- (POSIX) Encrypt a user password. --- @class function --- @name nixio.crypt --- @param key Key --- @param salt Salt --- @return password hash - ---- (POSIX) Get all or a specific user group. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getgr --- @param group Group ID or groupname (optional) --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>name = Group Name</li> --- <li>gid = Group ID</li> --- <li>passwd = Password</li> --- <li>mem = {Member #1, Member #2, ...}</li> --- </ul> - ---- (POSIX) Get all or a specific user account. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getpw --- @param user User ID or username (optional) --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>name = Name</li> --- <li>uid = ID</li> --- <li>gid = Group ID</li> --- <li>passwd = Password</li> --- <li>dir = Home directory</li> --- <li>gecos = Information</li> --- <li>shell = Shell</li> --- </ul> - ---- (Linux, Solaris) Get all or a specific shadow password entry. --- @class function --- @name nixio.getsp --- @param user username (optional) --- @return Table containing: <ul> --- <li>namp = Name</li> --- <li>expire = Expiration Date</li> --- <li>flag = Flags</li> --- <li>inact = Inactivity Date</li> --- <li>lstchg = Last change</li> --- <li>max = Maximum</li> --- <li>min = Minimum</li> --- <li>warn = Warning</li> --- <li>pwdp = Password Hash</li> --- </ul> - ---- Create a new TLS context. --- @class function --- @name nixio.tls --- @param mode TLS-Mode ["client", "server"] --- @return TLSContext Object |