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-rw-r--r--libs/core/luasrc/fs.lua112
-rw-r--r--libs/core/luasrc/util.lua30
2 files changed, 113 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/fs.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/fs.lua
index 7086088ab2..0fc7193890 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/fs.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/fs.lua
@@ -24,22 +24,41 @@ limitations under the License.
]]--
+--- LuCI filesystem library.
module("luci.fs", package.seeall)
require("posix")
--- Access
+--- Test for file access permission on given path.
+-- @class function
+-- @name access
+-- @param str String value containing the path
+-- @return Number containing the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description (if any)
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno (if any)
access = posix.access
--- Glob
+--- Evaluate given shell glob pattern and return a table containing all matching
+-- file and directory entries.
+-- @class function
+-- @name glob
+-- @param filename String containing the path of the file to read
+-- @return Table containing file and directory entries or nil if no matches
+-- @return String containing the error description (if no matches)
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno (if no matches)
glob = posix.glob
--- Checks whether a file exists
+--- Checks wheather the given path exists and points to a regular file.
+-- @param filename String containing the path of the file to read
+-- @return Boolean indicating wheather given path points to regular file
function isfile(filename)
return posix.stat(filename, "type") == "regular"
end
--- Returns the content of file
+--- Read the whole content of the given file into memory.
+-- @param filename String containing the path of the file to read
+-- @return String containing the file contents or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error message on error
function readfile(filename)
local fp, err = io.open(filename)
@@ -52,7 +71,11 @@ function readfile(filename)
return data
end
--- Writes given data to a file
+--- Write the contents of given string to given file.
+-- @param filename String containing the path of the file to read
+-- @param data String containing the data to write
+-- @return Boolean containing true on success or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error message on error
function writefile(filename, data)
local fp, err = io.open(filename, "w")
@@ -66,21 +89,48 @@ function writefile(filename, data)
return true
end
--- Returns the file modification date/time of "path"
+--- Get the last modification time of given file path in Unix epoch format.
+-- @param path String containing the path of the file or directory to read
+-- @return Number containing the epoch time or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description (if any)
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno (if any)
function mtime(path)
return posix.stat(path, "mtime")
end
--- basename wrapper
+--- Return the last element - usually the filename - from the given path with
+-- the directory component stripped.
+-- @class function
+-- @name basename
+-- @param path String containing the path to strip
+-- @return String containing the base name of given path
+-- @see dirname
basename = posix.basename
--- dirname wrapper
+--- Return the directory component of the given path with the last element
+-- stripped of.
+-- @class function
+-- @name dirname
+-- @param path String containing the path to strip
+-- @return String containing the directory component of given path
+-- @see basename
dirname = posix.dirname
--- dir wrapper
+--- Return a table containing all entries of the specified directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name dir
+-- @param path String containing the path of the directory to scan
+-- @return Table containing file and directory entries or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
dir = posix.dir
--- wrapper for posix.mkdir
+--- Create a new directory, recursively on demand.
+-- @param path String with the name or path of the directory to create
+-- @param recursive Create multiple directory levels (optional, default is true)
+-- @return Number with the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
function mkdir(path, recursive)
if recursive then
local base = "."
@@ -114,17 +164,49 @@ function mkdir(path, recursive)
end
end
--- Alias for posix.rmdir
+--- Remove the given empty directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name rmdir
+-- @param path String containing the path of the directory to remove
+-- @return Number with the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
rmdir = posix.rmdir
--- Alias for posix.stat
+--- Get information about given file or directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name stat
+-- @param path String containing the path of the directory to query
+-- @return Table containing file or directory properties or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
stat = posix.stat
--- Alias for posix.chmod
+--- Set permissions on given file or directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name chmod
+-- @param path String containing the path of the directory
+-- @param perm String containing the permissions to set ([ugoa][+-][rwx])
+-- @return Number with the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
chmod = posix.chmod
--- Alias for posix.link
+--- Create a hardlink from given file to specified target file path.
+-- @class function
+-- @name link
+-- @param path1 String containing the source path of a file to hardlink
+-- @param path2 String containing the destination path for the link
+-- @return Number with the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
link = posix.link
--- Alias for posix.unlink
+--- Remove the given file.
+-- @class function
+-- @name unlink
+-- @param path String containing the path of the file to remove
+-- @return Number with the return code, 0 on sucess or nil on error
+-- @return String containing the error description on error
+-- @return Number containing the os specific errno on error
unlink = posix.unlink
diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
index b2a683772e..e4e99b9c12 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ end
-- Scope manipulation routines
--
---- Replace a function scope with a shallow copy of itself
+--- Replace a function scope with a shallow copy of itself.
-- This is useful if you want to get rid of several unwanted side effects
-- while changing the scope of a certain Lua function.
-- @param f Lua function
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ function resfenv(f)
setfenv(f, clone(getfenv(f)))
end
---- Store given object associated with given key in the scope of a function
+--- Store given object associated with given key in the scope of a function.
-- @param f Lua function
-- @param key String value containg the key of the object to store
-- @param obj Object to store in the scope
+-- @return Always nil
-- @see updfenv
-- @see resfenv
--- @return Always nil
function extfenv(f, key, obj)
local scope = getfenv(f)
scope[key] = obj
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ end
-- @param f Lua function
-- @param key String value containg the key of the object to store
-- @param obj Object to store in the scope
+-- @return Always nil
-- @see extfenv
-- @see resfenv
--- @return Always nil
function updfenv(f, extscope)
update(getfenv(f), extscope)
end
@@ -519,16 +519,17 @@ local oldpcall, oldxpcall = pcall, xpcall
coxpt = {}
setmetatable(coxpt, {__mode = "kv"})
--- Identity function for copcall
+--- Identity function for copcall
local function copcall_id(trace, ...)
return ...
end
--- This is a coroutine-safe drop-in replacement for Lua's "xpcall"-function
--- @param f Lua function to be called protected
--- @param err Custom error handler
--- @param ... parameters passed to the function
--- @return a boolean whether the function call succeeded and the return values of either the function or the error handler
+-- @param f Lua function to be called protected
+-- @param err Custom error handler
+-- @param ... Parameters passed to the function
+-- @return A boolean whether the function call succeeded and the return
+-- values of either the function or the error handler
function coxpcall(f, err, ...)
local res, co = oldpcall(coroutine.create, f)
if not res then
@@ -543,14 +544,15 @@ function coxpcall(f, err, ...)
end
--- This is a coroutine-safe drop-in replacement for Lua's "pcall"-function
--- @param f Lua function to be called protected
--- @param ... parameters passed to the function
--- @return a boolean whether the function call succeeded and the returns values of the function or the error object
+-- @param f Lua function to be called protected
+-- @param ... Parameters passed to the function
+-- @return A boolean whether the function call succeeded and the returns
+-- values of the function or the error object
function copcall(f, ...)
return coxpcall(f, copcall_id, ...)
end
--- Handle return value of protected call
+--- Handle return value of protected call
function handleReturnValue(err, co, status, ...)
if not status then
return false, err(debug.traceback(co, (...)), ...)
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ function handleReturnValue(err, co, status, ...)
end
end
--- Resume execution of protected function call
+--- Resume execution of protected function call
function performResume(err, co, ...)
return handleReturnValue(err, co, coroutine.resume(co, ...))
end