openvas_file.c File Reference

File utilities. More...

#include "openvas_file.h"
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <glib/gstdio.h>

Functions
int	openvas_file_check_is_dir (const char *name)
	Checks whether a file is a directory or not.
int	openvas_file_remove_recurse (const gchar *pathname)
	Recursively removes files and directories.
gchar *	openvas_file_read_b64_encode (const gchar *filename)
	Reads in contents of file, and returns it, base64-encoded.

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Detailed Description

File utilities.

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Function Documentation

int openvas_file_check_is_dir

(

const char *

name

)

Checks whether a file is a directory or not.

This is a replacement for the g_file_test functionality which is reported to be unreliable under certain circumstances, for example if this application and glib are compiled with a different libc.

Todo:

FIXME: handle symbolic links

Parameters:

[in]

name

Name of file or directory.

Returns:

1 if parameter is directory, 0 if it is not, -1 if it does not exist or could not be accessed.

gchar* openvas_file_read_b64_encode

(

const gchar *

filename

)

Reads in contents of file, and returns it, base64-encoded.

This function does neither log any occuring error, nor does it make it available, it will just return NULL.

Parameters:

[in]

filename

File to read in.

Returns:

NULL if any error occurred, content of file, base64 encoded, freshly allocated, free with g_free.

int openvas_file_remove_recurse

(

const gchar *

pathname

)

Recursively removes files and directories.

This function will recursively call itself to delete a path and any contents of this path.

Parameters:

[in]

pathname

The name of the file to be deleted from the filesystem.

Returns:

0 if the name was successfully deleted, -1 if an error occurred. Please note that errno is currently not guaranteed to contain the correct value if -1 is returned.

Todo:

Set errno when we return -1 to maintain remove() compatibility.