filesystem.h

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#ifndef FILESYSTEM_H
#define FILESYSTEM_H
 
#include <wireshark.h>
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */
 
/*
 * Default profile name.
 */
#define DEFAULT_PROFILE      "Default"
 
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *configuration_init(const char *arg0);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which the main (Wireshark, TShark, Stratoshark, etc)
 * program resides.
 * Extcaps should use get_extcap_dir() to get their path.
 *
 * @return The main program file directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_progfile_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Construct the path name of a non-extcap Wireshark executable file,
 * given the program name.  The executable name doesn't include ".exe";
 * append it on Windows, so that callers don't have to worry about that.
 *
 * This presumes that all non-extcap executables are in the same directory.
 *
 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
 * caller is done with it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_executable_path(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which plugins are stored; this must not be called
 * before configuration_init() is called, as they might be stored in a
 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_plugins_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Append VERSION_MAJOR.VERSION_MINOR to the plugin dir.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_plugins_dir_with_version(void);
 
/*
 * Get the personal plugin dir.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_plugins_pers_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Append VERSION_MAJOR.VERSION_MINOR to the plugin personal dir.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_plugins_pers_dir_with_version(void);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which extcap hooks are stored; this must not be called
 * before configuration_init() is called, as they might be stored in a
 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_extcap_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Get the personal extcap dir.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_extcap_pers_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Get the flag indicating whether we're running from a build
 * directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool running_in_build_directory(void);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which global configuration files are
 * stored.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_datafile_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Construct the path name of a global configuration file, given the
 * file name.
 *
 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
 * caller is done with it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_datafile_path(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which global documentation files are
 * stored.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_doc_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Construct the path name of a global documentation file, given the
 * file name.
 *
 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
 * caller is done with it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_docfile_path(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Construct the path URL of a global documentation file, given the
 * file name.
 *
 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
 * caller is done with it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *doc_file_url(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Get the directory in which files that, at least on UNIX, are
 * system files (such as "/etc/ethers") are stored; on Windows,
 * there's no "/etc" directory, so we get them from the Wireshark
 * global configuration and data file directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_systemfile_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Set the configuration profile name to be used for storing
 * personal configuration files.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void set_profile_name(const char *profilename);
 
/*
 * Get the current configuration profile name used for storing
 * personal configuration files.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_profile_name(void);
 
/*
 * Check if current profile is default profile.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool is_default_profile(void);
 
/*
 * Check if we have global profiles.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool has_global_profiles(void);
 
/*
 * Get the directory used to store configuration profile directories.
 * Caller must free the returned string
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_profiles_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Get the directory used to store configuration files for a given profile.
 * Caller must free the returned string.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_profile_dir(const char *profilename, bool is_global);
 
/*
 * Create the directory used to store configuration profile directories.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_profiles_dir(char **pf_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Get the directory used to store global configuration profile directories.
 * Caller must free the returned string
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_global_profiles_dir(void);
 
 
/*
 * Store filenames used for personal config files so we know which
 * files to copy when duplicate a configuration profile.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void profile_store_persconffiles(bool store);
 
/*
 * Register a filename to the personal config files storage.
 * This is for files which are not read using get_persconffile_path() during startup.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void profile_register_persconffile(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Check if given configuration profile exists.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool profile_exists(const char *profilename, bool global);
 
/*
 * Create a directory for the given configuration profile.
 * If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
 * return 0.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
                       char **pf_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Returns the list of known profile config filenames
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const GHashTable * allowed_profile_filenames(void);
 
/*
 * Delete the directory for the given configuration profile.
 * If we attempted to delete it, and failed, return -1 and
 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
 * to delete (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
 * return 0.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int delete_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
                       char **pf_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Rename the directory for the given confinguration profile.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int rename_persconffile_profile(const char *fromname, const char *toname,
                       char **pf_from_dir_path_return,
                       char **pf_to_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Copy files in one profile to the other.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int copy_persconffile_profile(const char *toname, const char *fromname,
                     bool from_global,
                     char **pf_filename_return,
                     char **pf_to_dir_path_return,
                     char **pf_from_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Create the directory that holds personal configuration files, if
 * necessary.  If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
 * return 0.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_persconffile_dir(char **pf_dir_path_return);
 
/*
 * Construct the path name of a personal configuration file, given the
 * file name.  If using configuration profiles this directory will be
 * used if "from_profile" is true.
 *
 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
 * caller is done with it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_persconffile_path(const char *filename, bool from_profile);
 
/*
 * Set the path of the personal configuration file directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void set_persconffile_dir(const char *p);
 
/*
 * Get the (default) directory in which personal data is stored.
 *
 * On Win32, this is the "My Documents" folder in the personal profile.
 * On UNIX this is simply the current directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_persdatafile_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Set the path of the directory in which personal data is stored.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void set_persdatafile_dir(const char *p);
 
/*
 * Get the current working directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC WS_RETNONNULL const char *get_current_working_dir(void);
 
/*
 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on open or
 * create operations.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *file_open_error_message(int err, bool for_writing);
 
/*
 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on write
 * operations.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *file_write_error_message(int err);
 
/*
 * Given a pathname, return the last component.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *get_basename(const char *);
 
 /*
  * Given a pathname, return a pointer to the last pathname separator
  * character in the pathname, or NULL if the pathname contains no
  * separators.
  */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *find_last_pathname_separator(const char *path);
 
/*
 * Given a pathname, return a string containing everything but the
 * last component.  NOTE: this overwrites the pathname handed into
 * it....
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_dirname(char *);
 
/*
 * Given a pathname, return:
 *
 *  the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
 *
 *  EISDIR, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
 *  to be a directory;
 *
 *  0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
 *  to be a directory.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int test_for_directory(const char *);
 
/*
 * Given a pathname, return:
 *
 *  the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
 *
 *  ESPIPE, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
 *  to be a FIFO;
 *
 *  0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
 *  to be a FIFO.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int test_for_fifo(const char *);
 
/*
 * Given a pathname, return true if the attempt to "stat()" the file
 * succeeds, and it turns out to be a regular file. "stat()" follows
 * links, so returns true if the pathname is a link to a regular file.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool test_for_regular_file(const char *);
 
/*
 * Check if a file exists.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool file_exists(const char *fname);
 
/*
 * Check if file is existing and has text entries which does not start
 * with the comment character.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool config_file_exists_with_entries(const char *fname, char comment_char);
 
/*
 * Check if two filenames are identical (with absolute and relative paths).
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool files_identical(const char *fname1, const char *fname2);
 
/*
 * Check if file has been recreated since it was opened.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool file_needs_reopen(int fd, const char* filename);
 
/*
 * Write content to a file in binary mode, for those operating systems that
 * care about such things. This should be OK for all files, even text files, as
 * we'll write the raw bytes, and we don't look at the bytes as we copy them.
 *
 * Returns true on success, false on failure. If a failure, it also
 * displays a simple dialog window with the error message.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool write_file_binary_mode(const char *filename,
    const void *content, size_t content_len);
 
/*
 * Copy a file in binary mode, for those operating systems that care about
 * such things.  This should be OK for all files, even text files, as
 * we'll copy the raw bytes, and we don't look at the bytes as we copy
 * them.
 *
 * Returns true on success, false on failure. If a failure, it also
 * displays a simple dialog window with the error message.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC bool copy_file_binary_mode(const char *from_filename,
    const char *to_filename);
 
 
/*
 * Given a filename return a filesystem URL. Relative paths are prefixed with
 * the datafile directory path.
 *
 * @param filename A file name or path. Relative paths will be prefixed with
 * the data file directory path.
 * @return A filesystem URL for the file or NULL on failure. A non-NULL return
 * value must be freed with g_free().
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char* data_file_url(const char *filename);
 
/*
 * Free the internal structtures
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC void free_progdirs(void);
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */
 
#endif /* FILESYSTEM_H */