Upgrade DB_File to 1.56:
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1fc4cb55 1package File::Path;
fed7345c 2
3=head1 NAME
4
1fc4cb55 5File::Path - create or remove a series of directories
fed7345c 6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
1fc4cb55 9C<use File::Path>
fed7345c 10
11C<mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);>
12
13C<rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);>
14
15=head1 DESCRIPTION
16
037c8c09 17The C<mkpath> function provides a convenient way to create directories, even
18if your C<mkdir> kernel call won't create more than one level of directory at
19a time. C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
fed7345c 20
21=over 4
22
23=item *
24
25the name of the path to create, or a reference
26to a list of paths to create,
27
28=item *
29
30a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<mkpath>
31to print the name of each directory as it is created
32(defaults to FALSE), and
33
34=item *
35
36the numeric mode to use when creating the directories
37(defaults to 0777)
38
39=back
40
037c8c09 41It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined
42using the Unix '/' separator) created.
fed7345c 43
44Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
45subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
46C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
47
48=over 4
49
50=item *
51
52the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to
53a list of roots. All of the files and directories
54below each root, as well as the roots themselves,
567d72c2 55will be deleted.
fed7345c 56
57=item *
58
59a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 60print a message each time it examines a file, giving the
61name of the file, and indicating whether it's using C<rmdir>
62or C<unlink> to remove it, or that it's skipping it.
fed7345c 63(defaults to FALSE)
64
65=item *
66
67a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 68skip any files to which you do not have delete access
69(if running under VMS) or write access (if running
70under another OS). This will change in the future when
71a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
96e4d5b1 72than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
fed7345c 73
74=back
75
96e4d5b1 76It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are
a5f75d66 77treated as ordinary files.
fed7345c 78
96e4d5b1 79B<NOTE:> If the third parameter is not TRUE, C<rmtree> is B<unsecure>
80in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which
81were not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world
82read and write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in
83rmtree can be determined I<only> by trapping diagnostic messages
84using C<$SIG{__WARN__}>; it is not apparent from the return value.
85Therefore, you must be extremely careful about using C<rmtree($foo,$bar,0>
86in situations where security is an issue.
87
fed7345c 88=head1 AUTHORS
89
96e4d5b1 90Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
91Charles Bailey <F<bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>>
fed7345c 92
93=head1 REVISION
94
7025f710 95Current $VERSION is 1.04.
fed7345c 96
97=cut
98
fed7345c 99use Carp;
037c8c09 100use File::Basename ();
101use DirHandle ();
102use Exporter ();
103use strict;
68dc0745 104
105use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT );
7025f710 106$VERSION = "1.04";
fed7345c 107@ISA = qw( Exporter );
108@EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
109
68dc0745 110my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
037c8c09 111
112# These OSes complain if you want to remove a file that you have no
113# write permission to:
68dc0745 114my $force_writeable = ($^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'msdos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32'
115 || $^O eq 'amigaos');
748a9306 116
a5f75d66 117sub mkpath {
fed7345c 118 my($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
119 # $paths -- either a path string or ref to list of paths
120 # $verbose -- optional print "mkdir $path" for each directory created
121 # $mode -- optional permissions, defaults to 0777
122 local($")="/";
123 $mode = 0777 unless defined($mode);
124 $paths = [$paths] unless ref $paths;
037c8c09 125 my(@created,$path);
68dc0745 126 foreach $path (@$paths) {
037c8c09 127 next if -d $path;
128 # Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow.
129 $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path) if $Is_VMS;
130 my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path);
131 push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode)) unless (-d $parent);
132 print "mkdir $path\n" if $verbose;
67e4c828 133 unless (mkdir($path,$mode)) {
134 # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
135 croak "mkdir $path: $!" unless -d $path;
136 }
037c8c09 137 push(@created, $path);
fed7345c 138 }
139 @created;
140}
141
142sub rmtree {
143 my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
7301ec2d 144 my(@files);
145 my($count) = 0;
fed7345c 146 $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
037c8c09 147 $verbose ||= 0;
148 $safe ||= 0;
fed7345c 149
037c8c09 150 my($root);
fed7345c 151 foreach $root (@{$roots}) {
037c8c09 152 $root =~ s#/$##;
7025f710 153 (undef, undef, my $rp) = lstat $root or next;
154 $rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
155 if ( -d _ ) {
037c8c09 156 # notabene: 0777 is for making readable in the first place,
157 # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
158 # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
159 # subtrees with strange permissions
96e4d5b1 160 chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
037c8c09 161 or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!"
162 unless $safe;
163
164 my $d = DirHandle->new($root)
165 or carp "Can't read $root: $!";
166 @files = $d->read;
167 $d->close;
168
169 # Deleting large numbers of files from VMS Files-11 filesystems
170 # is faster if done in reverse ASCIIbetical order
171 @files = reverse @files if $Is_VMS;
172 ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s#\.dir$## if $Is_VMS;
173 @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}$/,@files);
174 $count += rmtree(\@files,$verbose,$safe);
175 if ($safe &&
176 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
177 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
178 next;
179 }
180 chmod 0777, $root
181 or carp "Can't make directory $root writeable: $!"
182 if $force_writeable;
183 print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
96e4d5b1 184 if (rmdir $root) {
185 ++$count;
186 }
187 else {
188 carp "Can't remove directory $root: $!";
189 chmod($rp, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
190 or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
191 . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
192 }
037c8c09 193 }
194 else {
195 if ($safe &&
196 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
197 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
198 next;
199 }
200 chmod 0666, $root
201 or carp "Can't make file $root writeable: $!"
202 if $force_writeable;
203 print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
204 # delete all versions under VMS
205 while (-e $root || -l $root) {
96e4d5b1 206 if (unlink $root) {
207 ++$count;
208 }
209 else {
210 carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
211 if ($force_writeable) {
212 chmod $rp, $root
213 or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
214 . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
215 }
216 }
037c8c09 217 }
218 }
fed7345c 219 }
220
221 $count;
222}
223
2241;