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1fc4cb55 1package File::Path;
fed7345c 2
3=head1 NAME
4
8b87c192 5File::Path - create or remove directory trees
fed7345c 6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
8b87c192 9 use File::Path;
fed7345c 10
8b87c192 11 mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);
12 rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);
fed7345c 13
14=head1 DESCRIPTION
15
037c8c09 16The C<mkpath> function provides a convenient way to create directories, even
17if your C<mkdir> kernel call won't create more than one level of directory at
18a time. C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
fed7345c 19
20=over 4
21
22=item *
23
24the name of the path to create, or a reference
25to a list of paths to create,
26
27=item *
28
29a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<mkpath>
30to print the name of each directory as it is created
31(defaults to FALSE), and
32
33=item *
34
35the numeric mode to use when creating the directories
36(defaults to 0777)
37
38=back
39
037c8c09 40It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined
41using the Unix '/' separator) created.
fed7345c 42
43Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
44subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
45C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
46
47=over 4
48
49=item *
50
51the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to
52a list of roots. All of the files and directories
53below each root, as well as the roots themselves,
567d72c2 54will be deleted.
fed7345c 55
56=item *
57
58a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 59print a message each time it examines a file, giving the
60name of the file, and indicating whether it's using C<rmdir>
61or C<unlink> to remove it, or that it's skipping it.
fed7345c 62(defaults to FALSE)
63
64=item *
65
66a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 67skip any files to which you do not have delete access
68(if running under VMS) or write access (if running
69under another OS). This will change in the future when
70a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
96e4d5b1 71than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
fed7345c 72
73=back
74
96e4d5b1 75It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are
a5f75d66 76treated as ordinary files.
fed7345c 77
96e4d5b1 78B<NOTE:> If the third parameter is not TRUE, C<rmtree> is B<unsecure>
79in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which
80were not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world
81read and write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in
82rmtree can be determined I<only> by trapping diagnostic messages
83using C<$SIG{__WARN__}>; it is not apparent from the return value.
84Therefore, you must be extremely careful about using C<rmtree($foo,$bar,0>
85in situations where security is an issue.
86
fed7345c 87=head1 AUTHORS
88
96e4d5b1 89Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
bd3fa61c 90Charles Bailey <F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>
fed7345c 91
fed7345c 92=cut
93
17f410f9 94use 5.005_64;
fed7345c 95use Carp;
037c8c09 96use File::Basename ();
97use DirHandle ();
98use Exporter ();
99use strict;
68dc0745 100
17f410f9 101our($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT);
53667d02 102$VERSION = "1.0402";
fed7345c 103@ISA = qw( Exporter );
104@EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
105
68dc0745 106my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
037c8c09 107
108# These OSes complain if you want to remove a file that you have no
109# write permission to:
39e571d4 110my $force_writeable = ($^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32'
68dc0745 111 || $^O eq 'amigaos');
748a9306 112
a5f75d66 113sub mkpath {
fed7345c 114 my($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
115 # $paths -- either a path string or ref to list of paths
116 # $verbose -- optional print "mkdir $path" for each directory created
117 # $mode -- optional permissions, defaults to 0777
118 local($")="/";
119 $mode = 0777 unless defined($mode);
120 $paths = [$paths] unless ref $paths;
037c8c09 121 my(@created,$path);
68dc0745 122 foreach $path (@$paths) {
491527d0 123 $path .= '/' if $^O eq 'os2' and $path =~ /^\w:$/; # feature of CRT
037c8c09 124 next if -d $path;
125 # Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow.
126 $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path) if $Is_VMS;
127 my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path);
491527d0 128 # Allow for creation of new logical filesystems under VMS
129 if (not $Is_VMS or $parent !~ m:/[^/]+/000000/?:) {
c3420933 130 unless (-d $parent or $path eq $parent) {
131 push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode));
132 }
491527d0 133 }
037c8c09 134 print "mkdir $path\n" if $verbose;
67e4c828 135 unless (mkdir($path,$mode)) {
c3420933 136 my $e = $!;
137 # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
138 croak "mkdir $path: $e" unless -d $path;
67e4c828 139 }
037c8c09 140 push(@created, $path);
fed7345c 141 }
142 @created;
143}
144
145sub rmtree {
146 my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
7301ec2d 147 my(@files);
148 my($count) = 0;
037c8c09 149 $verbose ||= 0;
150 $safe ||= 0;
fed7345c 151
ee79a11f 152 if ( defined($roots) && length($roots) ) {
153 $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
154 }
155 else {
156 carp "No root path(s) specified\n";
157 return 0;
158 }
159
037c8c09 160 my($root);
fed7345c 161 foreach $root (@{$roots}) {
037c8c09 162 $root =~ s#/$##;
7025f710 163 (undef, undef, my $rp) = lstat $root or next;
164 $rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
165 if ( -d _ ) {
037c8c09 166 # notabene: 0777 is for making readable in the first place,
167 # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
168 # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
169 # subtrees with strange permissions
96e4d5b1 170 chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
037c8c09 171 or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!"
172 unless $safe;
173
174 my $d = DirHandle->new($root)
175 or carp "Can't read $root: $!";
176 @files = $d->read;
177 $d->close;
178
179 # Deleting large numbers of files from VMS Files-11 filesystems
180 # is faster if done in reverse ASCIIbetical order
181 @files = reverse @files if $Is_VMS;
182 ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s#\.dir$## if $Is_VMS;
183 @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}$/,@files);
184 $count += rmtree(\@files,$verbose,$safe);
185 if ($safe &&
186 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
187 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
188 next;
189 }
190 chmod 0777, $root
191 or carp "Can't make directory $root writeable: $!"
192 if $force_writeable;
193 print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
96e4d5b1 194 if (rmdir $root) {
195 ++$count;
196 }
197 else {
198 carp "Can't remove directory $root: $!";
199 chmod($rp, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
200 or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
201 . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
202 }
037c8c09 203 }
204 else {
205 if ($safe &&
206 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
207 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
208 next;
209 }
210 chmod 0666, $root
211 or carp "Can't make file $root writeable: $!"
212 if $force_writeable;
213 print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
214 # delete all versions under VMS
94d4f21c 215 for (;;) {
216 unless (unlink $root) {
96e4d5b1 217 carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
218 if ($force_writeable) {
219 chmod $rp, $root
220 or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
221 . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
222 }
94d4f21c 223 last;
96e4d5b1 224 }
94d4f21c 225 ++$count;
226 last unless $Is_VMS && lstat $root;
037c8c09 227 }
228 }
fed7345c 229 }
230
231 $count;
232}
233
2341;