package File::Path;
+use 5.005_04;
+use strict;
+
+use Cwd 'getcwd';
+use File::Basename ();
+use File::Spec ();
+
+BEGIN {
+ if ($] < 5.006) {
+ # can't say 'opendir my $dh, $dirname'
+ # need to initialise $dh
+ eval "use Symbol";
+ }
+}
+
+use Exporter ();
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
+$VERSION = '2.02';
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(mkpath rmtree);
+
+my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
+my $Is_MacOS = $^O eq 'MacOS';
+
+# These OSes complain if you want to remove a file that you have no
+# write permission to:
+my $Force_Writeable = ($^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32' ||
+ $^O eq 'amigaos' || $^O eq 'MacOS' || $^O eq 'epoc');
+
+sub _carp {
+ require Carp;
+ goto &Carp::carp;
+}
+
+sub _croak {
+ require Carp;
+ goto &Carp::croak;
+}
+
+sub _error {
+ my $arg = shift;
+ my $message = shift;
+ my $object = shift;
+
+ if ($arg->{error}) {
+ $object = '' unless defined $object;
+ push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$object => "$message: $!"};
+ }
+ else {
+ _carp(defined($object) ? "$message for $object: $!" : "$message: $!");
+ }
+}
+
+sub mkpath {
+ my $old_style = (
+ UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],'ARRAY')
+ or (@_ == 2 and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1))
+ or (@_ == 3
+ and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
+ and (defined $_[2] ? $_[2] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
+ )
+ ) ? 1 : 0;
+
+ my $arg;
+ my $paths;
+
+ if ($old_style) {
+ my ($verbose, $mode);
+ ($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
+ $paths = [$paths] unless UNIVERSAL::isa($paths,'ARRAY');
+ $arg->{verbose} = defined $verbose ? $verbose : 0;
+ $arg->{mode} = defined $mode ? $mode : 0777;
+ }
+ else {
+ if (@_ > 0 and UNIVERSAL::isa($_[-1], 'HASH')) {
+ $arg = pop @_;
+ exists $arg->{mask} and $arg->{mode} = delete $arg->{mask};
+ $arg->{mode} = 0777 unless exists $arg->{mode};
+ ${$arg->{error}} = [] if exists $arg->{error};
+ }
+ else {
+ @{$arg}{qw(verbose mode)} = (0, 0777);
+ }
+ $paths = [@_];
+ }
+ return _mkpath($arg, $paths);
+}
+
+sub _mkpath {
+ my $arg = shift;
+ my $paths = shift;
+
+ local($")=$Is_MacOS ? ":" : "/";
+ my(@created,$path);
+ foreach $path (@$paths) {
+ next unless length($path);
+ $path .= '/' if $^O eq 'os2' and $path =~ /^\w:\z/s; # feature of CRT
+ # Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow.
+ if ($Is_VMS) {
+ next if $path eq '/';
+ $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path);
+ }
+ next if -d $path;
+ my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path);
+ unless (-d $parent or $path eq $parent) {
+ push(@created,_mkpath($arg, [$parent]));
+ }
+ print "mkdir $path\n" if $arg->{verbose};
+ if (mkdir($path,$arg->{mode})) {
+ push(@created, $path);
+ }
+ else {
+ my $save_bang = $!;
+ my ($e, $e1) = ($save_bang, $^E);
+ $e .= "; $e1" if $e ne $e1;
+ # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
+ if (!-d $path) {
+ $! = $save_bang;
+ if ($arg->{error}) {
+ push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$path => $e};
+ }
+ else {
+ _croak("mkdir $path: $e");
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return @created;
+}
+
+sub rmtree {
+ my $old_style = (
+ UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],'ARRAY')
+ or (@_ == 2 and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1))
+ or (@_ == 3
+ and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
+ and (defined $_[2] ? $_[2] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
+ )
+ ) ? 1 : 0;
+
+ my $arg;
+ my $paths;
+
+ if ($old_style) {
+ my ($verbose, $safe);
+ ($paths, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
+ $arg->{verbose} = defined $verbose ? $verbose : 0;
+ $arg->{safe} = defined $safe ? $safe : 0;
+
+ if (defined($paths) and length($paths)) {
+ $paths = [$paths] unless UNIVERSAL::isa($paths,'ARRAY');
+ }
+ else {
+ _carp ("No root path(s) specified\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ if (@_ > 0 and UNIVERSAL::isa($_[-1],'HASH')) {
+ $arg = pop @_;
+ ${$arg->{error}} = [] if exists $arg->{error};
+ ${$arg->{result}} = [] if exists $arg->{result};
+ }
+ else {
+ @{$arg}{qw(verbose safe)} = (0, 0);
+ }
+ $paths = [@_];
+ }
+
+ $arg->{prefix} = '';
+ $arg->{depth} = 0;
+
+ $arg->{cwd} = getcwd() or do {
+ _error($arg, "cannot fetch initial working directory");
+ return 0;
+ };
+ for ($arg->{cwd}) { /\A(.*)\Z/; $_ = $1 } # untaint
+
+ @{$arg}{qw(device inode)} = (stat $arg->{cwd})[0,1] or do {
+ _error($arg, "cannot stat initial working directory", $arg->{cwd});
+ return 0;
+ };
+
+ return _rmtree($arg, $paths);
+}
+
+sub _rmtree {
+ my $arg = shift;
+ my $paths = shift;
+
+ my $count = 0;
+ my $curdir = File::Spec->curdir();
+ my $updir = File::Spec->updir();
+
+ my (@files, $root);
+ ROOT_DIR:
+ foreach $root (@$paths) {
+ if ($Is_MacOS) {
+ $root = ":$root" unless $root =~ /:/;
+ $root .= ":" unless $root =~ /:\z/;
+ }
+ else {
+ $root =~ s{/\z}{};
+ }
+
+ # since we chdir into each directory, it may not be obvious
+ # to figure out where we are if we generate a message about
+ # a file name. We therefore construct a semi-canonical
+ # filename, anchored from the directory being unlinked (as
+ # opposed to being truly canonical, anchored from the root (/).
+
+ my $canon = $arg->{prefix}
+ ? File::Spec->catfile($arg->{prefix}, $root)
+ : $root
+ ;
+
+ my ($ldev, $lino, $perm) = (lstat $root)[0,1,2] or next ROOT_DIR;
+
+ if ( -d _ ) {
+ $root = VMS::Filespec::pathify($root) if $Is_VMS;
+ if (!chdir($root)) {
+ # see if we can escalate privileges to get in
+ # (e.g. funny protection mask such as -w- instead of rwx)
+ $perm &= 07777;
+ my $nperm = $perm | 0700;
+ if (!($arg->{safe} or $nperm == $perm or chmod($nperm, $root))) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot make child directory read-write-exec", $canon);
+ next ROOT_DIR;
+ }
+ elsif (!chdir($root)) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot chdir to child", $canon);
+ next ROOT_DIR;
+ }
+ }
+
+ my ($device, $inode, $perm) = (stat $curdir)[0,1,2] or do {
+ _error($arg, "cannot stat current working directory", $canon);
+ next ROOT_DIR;
+ };
+
+ ($ldev eq $device and $lino eq $inode)
+ or _croak("directory $canon changed before chdir, expected dev=$ldev inode=$lino, actual dev=$device ino=$inode, aborting.");
+
+ $perm &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
+ my $nperm = $perm | 0700;
+
+ # notabene: 0700 is for making readable in the first place,
+ # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
+ # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
+ # subtrees with strange permissions
+
+ if (!($arg->{safe} or $nperm == $perm or chmod($nperm, $curdir))) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot make directory read+writeable", $canon);
+ $nperm = $perm;
+ }
+
+ my $d;
+ $d = gensym() if $] < 5.006;
+ if (!opendir $d, $curdir) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot opendir", $canon);
+ @files = ();
+ }
+ else {
+ no strict 'refs';
+ if (!defined ${"\cTAINT"} or ${"\cTAINT"}) {
+ # Blindly untaint dir names if taint mode is
+ # active, or any perl < 5.006
+ @files = map { /\A(.*)\z/s; $1 } readdir $d;
+ }
+ else {
+ @files = readdir $d;
+ }
+ closedir $d;
+ }
+
+ if ($Is_VMS) {
+ # Deleting large numbers of files from VMS Files-11
+ # filesystems is faster if done in reverse ASCIIbetical order.
+ # include '.' to '.;' from blead patch #31775
+ @files = map {$_ eq '.' ? '.;' : $_} reverse @files;
+ ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s/\.dir\z//;
+ }
+ @files = grep {$_ ne $updir and $_ ne $curdir} @files;
+
+ if (@files) {
+ # remove the contained files before the directory itself
+ my $narg = {%$arg};
+ @{$narg}{qw(device inode cwd prefix depth)}
+ = ($device, $inode, $updir, $canon, $arg->{depth}+1);
+ $count += _rmtree($narg, \@files);
+ }
+
+ # restore directory permissions of required now (in case the rmdir
+ # below fails), while we are still in the directory and may do so
+ # without a race via '.'
+ if ($nperm != $perm and not chmod($perm, $curdir)) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot reset chmod", $canon);
+ }
+
+ # don't leave the client code in an unexpected directory
+ chdir($arg->{cwd})
+ or _croak("cannot chdir to $arg->{cwd} from $canon: $!, aborting.");
+
+ # ensure that a chdir upwards didn't take us somewhere other
+ # than we expected (see CVE-2002-0435)
+ ($device, $inode) = (stat $curdir)[0,1]
+ or _croak("cannot stat prior working directory $arg->{cwd}: $!, aborting.");
+
+ ($arg->{device} eq $device and $arg->{inode} eq $inode)
+ or _croak("previous directory $arg->{cwd} changed before entering $canon, expected dev=$ldev inode=$lino, actual dev=$device ino=$inode, aborting.");
+
+ if ($arg->{depth} or !$arg->{keep_root}) {
+ if ($arg->{safe} &&
+ ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
+ print "skipped $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
+ next ROOT_DIR;
+ }
+ if (!chmod $perm | 0700, $root) {
+ if ($Force_Writeable) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot make directory writeable", $canon);
+ }
+ }
+ print "rmdir $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
+ if (rmdir $root) {
+ push @{${$arg->{result}}}, $root if $arg->{result};
+ ++$count;
+ }
+ else {
+ _error($arg, "cannot remove directory", $canon);
+ if (!chmod($perm, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
+ ) {
+ _error($arg, sprintf("cannot restore permissions to 0%o",$perm), $canon);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ # not a directory
+
+ $root = VMS::Filespec::vmsify("./$root")
+ if $Is_VMS && !File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($root);
+
+ if ($arg->{safe} &&
+ ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root)
+ : !(-l $root || -w $root)))
+ {
+ print "skipped $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
+ next ROOT_DIR;
+ }
+
+ my $nperm = $perm & 07777 | 0600;
+ if ($nperm != $perm and not chmod $nperm, $root) {
+ if ($Force_Writeable) {
+ _error($arg, "cannot make file writeable", $canon);
+ }
+ }
+ print "unlink $canon\n" if $arg->{verbose};
+ # delete all versions under VMS
+ for (;;) {
+ if (unlink $root) {
+ push @{${$arg->{result}}}, $root if $arg->{result};
+ }
+ else {
+ _error($arg, "cannot unlink file", $canon);
+ $Force_Writeable and chmod($perm, $root) or
+ _error($arg, sprintf("cannot restore permissions to 0%o",$perm), $canon);
+ last;
+ }
+ ++$count;
+ last unless $Is_VMS && lstat $root;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $count;
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
+
=head1 NAME
File::Path - Create or remove directory trees
=head1 VERSION
-This document describes version 2.00_03 of File::Path, released
-2007-06-07.
+This document describes version 2.02 of File::Path, released
+2007-10-24.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The C<mkpath> function provides a convenient way to create directories,
-even if your C<mkdir> kernel call won't create more than one level
-of directory at a time. Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides
-a convenient way to delete a subtree from the directory structure,
-much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
+The C<mkpath> function provides a convenient way to create directories
+of arbitrary depth. Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a
+convenient way to delete an entire directory subtree from the
+filesystem, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
Both functions may be called in one of two ways, the traditional,
compatible with code written since the dawn of time, and modern,
=head2 FUNCTIONS
-The modern way of calling C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> is with an optional
-hash reference at the end of the parameter list that holds various
-keys that can be used to control the function's behaviour, following
-a plain list of directories upon which to operate.
+The modern way of calling C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> is with a list
+of directories to create, or remove, respectively, followed by an
+optional hash reference containing keys to control the
+function's behaviour.
=head3 C<mkpath>
-The following keys are recognised as as parameters to C<mkpath>.
-It returns the list of files actually created during the call.
+The following keys are recognised as parameters to C<mkpath>.
+The function returns the list of files actually created during the
+call.
my @created = mkpath(
qw(/tmp /flub /home/nobody),
=item mode
-The numeric mode to use when creating the directories (defaults
-to 07777), to be modified by the current C<umask>. (C<mask> is
-recognised as an alias for this parameter).
+The numeric permissions mode to apply to each created directory
+(defaults to 0777), to be modified by the current C<umask>. If the
+directory already exists (and thus does not need to be created),
+the permissions will not be modified.
+
+C<mask> is recognised as an alias for this parameter.
=item verbose
If present, will be interpreted as a reference to a list, and will
be used to store any errors that are encountered. See the ERROR
-HANDLING section below to find out more.
+HANDLING section for more information.
-If this parameter is not used, any errors encountered will raise a
-fatal error that need to be trapped in an C<eval> block, or the
-program will halt.
+If this parameter is not used, certain error conditions may raise
+a fatal error that will cause the program will halt, unless trapped
+in an C<eval> block.
=back
If present, will cause C<rmtree> to print the name of each file as
it is unlinked. By default nothing is printed.
-=item skip_others
+=item safe
-When set to a true value, will cause C<rmtree> to skip any files
-to which you do not have delete access (if running under VMS) or
-write access (if running under another OS). This will change in
-the future when a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
-than VMS is settled.
+When set to a true value, will cause C<rmtree> to skip the files
+for which the process lacks the required privileges needed to delete
+files, such as delete privileges on VMS. In other words, the code
+will make no attempt to alter file permissions. Thus, if the process
+is interrupted, no filesystem object will be left in a more
+permissive mode.
=item keep_root
-When set to a true value, will cause everything except the specified
-base directories to be unlinked. This comes in handy when cleaning
-out an application's scratch directory.
+When set to a true value, will cause all files and subdirectories
+to be removed, except the initially specified directories. This comes
+in handy when cleaning out an application's scratch directory.
rmtree( '/tmp', {keep_root => 1} );
rmtree( '/tmp', {result => \my $list} );
print "unlinked $_\n" for @$list;
+This is a useful alternative to the C<verbose> key.
+
=item error
If present, will be interpreted as a reference to a list,
and will be used to store any errors that are encountered.
-See the ERROR HANDLING section below to find out more.
+See the ERROR HANDLING section for more information.
+
+Removing things is a much more dangerous proposition than
+creating things. As such, there are certain conditions that
+C<rmtree> may encounter that are so dangerous that the only
+sane action left is to kill the program.
-If this parameter is not used, any errors encountered will
-raise a fatal error that need to be trapped in an C<eval>
-block, or the program will halt.
+Use C<error> to trap all that is reasonable (problems with
+permissions and the like), and let it die if things get out
+of hand. This is the safest course of action.
=back
=head2 TRADITIONAL INTERFACE
-The old interface for C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> take a
-reference to a list of directories (to create or remove),
-followed by a series of positional numeric modal parameters that
-control their behaviour.
+The old interfaces of C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> take a reference to
+a list of directories (to create or remove), followed by a series
+of positional, numeric, modal parameters that control their behaviour.
+
+This design made it difficult to add additional functionality, as
+well as posed the problem of what to do when the calling code only
+needs to set the last parameter. Even though the code doesn't care
+how the initial positional parameters are set, the programmer is
+forced to learn what the defaults are, and specify them.
-This design made it difficult to add
-additional functionality, as well as posed the problem
-of what to do when you don't care how the initial
-positional parameters are specified but only the last
-one needs to be specified. The calls themselves are also
-less self-documenting.
+Worse, if it turns out in the future that it would make more sense
+to change the default behaviour of the first parameter (for example,
+to avoid a security vulnerability), all existing code will remain
+hard-wired to the wrong defaults.
-C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
+Finally, a series of numeric parameters are much less self-documenting
+in terms of communicating to the reader what the code is doing. Named
+parameters do not have this problem.
+
+In the traditional API, C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
=over 4
=item *
-The name of the path to create, or a reference
-to a list of paths to create,
+The name of the path to create, or a reference to a list of paths
+to create,
=item *
-a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<mkpath>
-to print the name of each directory as it is created
-(defaults to FALSE), and
+a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<mkpath> to print the
+name of each directory as it is created (defaults to FALSE), and
=item *
-the numeric mode to use when creating the directories
-(defaults to 0777), to be modified by the current umask.
+the numeric mode to use when creating the directories (defaults to
+0777), to be modified by the current umask.
=back
print "Couldn't create $dir: $@";
}
-In the traditional form, C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
+In the traditional API, C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
=over 4
=item *
-the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to
-a list of roots. All of the files and directories
-below each root, as well as the roots themselves,
-will be deleted.
+the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to a list of
+roots. All of the files and directories below each root, as well
+as the roots themselves, will be deleted. If you want to keep
+the roots themselves, you must use the modern API.
=item *
-a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
-print a message each time it examines a file, giving the
-name of the file, and indicating whether it's using C<rmdir>
-or C<unlink> to remove it, or that it's skipping it.
-(defaults to FALSE)
+a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to print a
+message each time it examines a file, giving the name of the file,
+and indicating whether it's using C<rmdir> or C<unlink> to remove
+it, or that it's skipping it. (defaults to FALSE)
=item *
-a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
-skip any files to which you do not have delete access
-(if running under VMS) or write access (if running
-under another OS). This will change in the future when
-a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
-than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
+a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to skip any
+files to which you do not have delete access (if running under VMS)
+or write access (if running under another OS). This will change
+in the future when a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs
+other than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
=back
traditional interface can be determined I<only> by trapping diagnostic
messages using C<$SIG{__WARN__}>; it is not apparent from the return
value. (The modern interface may use the C<error> parameter to
-record any problems encountered.
+record any problems encountered).
=head2 ERROR HANDLING
=head2 NOTES
+C<File::Path> blindly exports C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> into the
+current namespace. These days, this is considered bad style, but
+to change it now would break too much code. Nonetheless, you are
+invited to specify what it is you are expecting to use:
+
+ use File::Path 'rmtree';
+
=head3 HEURISTICS
The functions detect (as far as possible) which way they are being
of an array reference, or two or three parameters total and second
and third parameters are numeric. Hence...
- mkpath '486', '487', '488';
+ mkpath 486, 487, 488;
... will not assume the modern style and create three directories, rather
it will create one directory verbosely, setting the permission to
way the function will behave, make sure the first parameter is a
reference to a one-element list, to force the old style interpretation:
- mkpath ['486'], '487', '488';
+ mkpath [486], 487, 488;
and get only one directory created. Or add a reference to an empty
parameter hash, to force the new style:
- mkpath '486', '487', '488', {};
+ mkpath 486, 487, 488, {};
... and hence create the three directories. If the empty hash
reference seems a little strange to your eyes, or you suspect a
subsequent programmer might I<helpfully> optimise it away, you
can add a parameter set to a default value:
- mkpath '486', '487', '488', {verbose => 0};
+ mkpath 486, 487, 488, {verbose => 0};
-=head3 RACE CONDITIONS
+=head3 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
-There are race conditions internal to the implementation of C<rmtree>
-making it unsafe to use on directory trees which may be altered or
-moved while C<rmtree> is running, and in particular on any directory
-trees with any path components or subdirectories potentially writable
-by untrusted users.
+There were race conditions 1.x implementations of File::Path's
+C<rmtree> function (although sometimes patched depending on the OS
+distribution or platform). The 2.0 version contains code to avoid the
+problem mentioned in CVE-2002-0435.
-Additionally, if the C<skip_others> parameter is not set (or the
-third parameter in the traditional inferface is not TRUE) and
-C<rmtree> is interrupted, it may leave files and directories with
-permissions altered to allow deletion.
+See the following pages for more information:
-C<File::Path> blindly exports C<mkpath> and C<rmtree> into the
-current namespace. These days, this is considered bad style, but
-to change it now would break too much code. Nonetheless, you are
-invited to specify what it is you are expecting to use:
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905
+ http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2005/01/msg97623.html
+ http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-696
- use File::Path 'rmtree';
+Additionally, unless the C<safe> parameter is set (or the
+third parameter in the traditional interface is TRUE), should a
+C<rmtree> be interrupted, files that were originally in read-only
+mode may now have their permissions set to a read-write (or "delete
+OK") mode.
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+FATAL errors will cause the program to halt (C<croak>), since the
+problem is so severe that it would be dangerous to continue. (This
+can always be trapped with C<eval>, but it's not a good idea. Under
+the circumstances, dying is the best thing to do).
+
+SEVERE errors may be trapped using the modern interface. If the
+they are not trapped, or the old interface is used, such an error
+will cause the program will halt.
+
+All other errors may be trapped using the modern interface, otherwise
+they will be C<carp>ed about. Program execution will not be halted.
+
=over 4
-=item *
+=item mkdir [path]: [errmsg] (SEVERE)
-On Windows, if C<mkpath> gives you the warning: B<No such file or
-directory>, this may mean that you've exceeded your filesystem's
-maximum path length.
+C<mkpath> was unable to create the path. Probably some sort of
+permissions error at the point of departure, or insufficient resources
+(such as free inodes on Unix).
-=back
+=item No root path(s) specified
-=head1 SEE ALSO
+C<mkpath> was not given any paths to create. This message is only
+emitted if the routine is called with the traditional interface.
+The modern interface will remain silent if given nothing to do.
-=over 4
+=item No such file or directory
-=item *
+On Windows, if C<mkpath> gives you this warning, it may mean that
+you have exceeded your filesystem's maximum path length.
-L<Find::File::Rule>
+=item cannot fetch initial working directory: [errmsg]
-When removing directory trees, if you want to examine each file
-before deciding whether to deleting it (and possibly leaving large
-swathes alone), F<File::Find::Rule> offers a convenient and flexible
-approach.
+C<rmtree> attempted to determine the initial directory by calling
+C<Cwd::getcwd>, but the call failed for some reason. No attempt
+will be made to delete anything.
-=back
+=item cannot stat initial working directory: [errmsg]
-=head1 BUGS
+C<rmtree> attempted to stat the initial directory (after having
+successfully obtained its name via C<getcwd>), however, the call
+failed for some reason. No attempt will be made to delete anything.
-Please report all bugs on the RT queue:
+=item cannot chdir to [dir]: [errmsg]
-L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=File-Path>
+C<rmtree> attempted to set the working directory in order to
+begin deleting the objects therein, but was unsuccessful. This is
+usually a permissions issue. The routine will continue to delete
+other things, but this directory will be left intact.
-=head1 AUTHORS
+=item directory [dir] changed before chdir, expected dev=[n] inode=[n], actual dev=[n] ino=[n], aborting. (FATAL)
-Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
-Charles Bailey <F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>.
+C<rmtree> recorded the device and inode of a directory, and then
+moved into it. It then performed a C<stat> on the current directory
+and detected that the device and inode were no longer the same. As
+this is at the heart of the race condition problem, the program
+will die at this point.
-Currently maintained by David Landgren <F<david@landgren.net>>.
+=item cannot make directory [dir] read+writeable: [errmsg]
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
+C<rmtree> attempted to change the permissions on the current directory
+to ensure that subsequent unlinkings would not run into problems,
+but was unable to do so. The permissions remain as they were, and
+the program will carry on, doing the best it can.
-This module is copyright (C) Charles Bailey, Tim Bunce and
-David Landgren 1995-2007. All rights reserved.
+=item cannot read [dir]: [errmsg]
-=head1 LICENSE
+C<rmtree> tried to read the contents of the directory in order
+to acquire the names of the directory entries to be unlinked, but
+was unsuccessful. This is usually a permissions issue. The
+program will continue, but the files in this directory will remain
+after the call.
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+=item cannot reset chmod [dir]: [errmsg]
-=cut
+C<rmtree>, after having deleted everything in a directory, attempted
+to restore its permissions to the original state but failed. The
+directory may wind up being left behind.
-use 5.005_04;
-use strict;
+=item cannot chdir to [parent-dir] from [child-dir]: [errmsg], aborting. (FATAL)
-use File::Basename ();
-use File::Spec ();
-BEGIN {
- if ($] < 5.006) {
- # can't say 'opendir my $dh, $dirname'
- # need to initialise $dh
- eval "use Symbol";
- }
-}
+C<rmtree>, after having deleted everything and restored the permissions
+of a directory, was unable to chdir back to the parent. This is usually
+a sign that something evil this way comes.
-use Exporter ();
-use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
-$VERSION = '2.00_03';
-@ISA = qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT = qw(mkpath rmtree);
+=item cannot stat prior working directory [dir]: [errmsg], aborting. (FATAL)
-my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
-my $Is_MacOS = $^O eq 'MacOS';
+C<rmtree> was unable to stat the parent directory after have returned
+from the child. Since there is no way of knowing if we returned to
+where we think we should be (by comparing device and inode) the only
+way out is to C<croak>.
-# These OSes complain if you want to remove a file that you have no
-# write permission to:
-my $Force_Writeable = ($^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32' ||
- $^O eq 'amigaos' || $^O eq 'MacOS' || $^O eq 'epoc');
+=item previous directory [parent-dir] changed before entering [child-dir], expected dev=[n] inode=[n], actual dev=[n] ino=[n], aborting. (FATAL)
-sub _carp {
- require Carp;
- goto &Carp::carp;
-}
+When C<rmtree> returned from deleting files in a child directory, a
+check revealed that the parent directory it returned to wasn't the one
+it started out from. This is considered a sign of malicious activity.
-sub _croak {
- require Carp;
- goto &Carp::croak;
-}
+=item cannot make directory [dir] writeable: [errmsg]
-sub mkpath {
- my $new_style = (
- UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],'ARRAY')
- or (@_ == 2 and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1))
- or (@_ == 3
- and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
- and (defined $_[2] ? $_[2] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
- )
- ) ? 0 : 1;
+Just before removing a directory (after having successfully removed
+everything it contained), C<rmtree> attempted to set the permissions
+on the directory to ensure it could be removed and failed. Program
+execution continues, but the directory may possibly not be deleted.
- my $arg;
- my $paths;
+=item cannot remove directory [dir]: [errmsg]
- if ($new_style) {
- if (@_ > 0 and UNIVERSAL::isa($_[-1], 'HASH')) {
- $arg = pop @_;
- exists $arg->{mask} and $arg->{mode} = delete $arg->{mask};
- $arg->{mode} = 0777 unless exists $arg->{mode};
- ${$arg->{error}} = [] if exists $arg->{error};
- }
- else {
- @{$arg}{qw(verbose mode)} = (0, 0777);
- }
- $paths = [@_];
- }
- else {
- my ($verbose, $mode);
- ($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
- $paths = [$paths] unless UNIVERSAL::isa($paths,'ARRAY');
- $arg->{verbose} = defined $verbose ? $verbose : 0;
- $arg->{mode} = defined $mode ? $mode : 0777;
- }
- return _mkpath($arg, $paths);
-}
+C<rmtree> attempted to remove a directory, but failed. This may because
+some objects that were unable to be removed remain in the directory, or
+a permissions issue. The directory will be left behind.
-sub _mkpath {
- my $arg = shift;
- my $paths = shift;
+=item cannot restore permissions of [dir] to [0nnn]: [errmsg]
- local($")=$Is_MacOS ? ":" : "/";
- my(@created,$path);
- foreach $path (@$paths) {
- next unless length($path);
- $path .= '/' if $^O eq 'os2' and $path =~ /^\w:\z/s; # feature of CRT
- # Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow.
- if ($Is_VMS) {
- next if $path eq '/';
- $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path);
- }
- next if -d $path;
- my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path);
- unless (-d $parent or $path eq $parent) {
- push(@created,_mkpath($arg, [$parent]));
- }
- print "mkdir $path\n" if $arg->{verbose};
- if (mkdir($path,$arg->{mode})) {
- push(@created, $path);
- }
- else {
- my $save_bang = $!;
- my ($e, $e1) = ($save_bang, $^E);
- $e .= "; $e1" if $e ne $e1;
- # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
- if (!-d $path) {
- $! = $save_bang;
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$path => $e};
- }
- else {
- _croak("mkdir $path: $e");
- }
- }
- }
- }
- return @created;
-}
+After having failed to remove a directory, C<rmtree> was unable to
+restore its permissions from a permissive state back to a possibly
+more restrictive setting. (Permissions given in octal).
-sub rmtree {
- my $new_style = (
- UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],'ARRAY')
- or (@_ == 2 and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1))
- or (@_ == 3
- and (defined $_[1] ? $_[1] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
- and (defined $_[2] ? $_[2] =~ /\A\d+\z/ : 1)
- )
- ) ? 0 : 1;
+=item cannot make file [file] writeable: [errmsg]
- my $arg;
- my $paths;
+C<rmtree> attempted to force the permissions of a file to ensure it
+could be deleted, but failed to do so. It will, however, still attempt
+to unlink the file.
- if ($new_style) {
- if (@_ > 0 and UNIVERSAL::isa($_[-1],'HASH')) {
- $arg = pop @_;
- ${$arg->{error}} = [] if exists $arg->{error};
- ${$arg->{result}} = [] if exists $arg->{result};
- }
- else {
- @{$arg}{qw(verbose safe)} = (0, 0);
- }
- $arg->{depth} = 0;
- $paths = [@_];
- }
- else {
- my ($verbose, $safe);
- ($paths, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
- $arg->{verbose} = defined $verbose ? $verbose : 0;
- $arg->{safe} = defined $safe ? $safe : 0;
+=item cannot unlink file [file]: [errmsg]
- if (defined($paths) and length($paths)) {
- $paths = [$paths] unless UNIVERSAL::isa($paths,'ARRAY');
- }
- else {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {'' => "No root path(s) specified"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("No root path(s) specified\n");
- }
- return 0;
- }
- }
- return _rmtree($arg, $paths);
-}
+C<rmtree> failed to remove a file. Probably a permissions issue.
-sub _rmtree {
- my $arg = shift;
- my $paths = shift;
- my($count) = 0;
- my (@files, $root);
- foreach $root (@{$paths}) {
- if ($Is_MacOS) {
- $root = ":$root" if $root !~ /:/;
- $root =~ s/([^:])\z/$1:/;
- }
- else {
- $root =~ s#/\z##;
- }
- my $rp = (lstat $root)[2] or next;
- $rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
- if ( -d _ ) {
- # notabene: 0700 is for making readable in the first place,
- # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
- # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
- # subtrees with strange permissions
- if (!chmod($rp | 0700,
- ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
- ) {
- if (!$arg->{safe}) {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}},
- {$root => "Can't make directory read+writeable: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!");
- }
- }
- }
+=item cannot restore permissions of [file] to [0nnn]: [errmsg]
- my $d;
- $d = gensym() if $] < 5.006;
- if (!opendir $d, $root) {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$root => "opendir: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't read $root: $!");
- }
- @files = ();
- }
- else {
- no strict 'refs';
- if (!defined ${"\cTAINT"} or ${"\cTAINT"}) {
- # Blindly untaint dir names if taint mode is
- # active, or any perl < 5.006
- @files = map { /\A(.*)\z/s; $1 } readdir $d;
- }
- else {
- @files = readdir $d;
- }
- closedir $d;
- }
-
- # Deleting large numbers of files from VMS Files-11 filesystems
- # is faster if done in reverse ASCIIbetical order
- @files = reverse @files if $Is_VMS;
- ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s#\.dir\z## if $Is_VMS;
- if ($Is_MacOS) {
- @files = map("$root$_", @files);
- }
- else {
- my $updir = File::Spec->updir();
- my $curdir = File::Spec->curdir();
- @files = map(File::Spec->catfile($root,$_),
- grep {$_ ne $updir and $_ ne $curdir}
- @files
- );
- }
- $arg->{depth}++;
- $count += _rmtree($arg, \@files);
- $arg->{depth}--;
- if ($arg->{depth} or !$arg->{keep_root}) {
- if ($arg->{safe} &&
- ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
- print "skipped $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
- next;
- }
- if (!chmod $rp | 0700, $root) {
- if ($Force_Writeable) {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}},
- {$root => "Can't make directory writeable: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't make directory $root writeable: $!")
- }
- }
- }
- print "rmdir $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
- if (rmdir $root) {
- push @{${$arg->{result}}}, $root if $arg->{result};
- ++$count;
- }
- else {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$root => "rmdir: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't remove directory $root: $!");
- }
- if (!chmod($rp,
- ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
- ) {
- my $mask = sprintf("0%o",$rp);
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$root => "restore chmod: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp("and can't restore permissions to $mask\n");
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- else {
- if ($arg->{safe} &&
- ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root)
- : !(-l $root || -w $root)))
- {
- print "skipped $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
- next;
- }
- if (!chmod $rp | 0600, $root) {
- if ($Force_Writeable) {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}},
- {$root => "Can't make file writeable: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't make file $root writeable: $!")
- }
- }
- }
- print "unlink $root\n" if $arg->{verbose};
- # delete all versions under VMS
- for (;;) {
- if (unlink $root) {
- push @{${$arg->{result}}}, $root if $arg->{result};
- }
- else {
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}},
- {$root => "unlink: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp ("Can't unlink file $root: $!");
- }
- if ($Force_Writeable) {
- if (!chmod $rp, $root) {
- my $mask = sprintf("0%o",$rp);
- if ($arg->{error}) {
- push @{${$arg->{error}}}, {$root => "restore chmod: $!"};
- }
- else {
- _carp("and can't restore permissions to $mask\n");
- }
- }
- }
- last;
- }
- ++$count;
- last unless $Is_VMS && lstat $root;
- }
- }
- }
+After having failed to remove a file, C<rmtree> was also unable
+to restore the permissions on the file to a possibly less permissive
+setting. (Permissions given in octal).
- return $count;
-}
+=back
-1;
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<File::Find::Rule>
+
+When removing directory trees, if you want to examine each file to
+decide whether to delete it (and possibly leaving large swathes
+alone), F<File::Find::Rule> offers a convenient and flexible approach
+to examining directory trees.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Please report all bugs on the RT queue:
+
+L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=File-Path>
+
+=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+Paul Szabo identified the race condition originally, and Brendan
+O'Dea wrote an implementation for Debian that addressed the problem.
+That code was used as a basis for the current code. Their efforts
+are greatly appreciated.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and Charles Bailey
+<F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>. Currently maintained by David Landgren
+<F<david@landgren.net>>.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This module is copyright (C) Charles Bailey, Tim Bunce and
+David Landgren 1995-2007. All rights reserved.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut