=head1 NAME
-File::Path - create or remove a series of directories
+File::Path - create or remove directory trees
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-C<use File::Path>
+ use File::Path;
-C<mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);>
-
-C<rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);>
+ mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);
+ rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);
=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. C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
+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. C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
=over 4
=back
-It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined using
-the Unix '/' separator) created.
+It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined
+using the Unix '/' separator) created.
+
+If a system error prevents a directory from being created, then the
+C<mkpath> function throws a fatal error with C<Carp::croak>. This error
+can be trapped with an C<eval> block:
+
+ eval { mkpath($dir) };
+ if ($@) {
+ print "Couldn't create $dir: $@";
+ }
Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
(if running under VMS) or write access (if running
under another OS). This will change in the future when
a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
-than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
+than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
=back
-It returns the number of files successfully deleted.
+It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are
+simply deleted and not followed.
-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
-Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>
+B<NOTE:> If the third parameter is not TRUE, C<rmtree> is B<unsecure>
+in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which
+were not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world
+read and write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in
+rmtree can be determined I<only> by trapping diagnostic messages
+using C<$SIG{__WARN__}>; it is not apparent from the return value.
+Therefore, you must be extremely careful about using C<rmtree($foo,$bar,0>
+in situations where security is an issue.
-=head1 REVISION
+=head1 AUTHORS
-This document was last revised 25-Aug-1995, for perl 5.002
+Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
+Charles Bailey <F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>
=cut
-require 5.000;
-use Config;
+use 5.006;
use Carp;
-require Exporter;
-@ISA = qw( Exporter );
-@EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
+use File::Basename ();
+use Exporter ();
+use strict;
+use warnings;
-$Is_VMS = $Config{'osname'} eq 'VMS';
+our $VERSION = "1.05";
+our @ISA = qw( Exporter );
+our @EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
-sub mkpath{
+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' || $^O eq 'epoc');
+
+sub mkpath {
my($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
# $paths -- either a path string or ref to list of paths
# $verbose -- optional print "mkdir $path" for each directory created
# $mode -- optional permissions, defaults to 0777
- local($")="/";
+ local($")=$Is_MacOS ? ":" : "/";
$mode = 0777 unless defined($mode);
$paths = [$paths] unless ref $paths;
- my(@created);
- foreach $path (@$paths){
- next if -d $path;
- my(@p);
- foreach(split(/\//, $path)){
- push(@p, $_);
- next if -d "@p/";
- print "mkdir @p\n" if $verbose;
- mkdir("@p",$mode) || croak "mkdir @p: $!";
- push(@created, "@p");
- }
+ my(@created,$path);
+ foreach $path (@$paths) {
+ $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);
+ if ($path =~ m:^(/[^/]+)/?\z:) {
+ $path = $1.'/000000';
+ }
+ }
+ next if -d $path;
+ my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path);
+ unless (-d $parent or $path eq $parent) {
+ push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode));
+ }
+ print "mkdir $path\n" if $verbose;
+ unless (mkdir($path,$mode)) {
+ my $e = $!;
+ # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
+ croak "mkdir $path: $e" unless -d $path;
+ }
+ push(@created, $path);
}
@created;
}
sub rmtree {
my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
- my(@files,$count);
- $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
+ my(@files);
+ my($count) = 0;
+ $verbose ||= 0;
+ $safe ||= 0;
+
+ if ( defined($roots) && length($roots) ) {
+ $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
+ }
+ else {
+ carp "No root path(s) specified\n";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ my($root);
foreach $root (@{$roots}) {
- $root =~ s#/$##;
- if (-d $root) {
- opendir(D,$root);
- ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s#\.dir$## if $Is_VMS;
- @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}$/, readdir(D));
- closedir(D);
- $count += rmtree(\@files,$verbose,$safe);
- if ($safe &&
- ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
- print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
- next;
- }
- print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
- (rmdir $root && ++$count) or carp "Can't remove directory $root: $!";
- }
- else {
- if ($safe &&
- ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
- print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
- next;
- }
- print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
- while (-e $root) { # delete all versions under VMS
- (unlink($root) && ++$count)
- or carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
- }
- }
+ if ($Is_MacOS) {
+ $root = ":$root" if $root !~ /:/;
+ $root =~ s#([^:])\z#$1:#;
+ } else {
+ $root =~ s#/\z##;
+ }
+ (undef, undef, my $rp) = lstat $root or next;
+ $rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
+ if ( -d _ ) {
+ # notabene: 0777 is for making readable in the first place,
+ # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
+ # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
+ # subtrees with strange permissions
+ chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
+ or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!"
+ unless $safe;
+
+ if (opendir my $d, $root) {
+ no strict 'refs';
+ if (!defined ${"\cTAINT"} or ${"\cTAINT"}) {
+ # Blindly untaint dir names
+ @files = map { /^(.*)$/s ; $1 } readdir $d;
+ } else {
+ @files = readdir $d;
+ }
+ closedir $d;
+ }
+ else {
+ carp "Can't read $root: $!";
+ @files = ();
+ }
+
+ # 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 {
+ @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}\z/s,@files);
+ }
+ $count += rmtree(\@files,$verbose,$safe);
+ if ($safe &&
+ ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
+ print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
+ next;
+ }
+ chmod 0777, $root
+ or carp "Can't make directory $root writeable: $!"
+ if $force_writeable;
+ print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
+ if (rmdir $root) {
+ ++$count;
+ }
+ else {
+ carp "Can't remove directory $root: $!";
+ chmod($rp, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
+ or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
+ . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ if ($safe &&
+ ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root)
+ : !(-l $root || -w $root)))
+ {
+ print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
+ next;
+ }
+ chmod 0666, $root
+ or carp "Can't make file $root writeable: $!"
+ if $force_writeable;
+ print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
+ # delete all versions under VMS
+ for (;;) {
+ unless (unlink $root) {
+ carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
+ if ($force_writeable) {
+ chmod $rp, $root
+ or carp("and can't restore permissions to "
+ . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n");
+ }
+ last;
+ }
+ ++$count;
+ last unless $Is_VMS && lstat $root;
+ }
+ }
}
$count;
}
1;
-
-__END__