=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
=item *
the numeric mode to use when creating the directories
-(defaults to 0777)
+(defaults to 0777), to be modified by the current umask.
=back
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: $@";
+ }
+
Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
=back
It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are
-treated as ordinary files.
+simply deleted and not followed.
-B<NOTE:> If the third parameter is not TRUE, C<rmtree> is B<unsecure>
-in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which
-were not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world
-read and write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in
-rmtree can be determined I<only> by trapping diagnostic messages
-using C<$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.
+B<NOTE:> 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.
-=head1 AUTHORS
+Additionally, if the third parameter is not TRUE and C<rmtree> is
+interrupted, it may leave files and directories with permissions altered
+to allow deletion (and older versions of this module would even set
+files and directories to world-read/writable!)
-Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
-Charles Bailey <F<bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>>
+Note also that the occurrence of errors in C<rmtree> can be determined I<only>
+by trapping diagnostic messages using C<$SIG{__WARN__}>; it is not apparent
+from the return value.
+
+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
-=head1 REVISION
+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.
-Current $VERSION is 1.04.
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>> and
+Charles Bailey <F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>
=cut
-use Carp;
+use 5.006;
use File::Basename ();
-use DirHandle ();
use Exporter ();
use strict;
+use warnings;
-use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT );
-$VERSION = "1.04";
-@ISA = qw( Exporter );
-@EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
+our $VERSION = "1.08";
+our @ISA = qw( Exporter );
+our @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 'msdos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32'
- || $^O eq 'amigaos');
+my $force_writeable = ($^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32' ||
+ $^O eq 'amigaos' || $^O eq 'MacOS' || $^O eq 'epoc');
+
+sub carp {
+ require Carp;
+ goto &Carp::carp;
+}
+
+sub croak {
+ require Carp;
+ goto &Carp::croak;
+}
sub mkpath {
my($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 $paths;
my(@created,$path);
foreach $path (@$paths) {
- next if -d $path;
+ $path .= '/' if $^O eq 'os2' and $path =~ /^\w:\z/s; # feature of CRT
# Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow.
- $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path) if $Is_VMS;
+ if ($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);
- push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode)) unless (-d $parent);
+ unless (-d $parent or $path eq $parent) {
+ push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode));
+ }
print "mkdir $path\n" if $verbose;
- mkdir($path,$mode) || croak "mkdir $path: $!";
+ unless (mkdir($path,$mode)) {
+ my $e = $!;
+ # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile
+ $! = $e, croak ("mkdir $path: $e") unless -d $path;
+ }
push(@created, $path);
}
@created;
my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
my(@files);
my($count) = 0;
- $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
$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 ($Is_MacOS) {
+ $root = ":$root" if $root !~ /:/;
+ $root =~ s#([^:])\z#$1:#;
+ } else {
+ $root =~ s#/\z##;
+ }
(undef, undef, my $rp) = lstat $root or next;
$rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits
if ( -d _ ) {
- # notabene: 0777 is for making readable in the first place,
+ # notabene: 0700 is for making readable in the first place,
# it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
# to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
# subtrees with strange permissions
- chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
- or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!"
+ chmod($rp | 0700, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
+ or carp ("Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!")
unless $safe;
- my $d = DirHandle->new($root)
- or carp "Can't read $root: $!";
- @files = $d->read;
- $d->close;
+ 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($root)) =~ s#\.dir$## if $Is_VMS;
- @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}$/,@files);
+ ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($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: $!"
+ chmod $rp | 0700, $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: $!";
+ 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) : !-w $root)) {
+ ($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: $!"
+ chmod $rp | 0600, $root
+ or carp ("Can't make file $root writeable: $!")
if $force_writeable;
print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
# delete all versions under VMS
- while (-e $root || -l $root) {
- if (unlink $root) {
- ++$count;
- }
- else {
- carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
+ 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;
}
}
}