(chibi filesystem)

Interface to the filesystem and file descriptor objects. Note that file descriptors are currently represented as integers, but may be replaced with opaque (and gc-managed) objects in a future release.

(create-directory* dir [mode])

Creates the directory dir, including any parent directories as needed. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(directory-fold dir kons knil)

The fundamental directory iterator. Applies kons to each filename in directory dir and the result of the previous application, beginning with knil. With kons as cons and knil as '(), equivalent to directory-files.

(directory-files dir)

Returns a list of the files in dir in an unspecified order.

(directory-fold-tree file down up here [knil])

The fundamental directory traverser.

(delete-file file)

Unlinks the file named string from the filesystem. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(delete-file-hierarchy dir [ignore-errors?])

Recursively delete all files and directories under dir. Unless optional arg ignore-errors? is true, raises an error if any file can't be deleted.

(with-directory dir thunk)

Runs thunk with the current directory of the process temporarily set to dir.

(file-status file)

Returns the status object for the given file, which should be a string indicating the path or a file descriptor.

(file-device x)

(file-inode x)

(file-mode x)

(file-num-links x)

(file-owner x)

(file-group x)

(file-represented-device x)

(file-size x)

(file-access-time x)

(file-modification-time x)

(file-modification-time/safe x)

(file-change-time x)

File status accessors. x should be a string indicating the file to lookup the status for, or an existing status object. Raises an error in the string case for non-existing files.

(file-test-mode op x)

(file-regular? x)

(file-directory? x)

(file-character? x)

(file-block? x)

(file-fifo? x)

file-link?

(file-socket? x)

(file-exists? x)

File type tests. x should be a string indicating the file to lookup the status for, or an existing status object. Returns #t if the file exists and the given type is satisfied, and #f otherwise.

(file-is-readable? path)

(file-is-writable? path)

(file-is-executable? path)

File access tests. Returns true iff the current real UID and GID have the corresponding permissions on path. Equivalent to the test -r, -w, -x operators in sh.

(renumber-file-descriptor old new)

Equivalent to duplicating the file descriptor old to new and closing old.

read-link

Returns the path the symbolic link file points to, or #f on error.

(file-link-status string)

(link-file string string)

Creates a hard link to the first arg from the second. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(symbolic-link-file string string)

Creates a symbolic link to the first arg from the second. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(rename-file string string)

Renames the first arg to the second. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(current-directory)

Returns the current working directory of the process as a string.

(change-directory string)

Change the current working directory of the process.

(create-directory string int)

Creates a new directory with the given mode. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(delete-directory string)

Deletes the directory named string from the filesystem. Does not attempt to delete recursively. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(duplicate-file-descriptor fileno)

Duplicates the given file descriptor, returning he new value,

(duplicate-file-descriptor-to fileno fileno)

Copies the first file descriptor to the second, closing it if needed. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(close-file-descriptor fileno)

Closes the given file descriptor. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(open string int int)

Opens the given file and returns a file descriptor.

(open-pipe)

Returns a list of 2 new file descriptors, the input and output end of a new pipe, respectively.

(make-fifo string int)

Creates a new named pipe in the given path. Returns #t on success and #f on failure.

(get-file-descriptor-flags port-or-fileno)
(set-file-descriptor-flags! port-or-fileno long)

Get and set the flags for the given file descriptor.

(get-file-descriptor-status port-or-fileno)
(set-file-descriptor-status! port-or-fileno long)

Get and set the status for the given file descriptor.

int: open/read

int: open/write

int: open/read-write

int: open/create

int: open/exclusive

int: open/truncate

int: open/append

int: open/non-block

File opening modes.

(file-truncate port-or-fileno off_t)

Truncate the file to the given size.

(file-lock port-or-fileno int)
(const: int lock/shared)
(const: int lock/exclusive)
(const: int lock/non-blocking)
(const: int lock/unlock)

Applies the specified locking operation using flock(2) to the port or file-descriptor.Locking operations.

(chmod string int)

Sets the file permissions as in chmod.

(chown string uid_t gid_t)

Sets the file owner and group as in chown.

(is-a-tty? port-or-fileno)

Returns #t if the given port of file descriptor if backed by a TTY object, and #f otherwise.