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//! A pure-Rust library to manage extended attributes.
//!
//! It provides support for manipulating extended attributes
//! (`xattrs`) on modern Unix filesystems. See the `attr(5)`
//! manpage for more details.
//!
//! An extension trait [`FileExt`](::FileExt) is provided to directly work with
//! standard `File` objects and file descriptors.
//!
//! NOTE: In case of a symlink as path argument, all methods
//! in this library work on the symlink itself **without**
//! de-referencing it.
//!
//! ```rust
//! let mut xattrs = xattr::list("/").unwrap().peekable();
//!
//! if xattrs.peek().is_none() {
//! println!("no xattr set on root");
//! return;
//! }
//!
//! println!("Extended attributes:");
//! for attr in xattrs {
//! println!(" - {:?}", attr);
//! }
//! ```
extern crate libc;
mod error;
mod sys;
mod util;
use std::ffi::OsStr;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io;
use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
use std::path::Path;
pub use error::UnsupportedPlatformError;
pub use sys::{XAttrs, SUPPORTED_PLATFORM};
/// Get an extended attribute for the specified file.
pub fn get<N, P>(path: P, name: N) -> io::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>>
where
P: AsRef<Path>,
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
util::extract_noattr(sys::get_path(path.as_ref(), name.as_ref()))
}
/// Set an extended attribute on the specified file.
pub fn set<N, P>(path: P, name: N, value: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()>
where
P: AsRef<Path>,
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
sys::set_path(path.as_ref(), name.as_ref(), value)
}
/// Remove an extended attribute from the specified file.
pub fn remove<N, P>(path: P, name: N) -> io::Result<()>
where
P: AsRef<Path>,
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
sys::remove_path(path.as_ref(), name.as_ref())
}
/// List extended attributes attached to the specified file.
///
/// Note: this may not list *all* attributes. Speficially, it definitely won't list any trusted
/// attributes unless you are root and it may not list system attributes.
pub fn list<P>(path: P) -> io::Result<XAttrs>
where
P: AsRef<Path>,
{
sys::list_path(path.as_ref())
}
/// Extension trait to manipulate extended attributes on `File`-like objects.
pub trait FileExt: AsRawFd {
/// Get an extended attribute for the specified file.
fn get_xattr<N>(&self, name: N) -> io::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>>
where
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
util::extract_noattr(sys::get_fd(self.as_raw_fd(), name.as_ref()))
}
/// Set an extended attribute on the specified file.
fn set_xattr<N>(&self, name: N, value: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()>
where
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
sys::set_fd(self.as_raw_fd(), name.as_ref(), value)
}
/// Remove an extended attribute from the specified file.
fn remove_xattr<N>(&self, name: N) -> io::Result<()>
where
N: AsRef<OsStr>,
{
sys::remove_fd(self.as_raw_fd(), name.as_ref())
}
/// List extended attributes attached to the specified file.
///
/// Note: this may not list *all* attributes. Speficially, it definitely won't list any trusted
/// attributes unless you are root and it may not list system attributes.
fn list_xattr(&self) -> io::Result<XAttrs> {
sys::list_fd(self.as_raw_fd())
}
}
impl FileExt for File {}