tree.h   [plain text]


/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Tim Kientzle
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/*-
 * A set of routines for traversing directory trees.
 * Similar in concept to the fts library, but with a few
 * important differences:
 *    * Uses less memory.  In particular, fts stores an entire directory
 *      in memory at a time.  This package only keeps enough subdirectory
 *      information in memory to track the traversal.  Information
 *      about non-directories is discarded as soon as possible.
 *    * Supports very deep logical traversals.  The fts package
 *      uses "non-chdir" approach for logical traversals.  This
 *      package does use a chdir approach for logical traversals
 *      and can therefore handle pathnames much longer than
 *      PATH_MAX.
 *    * Supports deep physical traversals "out of the box."
 *      Due to the memory optimizations above, there's no need to
 *      limit dir names to 32k.
 */

#include <sys/stat.h>

struct tree;

struct tree *tree_open(const char *);
/* Returns TRUE if there is a next entry.  Zero if there is no next entry. */
int tree_next(struct tree *);
/* Return information about the current entry. */
int tree_current_depth(struct tree *);
/*
 * The current full pathname, length of the full pathname,
 * and a name that can be used to access the file.
 * Because tree does use chdir extensively, the access path is
 * almost never the same as the full current path.
 */
const char *tree_current_path(struct tree *);
size_t tree_current_pathlen(struct tree *);
const char *tree_current_access_path(struct tree *);
/*
 * Request the lstat() or stat() data for the current path.
 * Since the tree package needs to do some of this anyway,
 * you should take advantage of it here if you need it.
 */
const struct stat *tree_current_stat(struct tree *);
const struct stat *tree_current_lstat(struct tree *);
/*
 * Request that current entry be visited.  If you invoke it on every
 * directory, you'll get a physical traversal.  This is ignored if the
 * current entry isn't a directory or a link to a directory.  So, if
 * you invoke this on every returned path, you'll get a full logical
 * traversal.
 */
void tree_descend(struct tree *);
void tree_close(struct tree *);