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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)fts.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/16/94 +.\" +.Dd April 16, 1994 +.Dt FTS 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fts +.Nd traverse a file hierarchy +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <sys/stat.h> +.Fd #include <fts.h> +.Ft FTS * +.Fn fts_open "char * const *path_argv" "int options" "int *compar(const FTSENT **, const FTSENT **)" +.Ft FTSENT * +.Fn fts_read "FTS *ftsp" +.Ft FTSENT * +.Fn fts_children "FTS *ftsp" "int options" +.Ft int +.Fn fts_set "FTS ftsp" "FTSENT *f" "int options" +.Ft int +.Fn fts_close "FTS *ftsp" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm fts +functions are provided for traversing +.Tn UNIX +file hierarchies. +A simple overview is that the +.Fn fts_open +function returns a ``handle'' on a file hierarchy, which is then supplied to +the other +.Nm fts +functions. +The function +.Fn fts_read +returns a pointer to a structure describing one of the files in the file +hierarchy. +The function +.Fn fts_children +returns a pointer to a linked list of structures, each of which describes +one of the files contained in a directory in the hierarchy. +In general, directories are visited two distinguishable times; in pre-order +(before any of their descendants are visited) and in post-order (after all +of their descendants have been visited). +Files are visited once. +It is possible to walk the hierarchy ``logically'' (ignoring symbolic links) +or physically (visiting symbolic links), order the walk of the hierarchy or +prune and/or re-visit portions of the hierarchy. +.Pp +Two structures are defined (and typedef'd) in the include file +.Aq Pa fts.h . +The first is +.Fa FTS , +the structure that represents the file hierarchy itself. +The second is +.Fa FTSENT , +the structure that represents a file in the file +hierarchy. +Normally, an +.Fa FTSENT +structure is returned for every file in the file +hierarchy. +In this manual page, ``file'' and +.Dq Fa FTSENT No structure +are generally +interchangeable. +The +.Fa FTSENT +structure contains at least the following fields, which are +described in greater detail below: +.Bd -literal +typedef struct _ftsent { + u_short fts_info; /* flags for FTSENT structure */ + char *fts_accpath; /* access path */ + char *fts_path; /* root path */ + short fts_pathlen; /* strlen(fts_path) */ + char *fts_name; /* file name */ + short fts_namelen; /* strlen(fts_name) */ + short fts_level; /* depth (\-1 to N) */ + int fts_errno; /* file errno */ + long fts_number; /* local numeric value */ + void *fts_pointer; /* local address value */ + struct ftsent *fts_parent; /* parent directory */ + struct ftsent *fts_link; /* next file structure */ + struct ftsent *fts_cycle; /* cycle structure */ + struct stat *fts_statp; /* stat(2) information */ +} FTSENT; +.Ed +.Pp +These fields are defined as follows: +.Bl -tag -width "fts_namelen" +.It Fa fts_info +One of the following flags describing the returned +.Fa FTSENT +structure and +the file it represents. +With the exception of directories without errors +.Pq Dv FTS_D , +all of these +entries are terminal, that is, they will not be revisited, nor will any +of their descendants be visited. +.Bl -tag -width FTS_DEFAULT +.It Dv FTS_D +A directory being visited in pre-order. +.It Dv FTS_DC +A directory that causes a cycle in the tree. +(The +.Fa fts_cycle +field of the +.Fa FTSENT +structure will be filled in as well.) +.It Dv FTS_DEFAULT +Any +.Fa FTSENT +structure that represents a file type not explicitly described +by one of the other +.Fa fts_info +values. +.It Dv FTS_DNR +A directory which cannot be read. +This is an error return, and the +.Fa fts_errno +field will be set to indicate what caused the error. +.It Dv FTS_DOT +A file named +.Ql \&. +or +.Ql .. +which was not specified as a file name to +.Fn fts_open +(see +.Dv FTS_SEEDOT ) . +.It Dv FTS_DP +A directory being visited in post-order. +The contents of the +.Fa FTSENT +structure will be unchanged from when +it was returned in pre-order, i.e. with the +.Fa fts_info +field set to +.Dv FTS_D . +.It Dv FTS_ERR +This is an error return, and the +.Fa fts_errno +field will be set to indicate what caused the error. +.It Dv FTS_F +A regular file. +.It Dv FTS_NS +A file for which no +.Xr stat 2 +information was available. +The contents of the +.Fa fts_statp +field are undefined. +This is an error return, and the +.Fa fts_errno +field will be set to indicate what caused the error. +.It Dv FTS_NSOK +A file for which no +.Xr stat 2 +information was requested. +The contents of the +.Fa fts_statp +field are undefined. +.It Dv FTS_SL +A symbolic link. +.It Dv FTS_SLNONE +A symbolic link with a non-existent target. +The contents of the +.Fa fts_statp +field reference the file characteristic information for the symbolic link +itself. +.El +.It Fa fts_accpath +A path for accessing the file from the current directory. +.It Fa fts_path +The path for the file relative to the root of the traversal. +This path contains the path specified to +.Fn fts_open +as a prefix. +.It Fa fts_pathlen +The length of the string referenced by +.Fa fts_path . +.It Fa fts_name +The name of the file. +.It Fa fts_namelen +The length of the string referenced by +.Fa fts_name . +.It Fa fts_level +The depth of the traversal, numbered from \-1 to N, where this file +was found. +The +.Fa FTSENT +structure representing the parent of the starting point (or root) +of the traversal is numbered \-1, and the +.Fa FTSENT +structure for the root +itself is numbered 0. +.It Fa fts_errno +Upon return of a +.Fa FTSENT +structure from the +.Fn fts_children +or +.Fn fts_read +functions, with its +.Fa fts_info +field set to +.Dv FTS_DNR , +.Dv FTS_ERR +or +.Dv FTS_NS , +the +.Fa fts_errno +field contains the value of the external variable +.Va errno +specifying the cause of the error. +Otherwise, the contents of the +.Fa fts_errno +field are undefined. +.It Fa fts_number +This field is provided for the use of the application program and is +not modified by the +.Nm fts +functions. +It is initialized to 0. +.It Fa fts_pointer +This field is provided for the use of the application program and is +not modified by the +.Nm fts +functions. +It is initialized to +.Dv NULL . +.It Fa fts_parent +A pointer to the +.Fa FTSENT +structure referencing the file in the hierarchy +immediately above the current file, i.e. the directory of which this +file is a member. +A parent structure for the initial entry point is provided as well, +however, only the +.Fa fts_level , +.Fa fts_number +and +.Fa fts_pointer +fields are guaranteed to be initialized. +.It Fa fts_link +Upon return from the +.Fn fts_children +function, the +.Fa fts_link +field points to the next structure in the NULL-terminated linked list of +directory members. +Otherwise, the contents of the +.Fa fts_link +field are undefined. +.It Fa fts_cycle +If a directory causes a cycle in the hierarchy (see +.Dv FTS_DC ) , +either because +of a hard link between two directories, or a symbolic link pointing to a +directory, the +.Fa fts_cycle +field of the structure will point to the +.Fa FTSENT +structure in the hierarchy that references the same file as the current +.Fa FTSENT +structure. +Otherwise, the contents of the +.Fa fts_cycle +field are undefined. +.It Fa fts_statp +A pointer to +.Xr stat 2 +information for the file. +.El +.Pp +A single buffer is used for all of the paths of all of the files in the +file hierarchy. +Therefore, the +.Fa fts_path +and +.Fa fts_accpath +fields are guaranteed to be +.Dv NULL Ns -terminated +.Em only +for the file most recently returned by +.Fn fts_read . +To use these fields to reference any files represented by other +.Fa FTSENT +structures will require that the path buffer be modified using the +information contained in that +.Fa FTSENT +structure's +.Fa fts_pathlen +field. +Any such modifications should be undone before further calls to +.Fn fts_read +are attempted. +The +.Fa fts_name +field is always +.Dv NULL Ns -terminated. +.Sh FTS_OPEN +The +.Fn fts_open +function takes a pointer to an array of character pointers naming one +or more paths which make up a logical file hierarchy to be traversed. +The array must be terminated by a +.Dv NULL +pointer. +.Pp +There are +a number of options, at least one of which (either +.Dv FTS_LOGICAL +or +.Dv FTS_PHYSICAL ) +must be specified. +The options are selected by +.Em or Ns 'ing +the following values: +.Bl -tag -width "FTS_PHYSICAL" +.It Dv FTS_COMFOLLOW +This option causes any symbolic link specified as a root path to be +followed immediately whether or not +.Dv FTS_LOGICAL +is also specified. +.It Dv FTS_LOGICAL +This option causes the +.Nm fts +routines to return +.Fa FTSENT +structures for the targets of symbolic links +instead of the symbolic links themselves. +If this option is set, the only symbolic links for which +.Fa FTSENT +structures +are returned to the application are those referencing non-existent files. +Either +.Dv FTS_LOGICAL +or +.Dv FTS_PHYSICAL +.Em must +be provided to the +.Fn fts_open +function. +.It Dv FTS_NOCHDIR +As a performance optimization, the +.Nm fts +functions change directories as they walk the file hierarchy. +This has the side-effect that an application cannot rely on being +in any particular directory during the traversal. +The +.Dv FTS_NOCHDIR +option turns off this optimization, and the +.Nm fts +functions will not change the current directory. +Note that applications should not themselves change their current directory +and try to access files unless +.Dv FTS_NOCHDIR +is specified and absolute +pathnames were provided as arguments to +.Fn fts_open . +.It Dv FTS_NOSTAT +By default, returned +.Fa FTSENT +structures reference file characteristic information (the +.Fa statp +field) for each file visited. +This option relaxes that requirement as a performance optimization, +allowing the +.Nm fts +functions to set the +.Fa fts_info +field to +.Dv FTS_NSOK +and leave the contents of the +.Fa statp +field undefined. +.It Dv FTS_PHYSICAL +This option causes the +.Nm fts +routines to return +.Fa FTSENT +structures for symbolic links themselves instead +of the target files they point to. +If this option is set, +.Fa FTSENT +structures for all symbolic links in the +hierarchy are returned to the application. +Either +.Dv FTS_LOGICAL +or +.Dv FTS_PHYSICAL +.Em must +be provided to the +.Fn fts_open +function. +.It Dv FTS_SEEDOT +By default, unless they are specified as path arguments to +.Fn fts_open , +any files named +.Ql \&. +or +.Ql .. +encountered in the file hierarchy are ignored. +This option causes the +.Nm fts +routines to return +.Fa FTSENT +structures for them. +.It Dv FTS_XDEV +This option prevents +.Nm fts +from descending into directories that have a different device number +than the file from which the descent began. +.El +.Pp +The argument +.Fn compar +specifies a user-defined function which may be used to order the traversal +of the hierarchy. +It +takes two pointers to pointers to +.Fa FTSENT +structures as arguments and +should return a negative value, zero, or a positive value to indicate +if the file referenced by its first argument comes before, in any order +with respect to, or after, the file referenced by its second argument. +The +.Fa fts_accpath , +.Fa fts_path +and +.Fa fts_pathlen +fields of the +.Fa FTSENT +structures may +.Em never +be used in this comparison. +If the +.Fa fts_info +field is set to +.Dv FTS_NS +or +.Dv FTS_NSOK , +the +.Fa fts_statp +field may not either. +If the +.Fn compar +argument is +.Dv NULL , +the directory traversal order is in the order listed in +.Fa path_argv +for the root paths, and in the order listed in the directory for +everything else. +.Sh FTS_READ +The +.Fn fts_read +function returns a pointer to an +.Fa FTSENT +structure describing a file in +the hierarchy. +Directories (that are readable and do not cause cycles) are visited at +least twice, once in pre-order and once in post-order. +All other files are visited at least once. +(Hard links between directories that do not cause cycles or symbolic +links to symbolic links may cause files to be visited more than once, +or directories more than twice.) +.Pp +If all the members of the hierarchy have been returned, +.Fn fts_read +returns +.Dv NULL +and sets the external variable +.Va errno +to 0. +If an error unrelated to a file in the hierarchy occurs, +.Fn fts_read +returns +.Dv NULL +and sets +.Va errno +appropriately. +If an error related to a returned file occurs, a pointer to an +.Fa FTSENT +structure is returned, and +.Va errno +may or may not have been set (see +.Fa fts_info ) . +.Pp +The +.Fa FTSENT +structures returned by +.Fn fts_read +may be overwritten after a call to +.Fn fts_close +on the same file hierarchy stream, or, after a call to +.Fn fts_read +on the same file hierarchy stream unless they represent a file of type +directory, in which case they will not be overwritten until after a call to +.Fn fts_read +after the +.Fa FTSENT +structure has been returned by the function +.Fn fts_read +in post-order. +.Sh FTS_CHILDREN +The +.Fn fts_children +function returns a pointer to an +.Fa FTSENT +structure describing the first entry in a NULL-terminated linked list of +the files in the directory represented by the +.Fa FTSENT +structure most recently returned by +.Fn fts_read . +The list is linked through the +.Fa fts_link +field of the +.Fa FTSENT +structure, and is ordered by the user-specified comparison function, if any. +Repeated calls to +.Fn fts_children +will recreate this linked list. +.Pp +As a special case, if +.Fn fts_read +has not yet been called for a hierarchy, +.Fn fts_children +will return a pointer to the files in the logical directory specified to +.Fn fts_open , +i.e. the arguments specified to +.Fn fts_open . +Otherwise, if the +.Fa FTSENT +structure most recently returned by +.Fn fts_read +is not a directory being visited in pre-order, +or the directory does not contain any files, +.Fn fts_children +returns +.Dv NULL +and sets +.Va errno +to zero. +If an error occurs, +.Fn fts_children +returns +.Dv NULL +and sets +.Va errno +appropriately. +.Pp +The +.Fa FTSENT +structures returned by +.Fn fts_children +may be overwritten after a call to +.Fn fts_children , +.Fn fts_close +or +.Fn fts_read +on the same file hierarchy stream. +.Pp +.Em Option +may be set to the following value: +.Bl -tag -width FTS_NAMEONLY +.It Dv FTS_NAMEONLY +Only the names of the files are needed. +The contents of all the fields in the returned linked list of structures +are undefined with the exception of the +.Fa fts_name +and +.Fa fts_namelen +fields. +.El +.Sh FTS_SET +The function +.Fn fts_set +allows the user application to determine further processing for the +file +.Fa f +of the stream +.Fa ftsp . +The +.Fn fts_set +function +returns 0 on success, and \-1 if an error occurs. +.Em Option +must be set to one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width FTS_PHYSICAL +.It Dv FTS_AGAIN +Re-visit the file; any file type may be re-visited. +The next call to +.Fn fts_read +will return the referenced file. +The +.Fa fts_stat +and +.Fa fts_info +fields of the structure will be reinitialized at that time, +but no other fields will have been changed. +This option is meaningful only for the most recently returned +file from +.Fn fts_read . +Normal use is for post-order directory visits, where it causes the +directory to be re-visited (in both pre and post-order) as well as all +of its descendants. +.It Dv FTS_FOLLOW +The referenced file must be a symbolic link. +If the referenced file is the one most recently returned by +.Fn fts_read , +the next call to +.Fn fts_read +returns the file with the +.Fa fts_info +and +.Fa fts_statp +fields reinitialized to reflect the target of the symbolic link instead +of the symbolic link itself. +If the file is one of those most recently returned by +.Fn fts_children , +the +.Fa fts_info +and +.Fa fts_statp +fields of the structure, when returned by +.Fn fts_read , +will reflect the target of the symbolic link instead of the symbolic link +itself. +In either case, if the target of the symbolic link does not exist the +fields of the returned structure will be unchanged and the +.Fa fts_info +field will be set to +.Dv FTS_SLNONE . +.Pp +If the target of the link is a directory, the pre-order return, followed +by the return of all of its descendants, followed by a post-order return, +is done. +.It Dv FTS_SKIP +No descendants of this file are visited. +The file may be one of those most recently returned by either +.Fn fts_children +or +.Fn fts_read . +.El +.Sh FTS_CLOSE +The +.Fn fts_close +function closes a file hierarchy stream +.Fa ftsp +and restores the current directory to the directory from which +.Fn fts_open +was called to open +.Fa ftsp . +The +.Fn fts_close +function +returns 0 on success, and \-1 if an error occurs. +.Sh ERRORS +The function +.Fn fts_open +may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions +.Xr open 2 +and +.Xr malloc 3 . +.Pp +The function +.Fn fts_close +may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions +.Xr chdir 2 +and +.Xr close 2 . +.Pp +The functions +.Fn fts_read +and +.Fn fts_children +may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions +.Xr chdir 2 , +.Xr malloc 3 , +.Xr opendir 3 , +.Xr readdir 3 +and +.Xr stat 2 . +.Pp +In addition, +.Fn fts_children , +.Fn fts_open +and +.Fn fts_set +may fail and set +.Va errno +as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The options were invalid. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr find 1 , +.Xr chdir 2 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr qsort 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm fts +utility is expected to be included in a future +.St -p1003.1-88 +revision. |