package File::Path; =head1 NAME File::Path - create or remove a series of directories =head1 SYNOPSIS C C C =head1 DESCRIPTION The C function provides a convenient way to create directories, even if your C kernel call won't create more than one level of directory at a time. C takes three arguments: =over 4 =item * the name of the path to create, or a reference to a list of paths to create, =item * a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C to print the name of each directory as it is created (defaults to FALSE), and =item * the numeric mode to use when creating the directories (defaults to 0777) =back It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined using the Unix '/' separator) created. Similarly, the C function provides a convenient way to delete a subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C. C takes three arguments: =over 4 =item * the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to a list of roots. All of the files and directories below each root, as well as the roots themselves, will be deleted. =item * a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C to print a message each time it examines a file, giving the name of the file, and indicating whether it's using C or C to remove it, or that it's skipping it. (defaults to FALSE) =item * a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C to skip any files to which you do not have delete access (if running under VMS) or write access (if running under another OS). This will change in the future when a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE) =back It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are treated as ordinary files. B If the third parameter is not TRUE, C is B 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 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 in situations where security is an issue. =head1 AUTHORS Tim Bunce > and Charles Bailey > =head1 REVISION Current $VERSION is 1.04. =cut use Carp; use File::Basename (); use DirHandle (); use Exporter (); use strict; use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT ); $VERSION = "1.04"; @ISA = qw( Exporter ); @EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree ); my $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS'; # 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' || $^O eq 'amigaos'); sub mkpath { my($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_; # $paths -- either a path string or ref to list of paths # $verbose -- optional print "mkdir $path" for each directory created # $mode -- optional permissions, defaults to 0777 local($")="/"; $mode = 0777 unless defined($mode); $paths = [$paths] unless ref $paths; my(@created,$path); foreach $path (@$paths) { next if -d $path; # Logic wants Unix paths, so go with the flow. $path = VMS::Filespec::unixify($path) if $Is_VMS; my $parent = File::Basename::dirname($path); push(@created,mkpath($parent, $verbose, $mode)) unless (-d $parent); print "mkdir $path\n" if $verbose; unless (mkdir($path,$mode)) { # allow for another process to have created it meanwhile croak "mkdir $path: $!" unless -d $path; } push(@created, $path); } @created; } sub rmtree { my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_; my(@files); my($count) = 0; $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots; $verbose ||= 0; $safe ||= 0; my($root); foreach $root (@{$roots}) { $root =~ s#/$##; (undef, undef, my $rp) = lstat $root or next; $rp &= 07777; # don't forget setuid, setgid, sticky bits if ( -d _ ) { # notabene: 0777 is for making readable in the first place, # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for # subtrees with strange permissions chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root)) or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!" unless $safe; my $d = DirHandle->new($root) or carp "Can't read $root: $!"; @files = $d->read; $d->close; # 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); $count += rmtree(\@files,$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: $!" if $force_writeable; print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose; if (rmdir $root) { ++$count; } else { 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)) { print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose; next; } chmod 0666, $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: $!"; if ($force_writeable) { chmod $rp, $root or carp("and can't restore permissions to " . sprintf("0%o",$rp) . "\n"); } } } } } $count; } 1;