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authorkientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-26 23:37:54 +0000
committerkientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-26 23:37:54 +0000
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Update file flag handling.
The new fflags support in archive_entry supports Linux and FreeBSD file flags and is a bit more gracious about unrecognized flag names than strtofflags(3). This involves some minor API breakage. The default tar format ("restricted pax") now enables pax extensions when archiving files that have flags. In particular, copying dir heirarchies with 'bsdtar cf - -C src . | bsdtar xpf - -C dest' now preserves file flags. (Note the "p" on extract!) While I'm here, fill in some additional explanation in the archive_entry.3 manpage, fill in some missing MLINKS, mark some overlooked internal functions 'static', and make a few minor style fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3128
1 files changed, 100 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3 b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3
index 94ed5ea..e128b6c 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry.3
@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@
.Sh NAME
.Nm archive_entry_clear
.Nm archive_entry_clone
+.Nm archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w
.Nm archive_entry_copy_gname_w
.Nm archive_entry_copy_hardlink_w
.Nm archive_entry_copy_pathname_w
.Nm archive_entry_copy_stat
.Nm archive_entry_copy_symlink_w
.Nm archive_entry_copy_uname_w
+.Nm archive_entry_fflags
+.Nm archive_entry_fflags_text
.Nm archive_entry_free
.Nm archive_entry_gname
.Nm archive_entry_gname_w
@@ -46,9 +49,11 @@
.Nm archive_entry_pathname_w
.Nm archive_entry_set_devmajor
.Nm archive_entry_set_devminor
+.Nm archive_entry_set_fflags
.Nm archive_entry_set_gid
.Nm archive_entry_set_gname
.Nm archive_entry_set_hardlink
+.Nm archive_entry_set_link
.Nm archive_entry_set_mode
.Nm archive_entry_set_pathname
.Nm archive_entry_set_symlink
@@ -67,6 +72,8 @@
.Fn archive_entry_clear "struct archive_entry *"
.Ft struct archive_entry *
.Fn archive_entry_clone "struct archive_entry *"
+.Ft const wchar_t *
+.Fn archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w "struct archive_entry *" "const wchar_t *"
.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_copy_gname_w "struct archive_entry *" "const wchar_t *"
.Ft void
@@ -80,6 +87,10 @@
.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_copy_uname_w "struct archive_entry *" "const wchar_t *"
.Ft void
+.Fn archive_entry_fflags "struct archive_entry *" "unsigned long *set" "unsigned long *clear"
+.Ft const char *
+.Fn archive_entry_fflags_text "struct archive_entry *"
+.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_free "struct archive_entry *"
.Ft const char *
.Fn archive_entry_gname "struct archive_entry *"
@@ -100,6 +111,8 @@
.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_set_devminor "struct archive_entry *" "dev_t"
.Ft void
+.Fn archive_entry_set_fflags "struct archive_entry *" "unsigned long set" "unsigned long clear"
+.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_set_gid "struct archive_entry *" "gid_t"
.Ft void
.Fn archive_entry_set_gname "struct archive_entry *" "const char *"
@@ -141,10 +154,30 @@ These objects are used by
.Xr libarchive 3
to represent the metadata associated with a particular
entry in an archive.
-.Pp
-Most of the functions here set or read entries
-in an object. Such functions have one of the
-following forms:
+.Ss Create and Destroy
+There are functions to allocate, destroy, clear, and copy
+.Va archive_entry
+objects:
+.Bl -tag -compact -width indent
+.It Fn archive_entry_clear
+Erases the object, resetting all internal fields to the
+same state as a newly-created object.
+This is provided to allow you to quickly recycle objects
+without thrashing the heap.
+.It Fn archive_entry_clone
+A deep copy operation; all text fields are duplicated.
+.It Fn archive_entry_free
+Releases the
+.Tn struct archive_entry
+object.
+.It Fn archive_entry_new
+Allocate and return a blank
+.Tn struct archive_entry
+object.
+.El
+.Ss Set and Get Functions
+Most of the functions here set or read entries in an object.
+Such functions have one of the following forms:
.Bl -tag -compact -width indent
.It Fn archive_entry_set_XXXX
Stores the provided data in the object.
@@ -158,14 +191,13 @@ Returns the specified data.
In the case of strings, a const-qualified pointer to
the string is returned.
.El
-The string data can be accessed as wide character strings
-(which are suffixed with
-.Cm _w )
+String data can be set or accessed as wide character strings
or normal
.Va char
strings.
-Note that these are different representations of the same
-data:
+The funtions that use wide character strings are suffixed with
+.Cm _w .
+Note that these are different representations of the same data:
For example, if you store a narrow string and read the corresponding
wide string, the object will transparently convert formats
using the current locale.
@@ -173,27 +205,67 @@ Similarly, if you store a wide string and then store a
narrow string for the same data, the previously-set wide string will
be discarded in favor of the new data.
.Pp
-The remaining functions allocate, destroy, clear, and copy
-.Va archive_entry
-objects.
-These functions are described below:
+There are a few set/get functions that merit additional description:
.Bl -tag -compact -width indent
-.It Fn archive_entry_clear
-Erases the object, resetting all internal fields to the
-same state as a newly-created object.
-This is provided to allow you to quickly recycle objects
-without thrashing the heap.
-.It Fn archive_entry_clone
-A deep copy operation; all text fields are duplicated.
-.It Fn archive_entry_free
-Releases the
-.Tn struct archive_entry
-object.
-.It Fn archive_entry_new
-Allocate and return a blank
-.Tn struct archive_entry
-object.
+.It Fn archive_entry_set_link
+This function sets the symlink field if it is already set.
+Otherwise, it sets the hardlink field.
.El
+.Ss File Flags
+File flags are transparently converted between a bitmap
+representation and a textual format.
+For example, if you set the bitmap and ask for text, the library
+will build a canonical text format.
+However, if you set a text format and request a text format,
+you will get back the same text, even if it is ill-formed.
+If you need to canonicalize a textual flags string, you should first set the
+text form, then request the bitmap form, then use that to set the bitmap form.
+Setting the bitmap format will clear the internal text representation
+and force it to be reconstructed when you next request the text form.
+.Pp
+The bitmap format consists of two integers, one containing bits
+that should be set, the other specifying bits that should be
+cleared.
+Bits not mentioned in either bitmap will be ignored.
+Usually, the bitmap of bits to be cleared will be set to zero.
+In unusual circumstances, you can force a fully-specified set
+of file flags by setting the bitmap of flags to clear to the complement
+of the bitmap of flags to set.
+(This differs from
+.Xr fflagstostr 3 ,
+which only includes names for set bits.)
+Converting a bitmap to a textual string is a platform-specific
+operation; bits that are not meaningful on the current platform
+will be ignored.
+.Pp
+The canonical text format is a comma-separated list of flag names.
+The
+.Fn archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w
+function parses the provided text and sets the internal bitmap values.
+This is a platform-specific operation; names that are not meaningful
+on the current platform will be ignored.
+The function returns a pointer to the start of the first name that was not
+recognized, or NULL if every name was recognized.
+Note that every name--including names that follow an unrecognized name--will
+be evaluated, and the bitmaps will be set to reflect every name that is
+recognized.
+(In particular, this differs from
+.Xr strtofflags 3 ,
+which stops parsing at the first unrecognized name.)
+.Ss ACL Handling
+XXX This needs serious help. XXX
+.Pp
+An
+.Dq Access Control List
+(ACL) is a list of permissions that grant access to particular users or
+groups beyond what would normally be provided by standard POSIX mode bits.
+The ACL handling here addresses some deficiencies in the POSIX.1e draft 17 ACL
+specification.
+In particular, POSIX.1e draft 17 specifies several different formats, but
+none of those formats include both textual user/group names and numeric
+UIDs/GIDs.
+.Pp
+XXX explain ACL stuff XXX
.\" .Sh EXAMPLE
.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
.\" .Sh ERRORS
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