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NFTW(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual NFTW(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
nftw — walk a file tree
#include <ftw.h>
int nftw(const char *path, int (*fn)(const char *,
const struct stat *, int, struct FTW *), int fd_limit, int flags);
The nftw() function shall recursively descend the directory hierarchy
rooted in path. The nftw() function has a similar effect to ftw()
except that it takes an additional argument flags, which is a
bitwise-inclusive OR of zero or more of the following flags:
FTW_CHDIR If set, nftw() shall change the current working directory
to each directory as it reports files in that directory.
If clear, nftw() shall not change the current working
directory.
FTW_DEPTH If set, nftw() shall report all files in a directory
before reporting the directory itself. If clear, nftw()
shall report any directory before reporting the files in
that directory.
FTW_MOUNT If set, nftw() shall only report files in the same file
system as path. If clear, nftw() shall report all files
encountered during the walk.
FTW_PHYS If set, nftw() shall perform a physical walk and shall
not follow symbolic links.
If FTW_PHYS is clear and FTW_DEPTH is set, nftw() shall follow links
instead of reporting them, but shall not report any directory that
would be a descendant of itself. If FTW_PHYS is clear and FTW_DEPTH
is clear, nftw() shall follow links instead of reporting them, but
shall not report the contents of any directory that would be a
descendant of itself.
At each file it encounters, nftw() shall call the user-supplied
function fn with four arguments:
* The first argument is the pathname of the object.
* The second argument is a pointer to the stat buffer containing
information on the object, filled in as if fstatat(), stat(), or
lstat() had been called to retrieve the information.
* The third argument is an integer giving additional information.
Its value is one of the following:
FTW_D The object is a directory.
FTW_DNR The object is a directory that cannot be read. The fn
function shall not be called for any of its
descendants.
FTW_DP The object is a directory and subdirectories have been
visited. (This condition shall only occur if the
FTW_DEPTH flag is included in flags.)
FTW_F The object is a non-directory file.
FTW_NS The stat() function failed on the object because of
lack of appropriate permission. The stat buffer passed
to fn is undefined. Failure of stat() for any other
reason is considered an error and nftw() shall return
−1.
FTW_SL The object is a symbolic link. (This condition shall
only occur if the FTW_PHYS flag is included in flags.)
FTW_SLN The object is a symbolic link that does not name an
existing file. (This condition shall only occur if the
FTW_PHYS flag is not included in flags.)
* The fourth argument is a pointer to an FTW structure. The value
of base is the offset of the object's filename in the pathname
passed as the first argument to fn. The value of level indicates
depth relative to the root of the walk, where the root level is
0.
The results are unspecified if the application-supplied fn function
does not preserve the current working directory.
The argument fd_limit sets the maximum number of file descriptors
that shall be used by nftw() while traversing the file tree. At most
one file descriptor shall be used for each directory level.
The nftw() function need not be thread-safe.
The nftw() function shall continue until the first of the following
conditions occurs:
* An invocation of fn shall return a non-zero value, in which case
nftw() shall return that value.
* The nftw() function detects an error other than [EACCES] (see
FTW_DNR and FTW_NS above), in which case nftw() shall return −1
and set errno to indicate the error.
* The tree is exhausted, in which case nftw() shall return 0.
The nftw() function shall fail if:
EACCES Search permission is denied for any component of path or read
permission is denied for path, or fn returns −1 and does not
reset errno.
ELOOP A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution
of the path argument.
ENAMETOOLONG
The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
{NAME_MAX}.
ENOENT A component of path does not name an existing file or path is
an empty string.
ENOTDIR
A component of path names an existing file that is neither a
directory nor a symbolic link to a directory.
EOVERFLOW
A field in the stat structure cannot be represented correctly
in the current programming environment for one or more files
found in the file hierarchy.
The nftw() function may fail if:
ELOOP More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during
resolution of the path argument.
EMFILE All file descriptors available to the process are currently
open.
ENAMETOOLONG
The length of a pathname exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or pathname
resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result
with a length that exceeds {PATH_MAX}.
ENFILE Too many files are currently open in the system.
In addition, errno may be set if the function pointed to by fn causes
errno to be set.
The following sections are informative.
The following program traverses the directory tree under the path
named in its first command-line argument, or under the current
directory if no argument is supplied. It displays various information
about each file. The second command-line argument can be used to
specify characters that control the value assigned to the flags
argument when calling nftw().
#include <ftw.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
static int
display_info(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb,
int tflag, struct FTW *ftwbuf)
{
printf("%-3s %2d %7jd %-40s %d %s\n",
(tflag == FTW_D) ? "d" : (tflag == FTW_DNR) ? "dnr" :
(tflag == FTW_DP) ? "dp" : (tflag == FTW_F) ?
(S_ISBLK(sb->st_mode) ? "f b" :
S_ISCHR(sb->st_mode) ? "f c" :
S_ISFIFO(sb->st_mode) ? "f p" :
S_ISREG(sb->st_mode) ? "f r" :
S_ISSOCK(sb->st_mode) ? "f s" : "f ?") :
(tflag == FTW_NS) ? "ns" : (tflag == FTW_SL) ? "sl" :
(tflag == FTW_SLN) ? "sln" : "?",
ftwbuf->level, (intmax_t) sb->st_size,
fpath, ftwbuf->base, fpath + ftwbuf->base);
return 0; /* To tell nftw() to continue */
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int flags = 0;
if (argc > 2 && strchr(argv[2], 'd') != NULL)
flags |= FTW_DEPTH;
if (argc > 2 && strchr(argv[2], 'p') != NULL)
flags |= FTW_PHYS;
if (nftw((argc < 2) ? "." : argv[1], display_info, 20, flags) == -1)
{
perror("nftw");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
The nftw() function may allocate dynamic storage during its
operation. If nftw() is forcibly terminated, such as by longjmp() or
siglongjmp() being executed by the function pointed to by fn or an
interrupt routine, nftw() does not have a chance to free that
storage, so it remains permanently allocated. A safe way to handle
interrupts is to store the fact that an interrupt has occurred, and
arrange to have the function pointed to by fn return a non-zero value
at its next invocation.
None.
None.
fdopendir(3p), fstatat(3p), readdir(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, ftw.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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