make wxS_DEFAULT consistend with standard Unix behaviour
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / file.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: file.cpp
3 // Purpose: wxFile - encapsulates low-level "file descriptor"
4 // wxTempFile - safely replace the old file
5 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Modified by:
7 // Created: 29/01/98
8 // RCS-ID: $Id$
9 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows license
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12
13 #ifndef __FILEH__
14 #define __FILEH__
15
16 #ifdef __GNUG__
17 #pragma interface "file.h"
18 #endif
19
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21 #include "wx/filefn.h"
22
23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 // constants
25 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26
27 // error return value for Seek() functions
28 const off_t ofsInvalid = (off_t)-1;
29
30 // we redefine these constants here because S_IREAD &c are _not_ standard
31 // however, we do assume that the values correspond to the Unix umask bits
32 #define wxS_IRUSR 00400
33 #define wxS_IWUSR 00200
34 #define wxS_IXUSR 00100
35
36 #define wxS_IRGRP 00040
37 #define wxS_IWGRP 00020
38 #define wxS_IXGRP 00010
39
40 #define wxS_IROTH 00004
41 #define wxS_IWOTH 00002
42 #define wxS_IXOTH 00001
43
44 // default mode for the new files: corresponds to umask 022
45 #define wxS_DEFAULT (wxS_IRUSR | wxS_IWUSR | wxS_IRGRP | wxS_IWGRP |\
46 wxS_IROTH | wxS_IWOTH)
47
48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 // class wxFile: raw file IO
50 //
51 // NB: for space efficiency this class has no virtual functions, including
52 // dtor which is _not_ virtual, so it shouldn't be used as a base class.
53 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFile
55 {
56 public:
57 // more file constants
58 // -------------------
59
60 // opening mode
61 enum OpenMode { read, write, read_write, write_append };
62 // standard values for file descriptor
63 enum { fd_invalid = -1, fd_stdin, fd_stdout, fd_stderr };
64
65 // static functions
66 // ----------------
67 static bool Exists(const char *sz); // also checks it's a regular file
68
69 // ctors
70 // -----
71 // def ctor
72 wxFile() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
73 // open specified file (may fail, use IsOpened())
74 wxFile(const char *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read);
75 // attach to (already opened) file
76 wxFile(int fd) { m_fd = fd; }
77
78 // open/close
79 // create a new file (with the default value of bOverwrite, it will fail if
80 // the file already exists, otherwise it will overwrite it and succeed)
81 bool Create(const char *szFileName, bool bOverwrite = FALSE,
82 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
83 bool Open(const char *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read,
84 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
85 bool Close(); // Close is a NOP if not opened
86
87 // assign an existing file descriptor and get it back from wxFile object
88 void Attach(int fd) { Close(); m_fd = fd; }
89 void Detach() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
90 int fd() const { return m_fd; }
91
92 // read/write (unbuffered)
93 // returns number of bytes read or ofsInvalid on error
94 off_t Read(void *pBuf, off_t nCount);
95 // returns true on success
96 uint Write(const void *pBuf, uint nCount);
97 // returns true on success
98 bool Write(const wxString& s) { return Write(s.c_str(), s.Len()) != 0; }
99 // flush data not yet written
100 bool Flush();
101
102 // file pointer operations (return ofsInvalid on failure)
103 // move ptr ofs bytes related to start/current off_t/end of file
104 off_t Seek(off_t ofs, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
105 // move ptr to ofs bytes before the end
106 off_t SeekEnd(off_t ofs = 0) { return Seek(ofs, wxFromEnd); }
107 // get current off_t
108 off_t Tell() const;
109 // get current file length
110 off_t Length() const;
111
112 // simple accessors
113 // is file opened?
114 bool IsOpened() const { return m_fd != fd_invalid; }
115 // is end of file reached?
116 bool Eof() const;
117 // is an error occured?
118 bool Error() const { return m_error; }
119
120 // dtor closes the file if opened
121 ~wxFile();
122
123 private:
124 // copy ctor and assignment operator are private because
125 // it doesn't make sense to copy files this way:
126 // attempt to do it will provoke a compile-time error.
127 wxFile(const wxFile&);
128 wxFile& operator=(const wxFile&);
129
130 int m_fd; // file descriptor or INVALID_FD if not opened
131 bool m_error; // error memory
132 };
133
134 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
135 // class wxTempFile: if you want to replace another file, create an instance
136 // of wxTempFile passing the name of the file to be replaced to the ctor. Then
137 // you can write to wxTempFile and call Commit() function to replace the old
138 // file (and close this one) or call Discard() to cancel the modification. If
139 // you call neither of them, dtor will call Discard().
140 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
141 class WXDLLEXPORT wxTempFile
142 {
143 public:
144 // ctors
145 // default
146 wxTempFile() { }
147 // associates the temp file with the file to be replaced and opens it
148 wxTempFile(const wxString& strName);
149
150 // open the temp file (strName is the name of file to be replaced)
151 bool Open(const wxString& strName);
152
153 // is the file opened?
154 bool IsOpened() const { return m_file.IsOpened(); }
155
156 // I/O (both functions return true on success, false on failure)
157 bool Write(const void *p, uint n) { return m_file.Write(p, n) != 0; }
158 bool Write(const wxString& str) { return m_file.Write(str); }
159
160 // different ways to close the file
161 // validate changes and delete the old file of name m_strName
162 bool Commit();
163 // discard changes
164 void Discard();
165
166 // dtor calls Discard() if file is still opened
167 ~wxTempFile();
168
169 private:
170 wxString m_strName, // name of the file to replace in Commit()
171 m_strTemp; // temporary file name
172 wxFile m_file; // the temporary file
173 };
174
175 #endif
176 // __FILEH__