non/util/file.C

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/* Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Moore Liles                                     */
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#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

unsigned long
mtime ( const char *file )
{
    struct stat st;

    if ( stat( file, &st ) )
        return 0;

    return st.st_mtime;
}

/** returns /true/ if /file1/ is newer than /file2/ (or file2 doesn't exist) */
bool
newer ( const char *file1, const char *file2 )
{
    return mtime( file1 ) > mtime( file2 );
}

unsigned long
size ( const char *file )
{
    struct stat st;

    if ( stat( file, &st ) )
        return 0;

    return st.st_size;
}

int
exists ( const char *name )
{
    struct stat st;

    return 0 == stat( name, &st );
}

bool
acquire_lock ( int *lockfd, const char *filename )
{
    struct flock fl;

    fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
    fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
    fl.l_start = 0;
    fl.l_len = 0;

    *lockfd = ::creat( filename, 0777 );

    if ( fcntl( *lockfd, F_SETLK, &fl ) != 0 )
        return false;

    return true;
}

void
release_lock ( int *lockfd, const char *filename )
{
    unlink( filename );

    ::close( *lockfd );

    *lockfd = 0;
}

int
backwards_fgetc ( FILE *fp )
{
    int c;

    if ( fseek( fp, -1, SEEK_CUR ) != 0 )
        return -1;

    c = fgetc( fp );

    fseek( fp, -1, SEEK_CUR );

    return c;
}

char *
backwards_fgets ( char *s, int size, FILE *fp )
{
    if ( fseek( fp, -1, SEEK_CUR ) != 0 )
        return NULL;

    int c;
    while ( ( c = backwards_fgetc( fp ) ) >= 0 )
        if ( '\n' == c )
            break;

    long here = ftell( fp );

    fseek( fp, 1, SEEK_CUR );

    char *r = fgets( s, size, fp );

    fseek( fp, here, SEEK_SET );

    return r;
}


/** update the modification time of file referred to by /fd/ */
void
touch ( int fd )
{
    struct stat st;

    fstat( fd, &st );

    fchmod( fd, st.st_mode );
}