/*

  silcfileutil.h

  Author: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@silcnet.org>

  Copyright (C) 1997 - 2002 Pekka Riikonen

  The contents of this file are subject to one of the Licenses specified 
  in the COPYING file;  You may not use this file except in compliance 
  with the License.

  The software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
  basis, in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
  KIND, either expressed or implied.  See the COPYING file for more
  information.

*/

/****h* silcutil/SILC File Util Interface
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    The SILC File Util Interface is a small set of functions that provides a
 *    portable access method to the filesystem.
 *
 ***/

#ifndef SILCFILEUTIL_H
#define SILCFILEUTIL_H

/* Prototypes */

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_open
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_open(const char *filename, int flags);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Opens a file indicated by the filename `filename' with flags indicated
 *    by `flags'.  The opening permission defaults to 0600.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_open(const char *filename, int flags);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_open_mode
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_open_mode(const char *filename, int flags, int mode);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Opens a file indicated by the filename `filename' with flags indicated
 *    by `flags'.  The argument `mode' specifies the permissions to use in
 *    case a new file is created.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_open_mode(const char *filename, int flags, int mode);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_read
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_read(int fd, unsigned char *buf, SilcUInt32 buf_len);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Reads data from file descriptor `fd' to `buf'.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_read(int fd, unsigned char *buf, SilcUInt32 buf_len);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_write
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_write(int fd, const char *buffer, SilcUInt32 len);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Writes `buffer' of length of `len' to file descriptor `fd'.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_write(int fd, const char *buffer, SilcUInt32 len);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_close
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_close(int fd);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Closes file descriptor previously opened with silc_file_open().
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_close(int fd);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_readfile
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    char *silc_file_readfile(const char *filename, SilcUInt32 *return_len);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Reads the content of `filename' to a buffer.  The allocated buffer is
 *    returned.  This does not NULL terminate the buffer but EOF terminate
 *    it.  The caller must replace the EOF with NULL if the buffer must be
 *    NULL terminated.
 *
 *    If the `return_len' pointer is not NULL, it's filled with the length of
 *    the file.
 *
 ***/
char *silc_file_readfile(const char *filename, SilcUInt32 *return_len);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_writefile
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_writefile(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
 *                            SilcUInt32 len);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Writes a buffer to the file.  If the file is created specific mode is
 *    set to the file.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_writefile(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
			SilcUInt32 len);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_writefile_mode
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    int silc_file_writefile_mode(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
 *                                 SilcUInt32 len, int mode);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Writes a buffer to the file.  If the file is created the specified `mode'
 *    is set to the file.
 *
 ***/
int silc_file_writefile_mode(const char *filename, const char *buffer,
			     SilcUInt32 len, int mode);

/****f* silcutil/SilcFileUtilAPI/silc_file_size
 *
 * SYNOPSIS
 *
 *    SilcUInt64 silc_file_size(const char *filename);
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 *    Returns the size of `filename'. Returns 0 on error.
 *
 ***/
SilcUInt64 silc_file_size(const char *filename);

#endif	/* !SILCFILEUTIL_H */