lix/src/libutil/filesystem.cc
Théophane Hufschmitt c2de0a232c Create a wrapper around stdlib’s rename
Directly takes some c++ strings, and gently throws an exception on error
(rather than having to inline this logic everywhere)
2022-08-03 10:27:25 +02:00

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#include <sys/time.h>
#include "util.hh"
#include "types.hh"
namespace nix {
void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link,
std::optional<time_t> mtime)
{
if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()))
throw SysError("creating symlink from '%1%' to '%2%'", link, target);
if (mtime) {
struct timeval times[2];
times[0].tv_sec = *mtime;
times[0].tv_usec = 0;
times[1].tv_sec = *mtime;
times[1].tv_usec = 0;
if (lutimes(link.c_str(), times))
throw SysError("setting time of symlink '%s'", link);
}
}
void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link,
std::optional<time_t> mtime)
{
for (unsigned int n = 0; true; n++) {
Path tmp = canonPath(fmt("%s/.%d_%s", dirOf(link), n, baseNameOf(link)));
try {
createSymlink(target, tmp, mtime);
} catch (SysError & e) {
if (e.errNo == EEXIST) continue;
throw;
}
moveFile(tmp, link);
break;
}
}
void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
{
if (::rename(oldName.c_str(), newName.c_str()))
throw SysError("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'", oldName, newName);
}
}