src/os/dir.go

// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package os

type readdirMode int

const (
	readdirName readdirMode = iota
	readdirDirEntry
	readdirFileInfo
)

// Readdir reads the contents of the directory associated with file and
// returns a slice of up to n FileInfo values, as would be returned
// by Lstat, in directory order. Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
// further FileInfos.
//
// If n > 0, Readdir returns at most n FileInfo structures. In this case, if
// Readdir returns an empty slice, it will return a non-nil error
// explaining why. At the end of a directory, the error is io.EOF.
//
// If n <= 0, Readdir returns all the FileInfo from the directory in
// a single slice. In this case, if Readdir succeeds (reads all
// the way to the end of the directory), it returns the slice and a
// nil error. If it encounters an error before the end of the
// directory, Readdir returns the FileInfo read until that point
// and a non-nil error.
//
// Most clients are better served by the more efficient ReadDir method.
func (f *File) Readdir(n int) ([]FileInfo, error) {
	if f == nil {
		return nil, ErrInvalid
	}
	_, _, infos, err := f.readdir(n, readdirFileInfo)
	return infos, err
}

// Readdirnames reads the contents of the directory associated with file
// and returns a slice of up to n names of files in the directory,
// in directory order. Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
// further names.
//
// If n > 0, Readdirnames returns at most n names. In this case, if
// Readdirnames returns an empty slice, it will return a non-nil error
// explaining why. At the end of a directory, the error is io.EOF.
//
// If n <= 0, Readdirnames returns all the names from the directory in
// a single slice. In this case, if Readdirnames succeeds (reads all
// the way to the end of the directory), it returns the slice and a
// nil error. If it encounters an error before the end of the
// directory, Readdirnames returns the names read until that point and
// a non-nil error.
func (f *File) Readdirnames(n int) (names []string, err error) {
	if f == nil {
		return nil, ErrInvalid
	}
	names, _, _, err = f.readdir(n, readdirName)
	return names, err
}

// A DirEntry is an entry read from a directory
// (using the ReadDir function or a File's ReadDir method).
type DirEntry interface {
	// Name returns the name of the file (or subdirectory) described by the entry.
	// This name is only the final element of the path, not the entire path.
	// For example, Name would return "hello.go" not "/home/gopher/hello.go".
	Name() string

	// IsDir reports whether the entry describes a subdirectory.
	IsDir() bool

	// Type returns the type bits for the entry.
	// The type bits are a subset of the usual FileMode bits, those returned by the FileMode.Type method.
	Type() FileMode

	// Info returns the FileInfo for the file or subdirectory described by the entry.
	// The returned FileInfo may be from the time of the original directory read
	// or from the time of the call to Info. If the file has been removed or renamed
	// since the directory read, Info may return an error satisfying errors.Is(err, ErrNotExist).
	// If the entry denotes a symbolic link, Info reports the information about the link itself,
	// not the link's target.
	Info() (FileInfo, error)
}

// ReadDir reads the contents of the directory associated with the file f
// and returns a slice of DirEntry values in directory order.
// Subsequent calls on the same file will yield later DirEntry records in the directory.
//
// If n > 0, ReadDir returns at most n DirEntry records.
// In this case, if ReadDir returns an empty slice, it will return an error explaining why.
// At the end of a directory, the error is io.EOF.
//
// If n <= 0, ReadDir returns all the DirEntry records remaining in the directory.
// When it succeeds, it returns a nil error (not io.EOF).
func (f *File) ReadDir(n int) ([]DirEntry, error) {
	if f == nil {
		return nil, ErrInvalid
	}
	_, dirents, _, err := f.readdir(n, readdirDirEntry)
	return dirents, err
}

// testingForceReadDirLstat forces ReadDir to call Lstat, for testing that code path.
// This can be difficult to provoke on some Unix systems otherwise.
var testingForceReadDirLstat bool