src/os/stat_windows.go

// Copyright 2009 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

import (
	"internal/filepathlite"
	"internal/syscall/windows"
	"syscall"
	"unsafe"
)

// Stat returns the [FileInfo] structure describing file.
// If there is an error, it will be of type [*PathError].
func (file *File) Stat() (FileInfo, error) {
	if file == nil {
		return nil, ErrInvalid
	}
	return statHandle(file.name, file.pfd.Sysfd)
}

// stat implements both Stat and Lstat of a file.
func stat(funcname, name string, followSurrogates bool) (FileInfo, error) {
	if len(name) == 0 {
		return nil, &PathError{Op: funcname, Path: name, Err: syscall.Errno(syscall.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)}
	}
	namep, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(fixLongPath(name))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, &PathError{Op: funcname, Path: name, Err: err}
	}

	// Try GetFileAttributesEx first, because it is faster than CreateFile.
	// See https://golang.org/issues/19922#issuecomment-300031421 for details.
	var fa syscall.Win32FileAttributeData
	err = syscall.GetFileAttributesEx(namep, syscall.GetFileExInfoStandard, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&fa)))
	if err == nil && fa.FileAttributes&syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT == 0 {
		// Not a surrogate for another named entity, because it isn't any kind of reparse point.
		// The information we got from GetFileAttributesEx is good enough for now.
		fs := newFileStatFromWin32FileAttributeData(&fa)
		if err := fs.saveInfoFromPath(name); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return fs, nil
	}

	// GetFileAttributesEx fails with ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION error for
	// files like c:\pagefile.sys. Use FindFirstFile for such files.
	if err == windows.ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION {
		var fd syscall.Win32finddata
		sh, err := syscall.FindFirstFile(namep, &fd)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, &PathError{Op: "FindFirstFile", Path: name, Err: err}
		}
		syscall.FindClose(sh)
		if fd.FileAttributes&syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT == 0 {
			// Not a surrogate for another named entity. FindFirstFile is good enough.
			fs := newFileStatFromWin32finddata(&fd)
			if err := fs.saveInfoFromPath(name); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			return fs, nil
		}
	}

	// Use CreateFile to determine whether the file is a name surrogate and, if so,
	// save information about the link target.
	// Set FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS so that CreateFile will create the handle
	// even if name refers to a directory.
	var flags uint32 = syscall.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | syscall.FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT
	h, err := syscall.CreateFile(namep, 0, 0, nil, syscall.OPEN_EXISTING, flags, 0)

	if err == windows.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER {
		// Console handles, like "\\.\con", require generic read access. See
		// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew#consoles.
		// We haven't set it previously because it is normally not required
		// to read attributes and some files may not allow it.
		h, err = syscall.CreateFile(namep, syscall.GENERIC_READ, 0, nil, syscall.OPEN_EXISTING, flags, 0)
	}
	if err != nil {
		// Since CreateFile failed, we can't determine whether name refers to a
		// name surrogate, or some other kind of reparse point. Since we can't return a
		// FileInfo with a known-accurate Mode, we must return an error.
		return nil, &PathError{Op: "CreateFile", Path: name, Err: err}
	}

	fi, err := statHandle(name, h)
	syscall.CloseHandle(h)
	if err == nil && followSurrogates && fi.(*fileStat).isReparseTagNameSurrogate() {
		// To obtain information about the link target, we reopen the file without
		// FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT and examine the resulting handle.
		// (See https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100212-00/?p=14963.)
		h, err = syscall.CreateFile(namep, 0, 0, nil, syscall.OPEN_EXISTING, syscall.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0)
		if err != nil {
			// name refers to a symlink, but we couldn't resolve the symlink target.
			return nil, &PathError{Op: "CreateFile", Path: name, Err: err}
		}
		defer syscall.CloseHandle(h)
		return statHandle(name, h)
	}
	return fi, err
}

func statHandle(name string, h syscall.Handle) (FileInfo, error) {
	ft, err := syscall.GetFileType(h)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, &PathError{Op: "GetFileType", Path: name, Err: err}
	}
	switch ft {
	case syscall.FILE_TYPE_PIPE, syscall.FILE_TYPE_CHAR:
		return &fileStat{name: filepathlite.Base(name), filetype: ft}, nil
	}
	fs, err := newFileStatFromGetFileInformationByHandle(name, h)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	fs.filetype = ft
	return fs, err
}

// statNolog implements Stat for Windows.
func statNolog(name string) (FileInfo, error) {
	return stat("Stat", name, true)
}

// lstatNolog implements Lstat for Windows.
func lstatNolog(name string) (FileInfo, error) {
	followSurrogates := false
	if name != "" && IsPathSeparator(name[len(name)-1]) {
		// We try to implement POSIX semantics for Lstat path resolution
		// (per https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2013edition/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12):
		// symlinks before the last separator in the path must be resolved. Since
		// the last separator in this case follows the last path element, we should
		// follow symlinks in the last path element.
		followSurrogates = true
	}
	return stat("Lstat", name, followSurrogates)
}