c_dir.h

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/*
 * cynapses libc functions
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2008 by Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>
 *
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 * vim: ft=c.doxygen ts=2 sw=2 et cindent
 */

/**
 * @file c_dir.h
 *
 * @brief Interface of the cynapses libc directory function
 *
 * @defgroup cynDirInternals cynapses libc directory functions
 * @ingroup cynLibraryAPI
 *
 * @{
 */

#ifndef _C_DIR_H
#define _C_DIR_H

#include <sys/types.h>


/**
 * @brief Create parent directories as needed.
 *
 * The newly created directory will be owned by the effective user ID of the
 * process.
 *
 * @param path      The path to the directory to create.
 *
 * @param mode      Specifies  the  permissions to use. It is modified
 *                  by the process's umask in the usual way: the
 *                  permissions of the created file are (mode & ~umask).
 *
 * @return          0 on success, < 0 on error with errno set:
 *                  - EACCES The parent directory does not allow write
 *                    permission to the process, or one of the directories
 *                  - ENOTDIR if durl is not a directory
 *                  - EINVAL NULL durl passed or smbc_init not called.
 *                  - ENOMEM Insufficient memory was available.
 *
 * @see mkdir()
 */
int c_mkdirs(const char *path, mode_t mode);

/**
 * @brief Check if a path is a directory.
 *
 * @param path  The path to check.
 *
 * @return 1 if the path is a directory, 0 if the path doesn't exist, is a
 *         file or can't be accessed.
 */
int c_isdir(const char *path);

/**
 * }@
 */
#endif /* _CDIR_H */