Source File
file.go
Belonging Package
os
// 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 provides a platform-independent interface to operating system
// functionality. The design is Unix-like, although the error handling is
// Go-like; failing calls return values of type error rather than error numbers.
// Often, more information is available within the error. For example,
// if a call that takes a file name fails, such as [Open] or [Stat], the error
// will include the failing file name when printed and will be of type
// [*PathError], which may be unpacked for more information.
//
// The os interface is intended to be uniform across all operating systems.
// Features not generally available appear in the system-specific package syscall.
//
// Here is a simple example, opening a file and reading some of it.
//
// file, err := os.Open("file.go") // For read access.
// if err != nil {
// log.Fatal(err)
// }
//
// If the open fails, the error string will be self-explanatory, like
//
// open file.go: no such file or directory
//
// The file's data can then be read into a slice of bytes. Read and
// Write take their byte counts from the length of the argument slice.
//
// data := make([]byte, 100)
// count, err := file.Read(data)
// if err != nil {
// log.Fatal(err)
// }
// fmt.Printf("read %d bytes: %q\n", count, data[:count])
//
// # Concurrency
//
// The methods of [File] correspond to file system operations. All are
// safe for concurrent use. The maximum number of concurrent
// operations on a File may be limited by the OS or the system. The
// number should be high, but exceeding it may degrade performance or
// cause other issues.
package os
import (
)
// Name returns the name of the file as presented to Open.
//
// It is safe to call Name after [Close].
func ( *File) () string { return .name }
// Stdin, Stdout, and Stderr are open Files pointing to the standard input,
// standard output, and standard error file descriptors.
//
// Note that the Go runtime writes to standard error for panics and crashes;
// closing Stderr may cause those messages to go elsewhere, perhaps
// to a file opened later.
var (
Stdin = NewFile(uintptr(syscall.Stdin), "/dev/stdin")
Stdout = NewFile(uintptr(syscall.Stdout), "/dev/stdout")
Stderr = NewFile(uintptr(syscall.Stderr), "/dev/stderr")
)
// Flags to OpenFile wrapping those of the underlying system. Not all
// flags may be implemented on a given system.
const (
// Exactly one of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR must be specified.
O_RDONLY int = syscall.O_RDONLY // open the file read-only.
O_WRONLY int = syscall.O_WRONLY // open the file write-only.
O_RDWR int = syscall.O_RDWR // open the file read-write.
// The remaining values may be or'ed in to control behavior.
O_APPEND int = syscall.O_APPEND // append data to the file when writing.
O_CREATE int = syscall.O_CREAT // create a new file if none exists.
O_EXCL int = syscall.O_EXCL // used with O_CREATE, file must not exist.
O_SYNC int = syscall.O_SYNC // open for synchronous I/O.
O_TRUNC int = syscall.O_TRUNC // truncate regular writable file when opened.
)
// Seek whence values.
//
// Deprecated: Use io.SeekStart, io.SeekCurrent, and io.SeekEnd.
const (
SEEK_SET int = 0 // seek relative to the origin of the file
SEEK_CUR int = 1 // seek relative to the current offset
SEEK_END int = 2 // seek relative to the end
)
// LinkError records an error during a link or symlink or rename
// system call and the paths that caused it.
type LinkError struct {
Op string
Old string
New string
Err error
}
func ( *LinkError) () string {
return .Op + " " + .Old + " " + .New + ": " + .Err.Error()
}
func ( *LinkError) () error {
return .Err
}
// Read reads up to len(b) bytes from the File and stores them in b.
// It returns the number of bytes read and any error encountered.
// At end of file, Read returns 0, io.EOF.
func ( *File) ( []byte) ( int, error) {
if := .checkValid("read"); != nil {
return 0,
}
, := .read()
return , .wrapErr("read", )
}
// ReadAt reads len(b) bytes from the File starting at byte offset off.
// It returns the number of bytes read and the error, if any.
// ReadAt always returns a non-nil error when n < len(b).
// At end of file, that error is io.EOF.
func ( *File) ( []byte, int64) ( int, error) {
if := .checkValid("read"); != nil {
return 0,
}
if < 0 {
return 0, &PathError{Op: "readat", Path: .name, Err: errors.New("negative offset")}
}
for len() > 0 {
, := .pread(, )
if != nil {
= .wrapErr("read", )
break
}
+=
= [:]
+= int64()
}
return
}
// ReadFrom implements io.ReaderFrom.
func ( *File) ( io.Reader) ( int64, error) {
if := .checkValid("write"); != nil {
return 0,
}
, , := .readFrom()
if ! {
return genericReadFrom(, ) // without wrapping
}
return , .wrapErr("write", )
}
// noReadFrom can be embedded alongside another type to
// hide the ReadFrom method of that other type.
type noReadFrom struct{}
// ReadFrom hides another ReadFrom method.
// It should never be called.
func (noReadFrom) (io.Reader) (int64, error) {
panic("can't happen")
}
// fileWithoutReadFrom implements all the methods of *File other
// than ReadFrom. This is used to permit ReadFrom to call io.Copy
// without leading to a recursive call to ReadFrom.
type fileWithoutReadFrom struct {
noReadFrom
*File
}
func genericReadFrom( *File, io.Reader) (int64, error) {
return io.Copy(fileWithoutReadFrom{File: }, )
}
// Write writes len(b) bytes from b to the File.
// It returns the number of bytes written and an error, if any.
// Write returns a non-nil error when n != len(b).
func ( *File) ( []byte) ( int, error) {
if := .checkValid("write"); != nil {
return 0,
}
, := .write()
if < 0 {
= 0
}
if != len() {
= io.ErrShortWrite
}
epipecheck(, )
if != nil {
= .wrapErr("write", )
}
return ,
}
var errWriteAtInAppendMode = errors.New("os: invalid use of WriteAt on file opened with O_APPEND")
// WriteAt writes len(b) bytes to the File starting at byte offset off.
// It returns the number of bytes written and an error, if any.
// WriteAt returns a non-nil error when n != len(b).
//
// If file was opened with the O_APPEND flag, WriteAt returns an error.
func ( *File) ( []byte, int64) ( int, error) {
if := .checkValid("write"); != nil {
return 0,
}
if .appendMode {
return 0, errWriteAtInAppendMode
}
if < 0 {
return 0, &PathError{Op: "writeat", Path: .name, Err: errors.New("negative offset")}
}
for len() > 0 {
, := .pwrite(, )
if != nil {
= .wrapErr("write", )
break
}
+=
= [:]
+= int64()
}
return
}
// WriteTo implements io.WriterTo.
func ( *File) ( io.Writer) ( int64, error) {
if := .checkValid("read"); != nil {
return 0,
}
, , := .writeTo()
if {
return , .wrapErr("read", )
}
return genericWriteTo(, ) // without wrapping
}
// noWriteTo can be embedded alongside another type to
// hide the WriteTo method of that other type.
type noWriteTo struct{}
// WriteTo hides another WriteTo method.
// It should never be called.
func (noWriteTo) (io.Writer) (int64, error) {
panic("can't happen")
}
// fileWithoutWriteTo implements all the methods of *File other
// than WriteTo. This is used to permit WriteTo to call io.Copy
// without leading to a recursive call to WriteTo.
type fileWithoutWriteTo struct {
noWriteTo
*File
}
func genericWriteTo( *File, io.Writer) (int64, error) {
return io.Copy(, fileWithoutWriteTo{File: })
}
// Seek sets the offset for the next Read or Write on file to offset, interpreted
// according to whence: 0 means relative to the origin of the file, 1 means
// relative to the current offset, and 2 means relative to the end.
// It returns the new offset and an error, if any.
// The behavior of Seek on a file opened with O_APPEND is not specified.
func ( *File) ( int64, int) ( int64, error) {
if := .checkValid("seek"); != nil {
return 0,
}
, := .seek(, )
if == nil && .dirinfo.Load() != nil && != 0 {
= syscall.EISDIR
}
if != nil {
return 0, .wrapErr("seek", )
}
return , nil
}
// WriteString is like Write, but writes the contents of string s rather than
// a slice of bytes.
func ( *File) ( string) ( int, error) {
:= unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(), len())
return .Write()
}
// Mkdir creates a new directory with the specified name and permission
// bits (before umask).
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( string, FileMode) error {
:= fixLongPath()
:= ignoringEINTR(func() error {
return syscall.Mkdir(, syscallMode())
})
if != nil {
return &PathError{Op: "mkdir", Path: , Err: }
}
// mkdir(2) itself won't handle the sticky bit on *BSD and Solaris
if !supportsCreateWithStickyBit && &ModeSticky != 0 {
= setStickyBit()
if != nil {
Remove()
return
}
}
return nil
}
// setStickyBit adds ModeSticky to the permission bits of path, non atomic.
func setStickyBit( string) error {
, := Stat()
if != nil {
return
}
return Chmod(, .Mode()|ModeSticky)
}
// Chdir changes the current working directory to the named directory.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( string) error {
if := syscall.Chdir(); != nil {
testlog.Open() // observe likely non-existent directory
return &PathError{Op: "chdir", Path: , Err: }
}
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
:= filepathlite.IsAbs()
getwdCache.Lock()
if {
getwdCache.dir =
} else {
getwdCache.dir = ""
}
getwdCache.Unlock()
}
if := testlog.Logger(); != nil {
, := Getwd()
if == nil {
.Chdir()
}
}
return nil
}
// Open opens the named file for reading. If successful, methods on
// the returned file can be used for reading; the associated file
// descriptor has mode O_RDONLY.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( string) (*File, error) {
return OpenFile(, O_RDONLY, 0)
}
// Create creates or truncates the named file. If the file already exists,
// it is truncated. If the file does not exist, it is created with mode 0o666
// (before umask). If successful, methods on the returned File can
// be used for I/O; the associated file descriptor has mode O_RDWR.
// The directory containing the file must already exist.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( string) (*File, error) {
return OpenFile(, O_RDWR|O_CREATE|O_TRUNC, 0666)
}
// OpenFile is the generalized open call; most users will use Open
// or Create instead. It opens the named file with specified flag
// (O_RDONLY etc.). If the file does not exist, and the O_CREATE flag
// is passed, it is created with mode perm (before umask);
// the containing directory must exist. If successful,
// methods on the returned File can be used for I/O.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( string, int, FileMode) (*File, error) {
testlog.Open()
, := openFileNolog(, , )
if != nil {
return nil,
}
.appendMode = &O_APPEND != 0
return , nil
}
var errPathEscapes = errors.New("path escapes from parent")
// openDir opens a file which is assumed to be a directory. As such, it skips
// the syscalls that make the file descriptor non-blocking as these take time
// and will fail on file descriptors for directories.
func openDir( string) (*File, error) {
testlog.Open()
return openDirNolog()
}
// lstat is overridden in tests.
var lstat = Lstat
// Rename renames (moves) oldpath to newpath.
// If newpath already exists and is not a directory, Rename replaces it.
// If newpath already exists and is a directory, Rename returns an error.
// OS-specific restrictions may apply when oldpath and newpath are in different directories.
// Even within the same directory, on non-Unix platforms Rename is not an atomic operation.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError.
func (, string) error {
return rename(, )
}
// Readlink returns the destination of the named symbolic link.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
//
// If the link destination is relative, Readlink returns the relative path
// without resolving it to an absolute one.
func ( string) (string, error) {
return readlink()
}
// Many functions in package syscall return a count of -1 instead of 0.
// Using fixCount(call()) instead of call() corrects the count.
func fixCount( int, error) (int, error) {
if < 0 {
= 0
}
return ,
}
// checkWrapErr is the test hook to enable checking unexpected wrapped errors of poll.ErrFileClosing.
// It is set to true in the export_test.go for tests (including fuzz tests).
var checkWrapErr = false
// wrapErr wraps an error that occurred during an operation on an open file.
// It passes io.EOF through unchanged, otherwise converts
// poll.ErrFileClosing to ErrClosed and wraps the error in a PathError.
func ( *File) ( string, error) error {
if == nil || == io.EOF {
return
}
if == poll.ErrFileClosing {
= ErrClosed
} else if checkWrapErr && errors.Is(, poll.ErrFileClosing) {
panic("unexpected error wrapping poll.ErrFileClosing: " + .Error())
}
return &PathError{Op: , Path: .name, Err: }
}
// TempDir returns the default directory to use for temporary files.
//
// On Unix systems, it returns $TMPDIR if non-empty, else /tmp.
// On Windows, it uses GetTempPath, returning the first non-empty
// value from %TMP%, %TEMP%, %USERPROFILE%, or the Windows directory.
// On Plan 9, it returns /tmp.
//
// The directory is neither guaranteed to exist nor have accessible
// permissions.
func () string {
return tempDir()
}
// UserCacheDir returns the default root directory to use for user-specific
// cached data. Users should create their own application-specific subdirectory
// within this one and use that.
//
// On Unix systems, it returns $XDG_CACHE_HOME as specified by
// https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html if
// non-empty, else $HOME/.cache.
// On Darwin, it returns $HOME/Library/Caches.
// On Windows, it returns %LocalAppData%.
// On Plan 9, it returns $home/lib/cache.
//
// If the location cannot be determined (for example, $HOME is not defined) or
// the path in $XDG_CACHE_HOME is relative, then it will return an error.
func () (string, error) {
var string
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "windows":
= Getenv("LocalAppData")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("%LocalAppData% is not defined")
}
case "darwin", "ios":
= Getenv("HOME")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("$HOME is not defined")
}
+= "/Library/Caches"
case "plan9":
= Getenv("home")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("$home is not defined")
}
+= "/lib/cache"
default: // Unix
= Getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")
if == "" {
= Getenv("HOME")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("neither $XDG_CACHE_HOME nor $HOME are defined")
}
+= "/.cache"
} else if !filepathlite.IsAbs() {
return "", errors.New("path in $XDG_CACHE_HOME is relative")
}
}
return , nil
}
// UserConfigDir returns the default root directory to use for user-specific
// configuration data. Users should create their own application-specific
// subdirectory within this one and use that.
//
// On Unix systems, it returns $XDG_CONFIG_HOME as specified by
// https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html if
// non-empty, else $HOME/.config.
// On Darwin, it returns $HOME/Library/Application Support.
// On Windows, it returns %AppData%.
// On Plan 9, it returns $home/lib.
//
// If the location cannot be determined (for example, $HOME is not defined) or
// the path in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is relative, then it will return an error.
func () (string, error) {
var string
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "windows":
= Getenv("AppData")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("%AppData% is not defined")
}
case "darwin", "ios":
= Getenv("HOME")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("$HOME is not defined")
}
+= "/Library/Application Support"
case "plan9":
= Getenv("home")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("$home is not defined")
}
+= "/lib"
default: // Unix
= Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
if == "" {
= Getenv("HOME")
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("neither $XDG_CONFIG_HOME nor $HOME are defined")
}
+= "/.config"
} else if !filepathlite.IsAbs() {
return "", errors.New("path in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is relative")
}
}
return , nil
}
// UserHomeDir returns the current user's home directory.
//
// On Unix, including macOS, it returns the $HOME environment variable.
// On Windows, it returns %USERPROFILE%.
// On Plan 9, it returns the $home environment variable.
//
// If the expected variable is not set in the environment, UserHomeDir
// returns either a platform-specific default value or a non-nil error.
func () (string, error) {
, := "HOME", "$HOME"
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "windows":
, = "USERPROFILE", "%userprofile%"
case "plan9":
, = "home", "$home"
}
if := Getenv(); != "" {
return , nil
}
// On some geese the home directory is not always defined.
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "android":
return "/sdcard", nil
case "ios":
return "/", nil
}
return "", errors.New( + " is not defined")
}
// Chmod changes the mode of the named file to mode.
// If the file is a symbolic link, it changes the mode of the link's target.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
//
// A different subset of the mode bits are used, depending on the
// operating system.
//
// On Unix, the mode's permission bits, ModeSetuid, ModeSetgid, and
// ModeSticky are used.
//
// On Windows, only the 0o200 bit (owner writable) of mode is used; it
// controls whether the file's read-only attribute is set or cleared.
// The other bits are currently unused. For compatibility with Go 1.12
// and earlier, use a non-zero mode. Use mode 0o400 for a read-only
// file and 0o600 for a readable+writable file.
//
// On Plan 9, the mode's permission bits, ModeAppend, ModeExclusive,
// and ModeTemporary are used.
func ( string, FileMode) error { return chmod(, ) }
// Chmod changes the mode of the file to mode.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func ( *File) ( FileMode) error { return .chmod() }
// SetDeadline sets the read and write deadlines for a File.
// It is equivalent to calling both SetReadDeadline and SetWriteDeadline.
//
// Only some kinds of files support setting a deadline. Calls to SetDeadline
// for files that do not support deadlines will return ErrNoDeadline.
// On most systems ordinary files do not support deadlines, but pipes do.
//
// A deadline is an absolute time after which I/O operations fail with an
// error instead of blocking. The deadline applies to all future and pending
// I/O, not just the immediately following call to Read or Write.
// After a deadline has been exceeded, the connection can be refreshed
// by setting a deadline in the future.
//
// If the deadline is exceeded a call to Read or Write or to other I/O
// methods will return an error that wraps ErrDeadlineExceeded.
// This can be tested using errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded).
// That error implements the Timeout method, and calling the Timeout
// method will return true, but there are other possible errors for which
// the Timeout will return true even if the deadline has not been exceeded.
//
// An idle timeout can be implemented by repeatedly extending
// the deadline after successful Read or Write calls.
//
// A zero value for t means I/O operations will not time out.
func ( *File) ( time.Time) error {
return .setDeadline()
}
// SetReadDeadline sets the deadline for future Read calls and any
// currently-blocked Read call.
// A zero value for t means Read will not time out.
// Not all files support setting deadlines; see SetDeadline.
func ( *File) ( time.Time) error {
return .setReadDeadline()
}
// SetWriteDeadline sets the deadline for any future Write calls and any
// currently-blocked Write call.
// Even if Write times out, it may return n > 0, indicating that
// some of the data was successfully written.
// A zero value for t means Write will not time out.
// Not all files support setting deadlines; see SetDeadline.
func ( *File) ( time.Time) error {
return .setWriteDeadline()
}
// SyscallConn returns a raw file.
// This implements the syscall.Conn interface.
func ( *File) () (syscall.RawConn, error) {
if := .checkValid("SyscallConn"); != nil {
return nil,
}
return newRawConn()
}
// DirFS returns a file system (an fs.FS) for the tree of files rooted at the directory dir.
//
// Note that DirFS("/prefix") only guarantees that the Open calls it makes to the
// operating system will begin with "/prefix": DirFS("/prefix").Open("file") is the
// same as os.Open("/prefix/file"). So if /prefix/file is a symbolic link pointing outside
// the /prefix tree, then using DirFS does not stop the access any more than using
// os.Open does. Additionally, the root of the fs.FS returned for a relative path,
// DirFS("prefix"), will be affected by later calls to Chdir. DirFS is therefore not
// a general substitute for a chroot-style security mechanism when the directory tree
// contains arbitrary content.
//
// Use [Root.FS] to obtain a fs.FS that prevents escapes from the tree via symbolic links.
//
// The directory dir must not be "".
//
// The result implements [io/fs.StatFS], [io/fs.ReadFileFS] and
// [io/fs.ReadDirFS].
func ( string) fs.FS {
return dirFS()
}
type dirFS string
func ( dirFS) ( string) (fs.File, error) {
, := .join()
if != nil {
return nil, &PathError{Op: "open", Path: , Err: }
}
, := Open()
if != nil {
// DirFS takes a string appropriate for GOOS,
// while the name argument here is always slash separated.
// dir.join will have mixed the two; undo that for
// error reporting.
.(*PathError).Path =
return nil,
}
return , nil
}
// The ReadFile method calls the [ReadFile] function for the file
// with the given name in the directory. The function provides
// robust handling for small files and special file systems.
// Through this method, dirFS implements [io/fs.ReadFileFS].
func ( dirFS) ( string) ([]byte, error) {
, := .join()
if != nil {
return nil, &PathError{Op: "readfile", Path: , Err: }
}
, := ReadFile()
if != nil {
if , := .(*PathError); {
// See comment in dirFS.Open.
.Path =
}
return nil,
}
return , nil
}
// ReadDir reads the named directory, returning all its directory entries sorted
// by filename. Through this method, dirFS implements [io/fs.ReadDirFS].
func ( dirFS) ( string) ([]DirEntry, error) {
, := .join()
if != nil {
return nil, &PathError{Op: "readdir", Path: , Err: }
}
, := ReadDir()
if != nil {
if , := .(*PathError); {
// See comment in dirFS.Open.
.Path =
}
return nil,
}
return , nil
}
func ( dirFS) ( string) (fs.FileInfo, error) {
, := .join()
if != nil {
return nil, &PathError{Op: "stat", Path: , Err: }
}
, := Stat()
if != nil {
// See comment in dirFS.Open.
.(*PathError).Path =
return nil,
}
return , nil
}
// join returns the path for name in dir.
func ( dirFS) ( string) (string, error) {
if == "" {
return "", errors.New("os: DirFS with empty root")
}
, := filepathlite.Localize()
if != nil {
return "", ErrInvalid
}
if IsPathSeparator([len()-1]) {
return string() + , nil
}
return string() + string(PathSeparator) + , nil
}
// ReadFile reads the named file and returns the contents.
// A successful call returns err == nil, not err == EOF.
// Because ReadFile reads the whole file, it does not treat an EOF from Read
// as an error to be reported.
func ( string) ([]byte, error) {
, := Open()
if != nil {
return nil,
}
defer .Close()
return readFileContents()
}
func readFileContents( *File) ([]byte, error) {
var int
if , := .Stat(); == nil {
:= .Size()
if int64(int()) == {
= int()
}
}
++ // one byte for final read at EOF
// If a file claims a small size, read at least 512 bytes.
// In particular, files in Linux's /proc claim size 0 but
// then do not work right if read in small pieces,
// so an initial read of 1 byte would not work correctly.
if < 512 {
= 512
}
:= make([]byte, 0, )
for {
, := .Read([len():cap()])
= [:len()+]
if != nil {
if == io.EOF {
= nil
}
return ,
}
if len() >= cap() {
:= append([:cap()], 0)
= [:len()]
}
}
}
// WriteFile writes data to the named file, creating it if necessary.
// If the file does not exist, WriteFile creates it with permissions perm (before umask);
// otherwise WriteFile truncates it before writing, without changing permissions.
// Since WriteFile requires multiple system calls to complete, a failure mid-operation
// can leave the file in a partially written state.
func ( string, []byte, FileMode) error {
, := OpenFile(, O_WRONLY|O_CREATE|O_TRUNC, )
if != nil {
return
}
_, = .Write()
if := .Close(); != nil && == nil {
=
}
return
}
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