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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/file.erl b/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
index 46ffa9d708..cffe4e3db5 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
%% Specialized
-export([ipread_s32bu_p32bu/3]).
%% Generic file contents.
--export([open/2, close/1,
+-export([open/2, close/1, advise/4,
read/2, write/2,
pread/2, pread/3, pwrite/2, pwrite/3,
read_line/1,
- position/2, truncate/1, sync/1,
+ position/2, truncate/1, datasync/1, sync/1,
copy/2, copy/3]).
%% High level operations
-export([consult/1, path_consult/2]).
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
-export([ipread_s32bu_p32bu_int/3]).
+%% Types that can be used from other modules -- alphabetically ordered.
+-export_type([date_time/0, fd/0, file_info/0, filename/0, io_device/0,
+ name/0, posix/0]).
%%% Includes and defines
-include("file.hrl").
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
-type mode() :: 'read' | 'write' | 'append' | 'raw' | 'binary' |
{'delayed_write', non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer()} |
'delayed_write' | {'read_ahead', pos_integer()} |
- 'read_ahead' | 'compressed'.
+ 'read_ahead' | 'compressed' | 'exclusive'.
-type name() :: string() | atom() | [name()].
-type posix() :: atom().
-type bindings() :: any().
@@ -89,6 +92,8 @@
-type date() :: {pos_integer(), pos_integer(), pos_integer()}.
-type time() :: {non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer()}.
-type date_time() :: {date(), time()}.
+-type posix_file_advise() :: 'normal' | 'sequential' | 'random' | 'no_reuse' |
+ 'will_need' | 'dont_need'.
%%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
%%% General functions
@@ -352,10 +357,22 @@ close(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle) ->
close(_) ->
{error, badarg}.
--spec read(File :: io_device(), Size :: non_neg_integer()) ->
+-spec advise(File :: io_device(), Offset :: integer(),
+ Length :: integer(), Advise :: posix_file_advise()) ->
+ 'ok' | {'error', posix()}.
+
+advise(File, Offset, Length, Advise) when is_pid(File) ->
+ R = file_request(File, {advise, Offset, Length, Advise}),
+ wait_file_reply(File, R);
+advise(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle, Offset, Length, Advise) ->
+ Module:advise(Handle, Offset, Length, Advise);
+advise(_, _, _, _) ->
+ {error, badarg}.
+
+-spec read(File :: io_device() | atom(), Size :: non_neg_integer()) ->
'eof' | {'ok', [char()] | binary()} | {'error', posix()}.
-read(File, Sz) when is_pid(File), is_integer(Sz), Sz >= 0 ->
+read(File, Sz) when (is_pid(File) orelse is_atom(File)), is_integer(Sz), Sz >= 0 ->
case io:request(File, {get_chars, '', Sz}) of
Data when is_list(Data); is_binary(Data) ->
{ok, Data};
@@ -368,10 +385,10 @@ read(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle, Sz)
read(_, _) ->
{error, badarg}.
--spec read_line(File :: io_device()) ->
+-spec read_line(File :: io_device() | atom()) ->
'eof' | {'ok', [char()] | binary()} | {'error', posix()}.
-read_line(File) when is_pid(File) ->
+read_line(File) when (is_pid(File) orelse is_atom(File)) ->
case io:request(File, {get_line, ''}) of
Data when is_list(Data); is_binary(Data) ->
{ok, Data};
@@ -422,10 +439,10 @@ pread(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle, Offs, Sz)
pread(_, _, _) ->
{error, badarg}.
--spec write(File :: io_device(), Byte :: iodata()) ->
+-spec write(File :: io_device() | atom(), Byte :: iodata()) ->
'ok' | {'error', posix()}.
-write(File, Bytes) when is_pid(File) ->
+write(File, Bytes) when (is_pid(File) orelse is_atom(File)) ->
case make_binary(Bytes) of
Bin when is_binary(Bin) ->
io:request(File, {put_chars,Bin});
@@ -472,6 +489,16 @@ pwrite(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle, Offs, Bytes) ->
pwrite(_, _, _) ->
{error, badarg}.
+-spec datasync(File :: io_device()) -> 'ok' | {'error', posix()}.
+
+datasync(File) when is_pid(File) ->
+ R = file_request(File, datasync),
+ wait_file_reply(File, R);
+datasync(#file_descriptor{module = Module} = Handle) ->
+ Module:datasync(Handle);
+datasync(_) ->
+ {error, badarg}.
+
-spec sync(File :: io_device()) -> 'ok' | {'error', posix()}.
sync(File) when is_pid(File) ->