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libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex (3ssh2)

Name

libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex - get or set attributes on an SFTP file handle

Synopsis

#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>

int
libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle,
LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs, int setstat)

#define libssh2_sftp_fstat(handle, attrs) \
libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex((handle), (attrs), 0)
#define libssh2_sftp_fsetstat(handle, attrs) \
libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex((handle), (attrs), 1)

Description

libssh2 manual                                    libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex(3ssh2)



NAME
       libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex - get or set attributes on an SFTP file handle

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libssh2.h>
       #include <libssh2_sftp.h>

       int
       libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle,
                             LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs, int setstat)

       #define libssh2_sftp_fstat(handle, attrs) \
           libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex((handle), (attrs), 0)
       #define libssh2_sftp_fsetstat(handle, attrs) \
           libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex((handle), (attrs), 1)

DESCRIPTION
       handle - SFTP File Handle as returned by libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3)

       attrs  -  Pointer  to  an LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES structure to set file
       metadata from or into depending on the value of setstat.

       setstat - When non-zero, the file's metadata will be updated  with  the
       data  found  in attrs according to the values of attrs->flags and other
       relevant member attributes.

       Get or Set statbuf type data for a given LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE instance.

DATA TYPES
       LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES is a typedefed struct that is defined as below

       struct _LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES {

           /* If flags & ATTR_* bit is set, then the value in this
            * struct will be meaningful Otherwise it should be ignored
            */
           unsigned long flags;

           /* size of file, in bytes */
           libssh2_uint64_t filesize;

           /* numerical representation of the user and group owner of
            * the file
            */
           unsigned long uid, gid;

           /* bitmask of permissions */
           unsigned long permissions;

           /* access time and modified time of file */
           unsigned long atime, mtime;
       };

       You will find a full set of defines and macros to  identify  flags  and
       permissions  on  the  libssh2_sftp.h  header file, but some of the most
       common ones are:

       To check for specific user permissions, the set of defines are  in  the
       pattern  LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_I<action><who>  where <action> is R, W or X for
       read, write and executable and <who> is USR,  GRP  and  OTH  for  user,
       group  and  other.  So, you check for a user readable file, use the bit
       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IRUSR while you want to see  if  it  is  executable  for
       other, you use LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IXOTH and so on.

       To  check for specific file types, you would previously (before libssh2
       1.2.5) use the standard posix S_IS***() macros, but since 1.2.5 libssh2
       offers its own set of macros for this functionality:

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISLNK
              Test for a symbolic link

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISREG
              Test for a regular file

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISDIR
              Test for a directory

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISCHR
              Test for a character special file

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISBLK
              Test for a block special file

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISFIFO
              Test for a pipe or FIFO special file

       LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_ISSOCK
              Test for a socket

RETURN VALUE
       Return   0  on  success  or  negative  on  failure.   It  returns  LIB-
       SSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN  when  it   would   otherwise   block.   While   LIB-
       SSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN  is  a negative number, it isn't really a failure per
       se.

ERRORS
       LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT -

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL - An invalid  SFTP  protocol  response  was
       received  on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to be
       returned by the server.

AVAILABILITY
       This function has been around since  forever,  but  most  of  the  LIB-
       SSH2_SFTP_S_*  defines  were  introduced  in  libssh2 0.14 and the LIB-
       SSH2_SFTP_S_IS***() macros were introduced in libssh2 1.2.5.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libssh2  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3)



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded   from    https://www.libssh2.org/download/lib-
       ssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.libssh2.org/.



libssh2 0.15                      1 Jun 2007
                                                  libssh2_sftp_fstat_ex(3ssh2)