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1 /** @file
2 Provides interface to EFI_FILE_HANDLE functionality.
3
4 Copyright (c) 2009 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
5 This program and the accompanying materials
6 are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
7 which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
8 http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
9
10 THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
11 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
12
13 **/
14
15 #ifndef _FILE_HANDLE_LIBRARY_HEADER_
16 #define _FILE_HANDLE_LIBRARY_HEADER_
17
18 #include <Protocol/SimpleFileSystem.h>
19
20 /// The tag for use in identifying UNICODE files.
21 /// If the file is UNICODE, the first 16 bits of the file will equal this value.
22 extern CONST UINT16 gUnicodeFileTag;
23
24 /**
25 This function retrieves information about the file for the handle
26 specified and stores it in the allocated pool memory.
27
28 This function allocates a buffer to store the file's information. It is the
29 caller's responsibility to free the buffer.
30
31 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle of the file for which information is
32 being requested.
33
34 @retval NULL Information could not be retrieved.
35 @retval !NULL The information about the file.
36 **/
37 EFI_FILE_INFO*
38 EFIAPI
39 FileHandleGetInfo (
40 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle
41 );
42
43 /**
44 This function sets the information about the file for the opened handle
45 specified.
46
47 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle of the file for which information
48 is being set.
49
50 @param[in] FileInfo The information to set.
51
52 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The information was set.
53 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER A parameter was out of range or invalid.
54 @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED The FileHandle does not support FileInfo.
55 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no medium.
56 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
57 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
58 @retval EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED The file or medium is write protected.
59 @retval EFI_ACCESS_DENIED The file was opened read only.
60 @retval EFI_VOLUME_FULL The volume is full.
61 **/
62 EFI_STATUS
63 EFIAPI
64 FileHandleSetInfo (
65 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
66 IN CONST EFI_FILE_INFO *FileInfo
67 );
68
69 /**
70 This function reads information from an opened file.
71
72 If FileHandle is not a directory, the function reads the requested number of
73 bytes from the file at the file's current position and returns them in Buffer.
74 If the read goes beyond the end of the file, the read length is truncated to the
75 end of the file. The file's current position is increased by the number of bytes
76 returned. If FileHandle is a directory, the function reads the directory entry
77 at the file's current position and returns the entry in Buffer. If the Buffer
78 is not large enough to hold the current directory entry, then
79 EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL is returned and the current file position is not updated.
80 BufferSize is set to be the size of the buffer needed to read the entry. On
81 success, the current position is updated to the next directory entry. If there
82 are no more directory entries, the read returns a zero-length buffer.
83 EFI_FILE_INFO is the structure returned as the directory entry.
84
85 @param[in] FileHandle The opened file handle.
86 @param[in, out] BufferSize On input, the size of buffer in bytes. On return,
87 the number of bytes written.
88 @param[out] Buffer The buffer to put read data into.
89
90 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Data was read.
91 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
92 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
93 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
94 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TO_SMALL Buffer is too small. ReadSize contains required
95 size.
96
97 **/
98 EFI_STATUS
99 EFIAPI
100 FileHandleRead(
101 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
102 IN OUT UINTN *BufferSize,
103 OUT VOID *Buffer
104 );
105
106 /**
107 Write data to a file.
108
109 This function writes the specified number of bytes to the file at the current
110 file position. The current file position is advanced the actual number of bytes
111 written, which is returned in BufferSize. Partial writes only occur when there
112 has been a data error during the write attempt (such as "volume space full").
113 The file is automatically grown to hold the data if required. Direct writes to
114 opened directories are not supported.
115
116 @param[in] FileHandle The opened file for writing.
117 @param[in, out] BufferSize On input, the number of bytes in Buffer. On output,
118 the number of bytes written.
119 @param[in] Buffer The buffer containing data to write is stored.
120
121 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Data was written.
122 @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED Writes to an open directory are not supported.
123 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
124 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
125 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
126 @retval EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED The device is write-protected.
127 @retval EFI_ACCESS_DENIED The file was opened for read only.
128 @retval EFI_VOLUME_FULL The volume is full.
129 **/
130 EFI_STATUS
131 EFIAPI
132 FileHandleWrite(
133 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
134 IN OUT UINTN *BufferSize,
135 IN VOID *Buffer
136 );
137
138 /**
139 Close an open file handle.
140
141 This function closes a specified file handle. All "dirty" cached file data is
142 flushed to the device, and the file is closed. In all cases the handle is
143 closed.
144
145 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle to close.
146
147 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The file handle was closed successfully.
148 **/
149 EFI_STATUS
150 EFIAPI
151 FileHandleClose (
152 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle
153 );
154
155 /**
156 Delete a file and close the handle.
157
158 This function closes and deletes a file. In all cases the file handle is closed.
159 If the file cannot be deleted, the warning code EFI_WARN_DELETE_FAILURE is
160 returned, but the handle is still closed.
161
162 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle to delete.
163
164 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The file was closed successfully.
165 @retval EFI_WARN_DELETE_FAILURE The handle was closed, but the file was not
166 deleted.
167 @retval INVALID_PARAMETER One of the parameters has an invalid value.
168 **/
169 EFI_STATUS
170 EFIAPI
171 FileHandleDelete (
172 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle
173 );
174
175 /**
176 Set the current position in a file.
177
178 This function sets the current file position for the handle to the position
179 supplied. With the exception of moving to position 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, only
180 absolute positioning is supported, and moving past the end of the file is
181 allowed (a subsequent write would grow the file). Moving to position
182 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF causes the current position to be set to the end of the file.
183 If FileHandle is a directory, the only position that may be set is zero. This
184 has the effect of starting the read process of the directory entries over again.
185
186 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle on which the position is being set.
187 @param[in] Position The byte position from the begining of the file.
188
189 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation completed sucessfully.
190 @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED The request for non-zero is not valid on
191 directories.
192 @retval INVALID_PARAMETER One of the parameters has an invalid value.
193 **/
194 EFI_STATUS
195 EFIAPI
196 FileHandleSetPosition (
197 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
198 IN UINT64 Position
199 );
200
201 /**
202 Gets a file's current position.
203
204 This function retrieves the current file position for the file handle. For
205 directories, the current file position has no meaning outside of the file
206 system driver. As such, the operation is not supported. An error is returned
207 if FileHandle is a directory.
208
209 @param[in] FileHandle The open file handle on which to get the position.
210 @param[out] Position The byte position from begining of file.
211
212 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation completed successfully.
213 @retval INVALID_PARAMETER One of the parameters has an invalid value.
214 @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED The request is not valid on directories.
215 **/
216 EFI_STATUS
217 EFIAPI
218 FileHandleGetPosition (
219 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
220 OUT UINT64 *Position
221 );
222 /**
223 Flushes data on a file.
224
225 This function flushes all modified data associated with a file to a device.
226
227 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle on which to flush data.
228
229 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The data was flushed.
230 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
231 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
232 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
233 @retval EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED The file or medium is write protected.
234 @retval EFI_ACCESS_DENIED The file was opened for read only.
235 **/
236 EFI_STATUS
237 EFIAPI
238 FileHandleFlush (
239 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle
240 );
241
242 /**
243 Function to determine if a given handle is a directory handle.
244
245 Open the file information on the DirHandle and verify that the Attribute
246 includes EFI_FILE_DIRECTORY bit set.
247
248 @param[in] DirHandle Handle to open file.
249
250 @retval EFI_SUCCESS DirHandle is a directory.
251 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER DirHandle is NULL.
252 The file information returns from FileHandleGetInfo is NULL.
253 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND DirHandle is not a directory.
254 **/
255 EFI_STATUS
256 EFIAPI
257 FileHandleIsDirectory (
258 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle
259 );
260
261 /** Retrieve first entry from a directory.
262
263 This function takes an open directory handle and gets information from the
264 first entry in the directory. A buffer is allocated to contain
265 the information and a pointer to the buffer is returned in *Buffer. The
266 caller can use FileHandleFindNextFile() to get subsequent directory entries.
267
268 The buffer will be freed by FileHandleFindNextFile() when the last directory
269 entry is read. Otherwise, the caller must free the buffer, using FreePool,
270 when finished with it.
271
272 @param[in] DirHandle The file handle of the directory to search.
273 @param[out] Buffer The pointer to pointer to buffer for file's information.
274
275 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Found the first file.
276 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND Cannot find the directory.
277 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
278 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
279 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
280 @return Others The status of FileHandleGetInfo, FileHandleSetPosition,
281 or FileHandleRead.
282 **/
283 EFI_STATUS
284 EFIAPI
285 FileHandleFindFirstFile (
286 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle,
287 OUT EFI_FILE_INFO **Buffer
288 );
289
290 /** Retrieve next entries from a directory.
291
292 To use this function, the caller must first call the FileHandleFindFirstFile()
293 function to get the first directory entry. Subsequent directory entries are
294 retrieved by using the FileHandleFindNextFile() function. This function can
295 be called several times to get each entry from the directory. If the call of
296 FileHandleFindNextFile() retrieved the last directory entry, the next call of
297 this function will set *NoFile to TRUE and free the buffer.
298
299 @param[in] DirHandle The file handle of the directory.
300 @param[out] Buffer The pointer to buffer for file's information.
301 @param[out] NoFile The pointer to boolean when last file is found.
302
303 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Found the next file, or reached last file.
304 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
305 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
306 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
307 **/
308 EFI_STATUS
309 EFIAPI
310 FileHandleFindNextFile(
311 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle,
312 OUT EFI_FILE_INFO *Buffer,
313 OUT BOOLEAN *NoFile
314 );
315
316 /**
317 Retrieve the size of a file.
318
319 This function extracts the file size info from the FileHandle's EFI_FILE_INFO
320 data.
321
322 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle from which size is retrieved.
323 @param[out] Size The pointer to size.
324
325 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Operation was completed sucessfully.
326 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR Cannot access the file.
327 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER FileHandle is NULL.
328 Size is NULL.
329 **/
330 EFI_STATUS
331 EFIAPI
332 FileHandleGetSize (
333 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
334 OUT UINT64 *Size
335 );
336
337 /**
338 Set the size of a file.
339
340 This function changes the file size info from the FileHandle's EFI_FILE_INFO
341 data.
342
343 @param[in] FileHandle The file handle whose size is to be changed.
344 @param[in] Size The new size.
345
346 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation completed successfully.
347 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR Cannot access the file.
348 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER FileHandle is NULL.
349 **/
350 EFI_STATUS
351 EFIAPI
352 FileHandleSetSize (
353 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
354 IN UINT64 Size
355 );
356
357 /**
358 Function to get a full filename given a EFI_FILE_HANDLE somewhere lower on the
359 directory 'stack'. If the file is a directory, then append the '\' char at the
360 end of name string. If it's not a directory, then the last '\' should not be
361 added.
362
363 @param[in] Handle Handle to the Directory or File to create path to.
364 @param[out] FullFileName Pointer to pointer to generated full file name. It
365 is the responsibility of the caller to free this memory
366 with a call to FreePool().
367 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful and FullFileName is valid.
368 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Handle was NULL.
369 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER FullFileName was NULL.
370 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_MEMORY A memory allocation failed.
371 **/
372 EFI_STATUS
373 EFIAPI
374 FileHandleGetFileName (
375 IN CONST EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
376 OUT CHAR16 **FullFileName
377 );
378
379 /**
380 Function to read a single line (up to but not including the \n) from a file.
381
382 If the position upon start is 0, then the Ascii Boolean will be set. This should be
383 maintained and not changed for all operations with the same file.
384 The function will not return the \r and \n character in buffer. When an empty line is
385 read a CHAR_NULL character will be returned in buffer.
386
387 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to read from.
388 @param[in, out] Buffer The pointer to buffer to read into.
389 @param[in, out] Size The pointer to number of bytes in Buffer.
390 @param[in] Truncate If the buffer is large enough, this has no effect.
391 If the buffer is is too small and Truncate is TRUE,
392 the line will be truncated.
393 If the buffer is is too small and Truncate is FALSE,
394 then no read will occur.
395
396 @param[in, out] Ascii Boolean value for indicating whether the file is
397 Ascii (TRUE) or UCS2 (FALSE).
398
399 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful. The line is stored in
400 Buffer.
401 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Handle was NULL.
402 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Size was NULL.
403 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL Size was not large enough to store the line.
404 Size was updated to the minimum space required.
405 @sa FileHandleRead
406 **/
407 EFI_STATUS
408 EFIAPI
409 FileHandleReadLine(
410 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
411 IN OUT CHAR16 *Buffer,
412 IN OUT UINTN *Size,
413 IN BOOLEAN Truncate,
414 IN OUT BOOLEAN *Ascii
415 );
416
417 /**
418 Function to read a single line from a file. The \n is not included in the returned
419 buffer. The returned buffer must be callee freed.
420
421 If the position upon start is 0, then the Ascii Boolean will be set. This should be
422 maintained and not changed for all operations with the same file.
423
424 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to read from.
425 @param[in, out] Ascii Boolean value for indicating whether the file is
426 Ascii (TRUE) or UCS2 (FALSE).
427
428 @return The line of text from the file.
429
430 @sa FileHandleReadLine
431 **/
432 CHAR16*
433 EFIAPI
434 FileHandleReturnLine(
435 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
436 IN OUT BOOLEAN *Ascii
437 );
438
439 /**
440 Function to write a line of text to a file.
441
442 If the file is a Unicode file (with UNICODE file tag) then write the unicode
443 text.
444 If the file is an ASCII file then write the ASCII text.
445 If the size of file is zero (without file tag at the beginning) then write
446 ASCII text as default.
447
448 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to write to.
449 @param[in] Buffer Buffer to write, if NULL the function will
450 take no action and return EFI_SUCCESS.
451
452 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The data was written.
453 Buffer is NULL.
454 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Handle is NULL.
455 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES Unable to allocate temporary space for ASCII
456 string due to out of resources.
457
458 @sa FileHandleWrite
459 **/
460 EFI_STATUS
461 EFIAPI
462 FileHandleWriteLine(
463 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
464 IN CHAR16 *Buffer
465 );
466
467 /**
468 Function to take a formatted argument and print it to a file.
469
470 @param[in] Handle The file handle for the file to write to.
471 @param[in] Format The format argument (see printlib for the format specifier).
472 @param[in] ... The variable arguments for the format.
473
474 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful.
475 @retval other A return value from FileHandleWriteLine.
476
477 @sa FileHandleWriteLine
478 **/
479 EFI_STATUS
480 EFIAPI
481 FileHandlePrintLine(
482 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
483 IN CONST CHAR16 *Format,
484 ...
485 );
486
487 /**
488 Function to determine if a FILE_HANDLE is at the end of the file.
489
490 This will NOT work on directories.
491
492 If Handle is NULL, then ASSERT().
493
494 @param[in] Handle The file handle.
495
496 @retval TRUE The position is at the end of the file.
497 @retval FALSE The position is not at the end of the file.
498 **/
499 BOOLEAN
500 EFIAPI
501 FileHandleEof(
502 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle
503 );
504
505 #endif //_FILE_HANDLE_LIBRARY_HEADER_
506