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1 /** @file
2 Provides interface to EFI_FILE_HANDLE functionality.
3
4 Copyright (c) 2009 - 2011, 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 If DirHandle is NULL, then ASSERT().
246
247 Open the file information on the DirHandle, and verify that the Attribute
248 includes EFI_FILE_DIRECTORY bit set.
249
250 @param[in] DirHandle The handle to open the file.
251
252 @retval EFI_SUCCESS DirHandle is a directory.
253 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER DirHandle did not have EFI_FILE_INFO available.
254 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND DirHandle is not a directory.
255 **/
256 EFI_STATUS
257 EFIAPI
258 FileHandleIsDirectory (
259 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle
260 );
261
262 /**
263 Retrieves the first file from a directory.
264
265 This function opens a directory and gets the first file's information in the
266 directory. The caller the uses FileHandleFindNextFile() to get other files. When
267 complete, the caller is responsible for calling FreePool() on *Buffer.
268
269 @param[in] DirHandle The file handle of the directory to search.
270 @param[out] Buffer The pointer to pointer to buffer for file's information.
271
272 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Found the first file.
273 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND Cannot find the directory.
274 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
275 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
276 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
277 @return Others The status of FileHandleGetInfo, FileHandleSetPosition,
278 or FileHandleRead.
279 **/
280 EFI_STATUS
281 EFIAPI
282 FileHandleFindFirstFile (
283 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle,
284 OUT EFI_FILE_INFO **Buffer
285 );
286 /**
287 Retrieves the next file in a directory.
288
289 To use this function, caller must call the FileHandleFindFirstFile() to get the
290 first file, and then use this function get other files. This function can be
291 called for several times to get each file's information in the directory. If
292 the call of FileHandleFindNextFile() got the last file in the directory, the next
293 call of this function has no file to get. *NoFile will be set to TRUE and the
294 Buffer memory will be automatically freed.
295
296 @param[in] DirHandle The file handle of the directory.
297 @param[out] Buffer The pointer to buffer for file's information.
298 @param[out] NoFile The pointer to boolean when last file is found.
299
300 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Found the next file, or reached last file.
301 @retval EFI_NO_MEDIA The device has no media.
302 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The device reported an error.
303 @retval EFI_VOLUME_CORRUPTED The file system structures are corrupted.
304 **/
305 EFI_STATUS
306 EFIAPI
307 FileHandleFindNextFile(
308 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE DirHandle,
309 OUT EFI_FILE_INFO *Buffer,
310 OUT BOOLEAN *NoFile
311 );
312
313 /**
314 Retrieve the size of a file.
315
316 If FileHandle is NULL then ASSERT().
317 If Size is NULL then ASSERT().
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 The operation completed successfully.
326 @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR Cannot access the file.
327 **/
328 EFI_STATUS
329 EFIAPI
330 FileHandleGetSize (
331 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
332 OUT UINT64 *Size
333 );
334
335 /**
336 Set the size of a file.
337
338 If FileHandle is NULL then ASSERT().
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 **/
349 EFI_STATUS
350 EFIAPI
351 FileHandleSetSize (
352 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE FileHandle,
353 IN UINT64 Size
354 );
355
356 /**
357 Function to get a full filename given a EFI_FILE_HANDLE somewhere lower on the
358 directory 'stack'.
359
360 @param[in] Handle Handle to the Directory or File to create path to.
361 @param[out] FullFileName Pointer to pointer to generated full file name. It
362 is the responsibility of the caller to free this memory
363 with a call to FreePool().
364 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful and FullFileName is valid.
365 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Handle was NULL.
366 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER FullFileName was NULL.
367 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_MEMORY A memory allocation failed.
368 **/
369 EFI_STATUS
370 EFIAPI
371 FileHandleGetFileName (
372 IN CONST EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
373 OUT CHAR16 **FullFileName
374 );
375
376 /**
377 Function to read a single line (up to but not including the \n) from a file.
378
379 If the position upon start is 0, then the Ascii Boolean will be set. This should be
380 maintained and not changed for all operations with the same file.
381
382 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to read from.
383 @param[in, out] Buffer The pointer to buffer to read into.
384 @param[in, out] Size The pointer to number of bytes in Buffer.
385 @param[in] Truncate If the buffer is large enough, this has no effect.
386 If the buffer is is too small and Truncate is TRUE,
387 the line will be truncated.
388 If the buffer is is too small and Truncate is FALSE,
389 then no read will occur.
390
391 @param[in, out] Ascii Boolean value for indicating whether the file is
392 Ascii (TRUE) or UCS2 (FALSE).
393
394 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful. The line is stored in
395 Buffer.
396 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Handle was NULL.
397 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER Size was NULL.
398 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL Size was not large enough to store the line.
399 Size was updated to the minimum space required.
400 @sa FileHandleRead
401 **/
402 EFI_STATUS
403 EFIAPI
404 FileHandleReadLine(
405 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
406 IN OUT CHAR16 *Buffer,
407 IN OUT UINTN *Size,
408 IN BOOLEAN Truncate,
409 IN OUT BOOLEAN *Ascii
410 );
411
412 /**
413 Function to read a single line from a file. The \n is not included in the returned
414 buffer. The returned buffer must be callee freed.
415
416 If the position upon start is 0, then the Ascii Boolean will be set. This should be
417 maintained and not changed for all operations with the same file.
418
419 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to read from.
420 @param[in, out] Ascii Boolean value for indicating whether the file is
421 Ascii (TRUE) or UCS2 (FALSE).
422
423 @return The line of text from the file.
424
425 @sa FileHandleReadLine
426 **/
427 CHAR16*
428 EFIAPI
429 FileHandleReturnLine(
430 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
431 IN OUT BOOLEAN *Ascii
432 );
433
434 /**
435 Function to write a line of unicode text to a file.
436
437 If Handle is NULL, ASSERT.
438
439 @param[in] Handle FileHandle to write to.
440 @param[in] Buffer Buffer to write, if NULL the function will
441 take no action and return EFI_SUCCESS.
442
443 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The data was written.
444 @retval other Failure.
445
446 @sa FileHandleWrite
447 **/
448 EFI_STATUS
449 EFIAPI
450 FileHandleWriteLine(
451 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
452 IN CHAR16 *Buffer
453 );
454
455 /**
456 Function to take a formatted argument and print it to a file.
457
458 @param[in] Handle The file handle for the file to write to.
459 @param[in] Format The format argument (see printlib for the format specifier).
460 @param[in] ... The variable arguments for the format.
461
462 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The operation was successful.
463 @retval other A return value from FileHandleWriteLine.
464
465 @sa FileHandleWriteLine
466 **/
467 EFI_STATUS
468 EFIAPI
469 FileHandlePrintLine(
470 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle,
471 IN CONST CHAR16 *Format,
472 ...
473 );
474
475 /**
476 Function to determine if a FILE_HANDLE is at the end of the file.
477
478 This will NOT work on directories.
479
480 If Handle is NULL, then ASSERT().
481
482 @param[in] Handle The file handle.
483
484 @retval TRUE The position is at the end of the file.
485 @retval FALSE The position is not at the end of the file.
486 **/
487 BOOLEAN
488 EFIAPI
489 FileHandleEof(
490 IN EFI_FILE_HANDLE Handle
491 );
492
493 #endif //_FILE_HANDLE_LIBRARY_HEADER_
494