The ioctl(2) system call may be used to retrieve information about
the fat file system and to set file attributes.
This new manpage describes the details.
This second version of the patch considers comments by Michael Kerrisk:
| I wonder if it might be better to call this page "ioctl_fat.2"
| just for consistency with ioctl_list.2. What do you think?
ioctl-fat due to the hyphen can never collide with a function name.
ioctl_fat could collide with a future function name.
Hyphens are used for other subpages too, cf. git-send-email.1
_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT, struct __fat_dirent[2] " entry);
|
| Please bracket the SYNOPSIS with
| .nf
| .fi
|
| Then you can remove the .br tags. Also, could you manually indent
| the lines that wrap (as is done in say mmap.2).
done
| I think all instances of "fat" in the text should be "FAT" right?
done
| change all instances of "file system" to "filesystem"
done
| Change all instances to "bit mask"
done
| s/read only/read-only/
done
|| +Zero value
|
| s/Zero/The zero/
done
| s/an file/a file/
done
| s/they/the/
done
| s/id/ID/
done
| s/16 bit/16-bt/
done
|| +argument has to be a file descriptor for a directory.
|
| s/has to/must/
done
| s/only be used once/be only used once/
done
|| +argument is an array of length two of the following structure.
|
| s/an array of length two of the following structure/
| a two-element containing the following structures/
done:
a two-element array containing the following structures
|
| s/\./:/
|
| And add a blank line here.
done
| The formatting of the errors section is wrong. You want a .TP
| list. See some other *.2 pages for examples.
done
| s/archive/the archive/
done
| s/attribute/attribute,/
done
| s/calling/applying/
| s/for file/to the file/
done
| Thanks for these example programs! But, I think the output
| could be a little less verbose. In this and the next program,
| I think you could drop the following message with no loss of
| understanding for the reader:
|
| * Reading FAR attributes
| * Closing...
|
done
| Also, I'd tend to drop the "." at the end of each output
| line, but that's mostly a personal taste thing.
| (But, I note that your final example does have
| instances of "." on the output lines.)
done
| You need to include unistd.h for close(2).
| (Best to ensure that all code passes "cc -Wall -Wextra)
|
| Also in the other examples below.
done
|
| s/Usage/Usage:/
| (and in the other example programs)
done
| For consistency with the rest of the code base, I prefer the form
|
|
| exit(EXIT_...);
|
| Could you all the examples change please.
done
|| +The following output was recored when calling the program for
|
| s/recored/recorded/
done
|
|| +directory
|| +.IR /mnt/user
|
| s/$/ ./
done
| s/calling/applying/
| s/for directory/to the directory/
done
|| + * read next directory entry
|| + */
| The above comment is formatted differntly from the others.
|
done
|| + * If an error occurs the return value is \-1.
|
| s/occurs/occurs,/
done
|
|| + * The end of the directory list is reached when
|| + * the d_reclen is zero.
|
| I'd make that last:
|
| If d_reclen is zero, then the end of the directory list has
| been reached.
done
---
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+.\" Copyright (C) 2014, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
+.\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
+.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
+.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
+.\" preserved on all copies.
+.\"
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+.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that
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+.\" no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting.
+.\" from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may.
+.\" not have taken the same level of care in the production of this.
+.\" manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working.
+.\" professionally.
+.\"
+.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
+.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
+.TH IOCTl-FAT 2 2014-11-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH "NAME"
+ioctl-fat \- manipulating the FAT filesystem
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
+.br
+.B #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+.sp
+.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES, uint32_t * " attr);
+.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES, uint32_t * " attr);
+.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID, uint32_t * " id);
+.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH,
+.BI " struct __fat_dirent[2] " entry);
+.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT,
+.BI " struct __fat_dirent[2] " entry);
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR ioctl (2)
+function can be used to read and write metadata of the FAT filesystems that
+are not accessible using other system calls.
+.SS Reading and setting file attributes
+Files and directories in the FAT filesystem possess an attribute bit mask that
+can be read with
+.B FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES
+and written with
+.BR FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES .
+.PP
+The
+.I fd
+argument contains a file descriptor for the file or directory.
+It is sufficient to create the file descriptor by calling
+.BR open (2)
+with the
+.B O_RDONLY
+flag.
+.PP
+The
+.I attr
+argument contains a pointer to the bit mask.
+The bits of the bit mask are
+.TP
+.B ATTR_RO
+This bit specifies that the file or directory is read-only.
+.TP
+.B ATTR_HIDDEN
+This bit specifies that the file or directory is hidden.
+.TP
+.B ATTR_SYS
+This bit specifies that the file is a system file.
+.TP
+.B ATTR_VOLUME
+This bit specifies that the file is a volume label.
+This attribute is read-only.
+.TP
+.B ATTR_DIR
+This bit specifies that this is a directory.
+This attribute is read-only.
+.TP
+.B ATTR_ARCH
+This bit indicates that this file or directory should be archived.
+It is set when a file is created or modified.
+It is reset by an archiving system.
+.PP
+The zero value
+.B ATTR_NONE
+can be used to indicate that no attribute bit is set.
+.SS Reading the volume label
+Fat filesystems are identified by a volume label.
+The volume label can be read with
+.BR FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID .
+.PP
+The
+.I fd
+argument can be a file descriptor for any file or directory of the
+filesystem.
+It is sufficient to create the file descriptor by calling
+.BR open (2)
+with the
+.B O_RDONLY
+flag.
+.PP
+The
+.I id
+argument is a pointer to the field that will be filled with the volume ID.
+Typically the volume label is displayed to the user a a group of two
+16-bit fields.
+.PP
+.in +4n
+.nf
+printf("Volume ID %4x-%4x\\n", id >> 16, id & 0xFFFF);
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Reading short file names of a directory
+A file or directory on a FAT filesystem always has a short filename
+consisting of up to 8 capital letters, optionally followed by a period
+and up to 3 capital letters for the file extension.
+If the actual filename does not fit into this scheme, it is stored
+as a long filename of up to 255 UTF-16 characters.
+.PP
+The short filenames in a directory can be read with
+.BR VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT .
+.B VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH
+reads both the short and the long filenames.
+.PP
+The
+.I fd
+argument must be a file descriptor for a directory.
+It is sufficient to create the file descriptor by calling
+.BR open (2)
+with the
+.B O_RDONLY
+flag.
+The file descriptor can be only used once to iterate over the directory
+entries by calling
+.BR ioctl (2)
+repeatedly.
+.PP
+The
+.I entry
+argument is a two-element array of the following structures.
+
+.in +4n
+.nf
+struct __fat_dirent {
+ long d_ino;
+ __kernel_off_t d_off;
+ uint32_t short d_reclen;
+ char d_name[256];
+};
+.fi
+.in
+.PP
+The first entry in the array is for the short filename.
+The second entry is for the long filename.
+.PP
+Field
+.I d_reclen
+specifies the length of the filename in field
+.IR d_name .
+A length of 0 for the short filename signals that the end of the directory
+has been reached.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B ENOTDIR
+This error is returned by
+.B VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT
+and
+.B VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT
+if the file descriptor does not point to a directory.
+.TP
+.B ENOTTY
+This error signals that the file descriptor is not for a FAT filesystem.
+.PP
+For further error values see
+.BR ioctl (2).
+.SH VERSIONS
+.B FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID
+was introduced in version 3.11 of the Linux kernel.
+.PP
+.BR FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES ,
+.BR FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES ,
+.BR VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH ,
+and
+.B VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT
+were introduced before version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel.
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+This API is Linux-specific.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.SS Toggling the archive flag
+The following program demonstrates the usage of the ioctl API to manipulate
+file attributes.
+It reads and displays the archive attribute of a file.
+After inverting the value of the attribute, it reads and displays it again.
+.PP
+The following was recorded when applying the program for the file
+.IR /mnt/user/foo .
+.SS Example output
+.in +4n
+.nf
+# ./toggle_archive_flag /mnt/user/foo
+Archive flag is set
+Toggling archive flag
+Archive flag is not set
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Program source
+.in +4n
+.nf
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/*
+ * Read file attributes of a file on a FAT filesystem.
+ * Output the state of the archive flag.
+ */
+static uint32_t
+readattr(int fd)
+{
+ uint32_t attr;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ioctl(fd, FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES, &attr);
+ if (ret == \-1) {
+ perror("ioctl");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ if (attr & ATTR_ARCH)
+ printf("Archive flag is set\\n");
+ else
+ printf("Archive flag is not set\\n");
+
+ return attr;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ uint32_t attr;
+ int fd;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ printf("Usage: %s FILENAME\\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd == \-1) {
+ perror("open");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Read and display the FAT file attributes.
+ */
+ attr = readattr(fd);
+
+ /*
+ * Invert archive attribute.
+ */
+ printf("Toggling archive flag\\n");
+ attr ^= ATTR_ARCH;
+
+ /*
+ * Write the changed FAT file attributes.
+ */
+ ret = ioctl(fd, FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES, &attr);
+ if (ret == \-1) {
+ perror("ioctl");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Read and display the FAT file attributes.
+ */
+ readattr(fd);
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Reading the volume label
+The following program demonstrates the usage of the ioctl API to
+display the volume label of a FAT filesystem.
+.PP
+The following output was recorded when applying the program for
+directory
+.IR /mnt/user .
+.SS Example output
+.in +4n
+.nf
+$ ./display_volume_id /mnt/user
+Volume ID 6443-6241
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Program source
+.in +4n
+.nf
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ uint32_t id;
+ int fd;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ printf("Usage: %s FILENAME\\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd == \-1) {
+ perror("open");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Read volume ID.
+ */
+ ret = ioctl(fd, FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID, &id);
+ if (ret == \-1) {
+ perror("ioctl");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Format the output as two groups of 16 bits each.
+ */
+ printf("Volume ID %4x\-%4x\\n", id >> 16, id & 0xFFFF);
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Listing a directory
+The following program demonstrates the usage of the ioctl API to
+list a directory.
+.PP
+The following was recorded when applying the program for the directory
+.IR /mnt/user .
+.SS Example output
+.in +4n
+.nf
+$ ./fat_dir /mnt/user
+\[char46] -> ''
+\[char46]. -> ''
+ALONGF~1.TXT -> 'a long filename.txt'
+UPPER.TXT -> ''
+LOWER.TXT -> 'lower.txt'
+.fi
+.in
+.SS Program source
+.in +4n
+.nf
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ struct __fat_dirent entry[2];
+ int fd;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ printf("Usage: %s DIRECTORY\\\\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Open file descriptor for the directory.
+ */
+ fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+ if (fd == \-1) {
+ perror("open");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ for (;;) {
+
+ /*
+ * Read next directory entry.
+ */
+ ret = ioctl( fd, VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH, entry);
+
+ /*
+ * If an error occurs, the return value is \-1.
+ * If d_reclen is zero, the end of the directory
+ * list has been reached.
+ */
+ if (ret == \-1 || entry[0].d_reclen == 0)
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Write both the short name and the long name.
+ */
+ printf("%s \-> '%s'\\n", entry[0].d_name, entry[1].d_name);
+ }
+ if (ret == \-1) {
+ perror("VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Close the file descriptor.
+ */
+ close(fd);
+
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+.fi
+.in
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ioctl (2)
--
2.1.1
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