Module linux_io::fd

The main File type and its supporting utilities for working safely with file descriptors.

Modules

• fcntl
  A safer abstraction for fcntl.
• ioctl
  A safer abstraction for ioctl.
• sockopt
  A safer abstraction for setsockopt and getsockopt.

Structs

• DirEntries
  An iterator over directory entries in an already-populated getdents64 result buffer.
• DirEntry
  A single directory entry extracted from a buffer populated by getdents64.
• File
  An encapsulated Linux file descriptor.
• OpenOptions
  Encapsulates the various options for the open system call behind a builder API.

Enums

• DirEntryType
  Directory entry type.
• OpenWithMode
  A marker type used with OpenOptions to represent situations where opening the file would require a mode argument.
• OpenWithoutMode
  A marker type used with OpenOptions to represent situations where opening the file would require a mode argument.

Constants

• OPEN_READ_ONLY
  Use with File::open to open a file only for reading.
• OPEN_READ_WRITE
  Use with File::open to open a file for both reading and writing.
• OPEN_WRITE_ONLY
  Use with File::open to open a file only for writing.

Traits

• OpenMode
  A marker trait used with OpenOptions to represent whether a particular set of options must be opened with an additional mode argument.