Module 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

AllDirEntries

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.