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author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2023-03-26 21:12:25 -0400 |
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committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2023-03-31 23:01:40 -0400 |
commit | abd5e7dec039386628223f886b33047734172c8d (patch) | |
tree | ca3aecd64e1e9375ab6ed48d4a7dc54ac83b584d /src/libutil/archive.hh | |
parent | 8ae9d669409851acb6de39335b11a95a991eae6d (diff) |
Extend internal API docs, part 2
Picking up from #8111.
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libutil/archive.hh')
-rw-r--r-- | src/libutil/archive.hh | 107 |
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.hh b/src/libutil/archive.hh index e42dea540..50fb9da41 100644 --- a/src/libutil/archive.hh +++ b/src/libutil/archive.hh @@ -7,54 +7,71 @@ namespace nix { -/* dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path. The format - is as follows: - - IF path points to a REGULAR FILE: - dump(path) = attrs( - [ ("type", "regular") - , ("contents", contents(path)) - ]) - - IF path points to a DIRECTORY: - dump(path) = attrs( - [ ("type", "directory") - , ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path))))) - ]) - where f(fn) = attrs( - [ ("name", fn) - , ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn)) - ]) - - where: - - attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0) - attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b) - - encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary) - - encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n. - - contents(path) = the contents of a regular file. - - sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp). - - entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and - `..'. - - `+' denotes string concatenation. */ - - +/** + * dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path. + * + * @param path the file system data to dump. Dumping is recursive so if + * this is a directory we dump it and all its children. + * + * @param [out] sink The serialised archive is fed into this sink. + * + * @param filter Can be used to skip certain files. + * + * The format is as follows: + * + * IF path points to a REGULAR FILE: + * dump(path) = attrs( + * [ ("type", "regular") + * , ("contents", contents(path)) + * ]) + * + * IF path points to a DIRECTORY: + * dump(path) = attrs( + * [ ("type", "directory") + * , ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path))))) + * ]) + * where f(fn) = attrs( + * [ ("name", fn) + * , ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn)) + * ]) + * + * where: + * + * attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0) + * attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b) + * + * encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary) + * + * encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n. + * + * contents(path) = the contents of a regular file. + * + * sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp). + * + * entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and + * `..'. + * + * `+' denotes string concatenation. + */ void dumpPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter); -/* Same as `void dumpPath()`, but returns the last modified date of the path */ +/** + * Same as dumpPath(), but returns the last modified date of the path. + */ time_t dumpPathAndGetMtime(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter); +/** + * Dump an archive with a single file with these contents. + * + * @param s Contents of the file. + */ void dumpString(std::string_view s, Sink & sink); -/* FIXME: fix this API, it sucks. */ +/** + * \todo Fix this API, it sucks. + */ struct ParseSink { virtual void createDirectory(const Path & path) { }; @@ -68,8 +85,10 @@ struct ParseSink virtual void createSymlink(const Path & path, const std::string & target) { }; }; -/* If the NAR archive contains a single file at top-level, then save - the contents of the file to `s'. Otherwise barf. */ +/** + * If the NAR archive contains a single file at top-level, then save + * the contents of the file to `s'. Otherwise barf. + */ struct RetrieveRegularNARSink : ParseSink { bool regular = true; @@ -97,7 +116,9 @@ void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source); void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source); -/* Read a NAR from 'source' and write it to 'sink'. */ +/** + * Read a NAR from 'source' and write it to 'sink'. + */ void copyNAR(Source & source, Sink & sink); void copyPath(const Path & from, const Path & to); |