util.{hh,cc}: Split out file-system.{hh,cc}

Change-Id: Ifa89a529e7e34e7291eca87d802d2f569cf2493e

16 files changed, 965 insertions, 919 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
index a18c54ebf..c3f39d4b3 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "archive.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "config.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.hh b/src/libutil/archive.hh
index 017b6633c..f163a1947 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.hh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 
 
 namespace nix {
diff --git a/src/libutil/canon-path.cc b/src/libutil/canon-path.cc
index 040464532..f678fae94 100644
--- a/src/libutil/canon-path.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/canon-path.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "canon-path.hh"
-#include "util.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/cgroup.cc b/src/libutil/cgroup.cc
index 9320d2371..aa7802f79 100644
--- a/src/libutil/cgroup.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/cgroup.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "cgroup.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 
 #include <chrono>
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index 81efcd507..f6f14878a 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "args.hh"
 #include "abstract-setting-to-json.hh"
 #include "experimental-features.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 
 #include "config-impl.hh"
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.cc b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5ba42eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,678 @@
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <atomic>
+
+#include "environment-variables.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
+#include "finally.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "signals.hh"
+#include "types.hh"
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+namespace nix {
+
+Path absPath(Path path, std::optional<PathView> dir, bool resolveSymlinks)
+{
+    if (path.empty() || path[0] != '/') {
+        if (!dir) {
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            /* GNU (aka. GNU/Hurd) doesn't have any limitation on path
+               lengths and doesn't define `PATH_MAX'.  */
+            char *buf = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+            if (buf == NULL)
+#else
+            char buf[PATH_MAX];
+            if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
+#endif
+                throw SysError("cannot get cwd");
+            path = concatStrings(buf, "/", path);
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            free(buf);
+#endif
+        } else
+            path = concatStrings(*dir, "/", path);
+    }
+    return canonPath(path, resolveSymlinks);
+}
+
+
+Path canonPath(PathView path, bool resolveSymlinks)
+{
+    assert(path != "");
+
+    std::string s;
+    s.reserve(256);
+
+    if (path[0] != '/')
+        throw Error("not an absolute path: '%1%'", path);
+
+    std::string temp;
+
+    /* Count the number of times we follow a symlink and stop at some
+       arbitrary (but high) limit to prevent infinite loops. */
+    unsigned int followCount = 0, maxFollow = 1024;
+
+    while (1) {
+
+        /* Skip slashes. */
+        while (!path.empty() && path[0] == '/') path.remove_prefix(1);
+        if (path.empty()) break;
+
+        /* Ignore `.'. */
+        if (path == "." || path.substr(0, 2) == "./")
+            path.remove_prefix(1);
+
+        /* If `..', delete the last component. */
+        else if (path == ".." || path.substr(0, 3) == "../")
+        {
+            if (!s.empty()) s.erase(s.rfind('/'));
+            path.remove_prefix(2);
+        }
+
+        /* Normal component; copy it. */
+        else {
+            s += '/';
+            if (const auto slash = path.find('/'); slash == std::string::npos) {
+                s += path;
+                path = {};
+            } else {
+                s += path.substr(0, slash);
+                path = path.substr(slash);
+            }
+
+            /* If s points to a symlink, resolve it and continue from there */
+            if (resolveSymlinks && isLink(s)) {
+                if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
+                    throw Error("infinite symlink recursion in path '%1%'", path);
+                temp = concatStrings(readLink(s), path);
+                path = temp;
+                if (!temp.empty() && temp[0] == '/') {
+                    s.clear();  /* restart for symlinks pointing to absolute path */
+                } else {
+                    s = dirOf(s);
+                    if (s == "/") {  // we don’t want trailing slashes here, which dirOf only produces if s = /
+                        s.clear();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s.empty() ? "/" : std::move(s);
+}
+
+void chmodPath(const Path & path, mode_t mode)
+{
+    if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
+        throw SysError("setting permissions on '%s'", path);
+}
+
+Path dirOf(const PathView path)
+{
+    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
+    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+        return ".";
+    return pos == 0 ? "/" : Path(path, 0, pos);
+}
+
+
+std::string_view baseNameOf(std::string_view path)
+{
+    if (path.empty())
+        return "";
+
+    auto last = path.size() - 1;
+    if (path[last] == '/' && last > 0)
+        last -= 1;
+
+    auto pos = path.rfind('/', last);
+    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+        pos = 0;
+    else
+        pos += 1;
+
+    return path.substr(pos, last - pos + 1);
+}
+
+
+std::string expandTilde(std::string_view path)
+{
+    // TODO: expand ~user ?
+    auto tilde = path.substr(0, 2);
+    if (tilde == "~/" || tilde == "~")
+        return getHome() + std::string(path.substr(1));
+    else
+        return std::string(path);
+}
+
+
+bool isInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir)
+{
+    return path.substr(0, 1) == "/"
+        && path.substr(0, dir.size()) == dir
+        && path.size() >= dir.size() + 2
+        && path[dir.size()] == '/';
+}
+
+
+bool isDirOrInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir)
+{
+    return path == dir || isInDir(path, dir);
+}
+
+
+struct stat stat(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
+    return st;
+}
+
+
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
+    return st;
+}
+
+std::optional<struct stat> maybeLstat(const Path & path)
+{
+    std::optional<struct stat> st{std::in_place};
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &*st))
+    {
+        if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
+            st.reset();
+        else
+            throw SysError("getting status of '%s'", path);
+    }
+    return st;
+}
+
+bool pathExists(const Path & path)
+{
+    return maybeLstat(path).has_value();
+}
+
+bool pathAccessible(const Path & path)
+{
+    try {
+        return pathExists(path);
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        // swallow EPERM
+        if (e.errNo == EPERM) return false;
+        throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+Path readLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    std::vector<char> buf;
+    for (ssize_t bufSize = PATH_MAX/4; true; bufSize += bufSize/2) {
+        buf.resize(bufSize);
+        ssize_t rlSize = readlink(path.c_str(), buf.data(), bufSize);
+        if (rlSize == -1)
+            if (errno == EINVAL)
+                throw Error("'%1%' is not a symlink", path);
+            else
+                throw SysError("reading symbolic link '%1%'", path);
+        else if (rlSize < bufSize)
+            return std::string(buf.data(), rlSize);
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    return S_ISLNK(st.st_mode);
+}
+
+
+DirEntries readDirectory(DIR *dir, const Path & path)
+{
+    DirEntries entries;
+    entries.reserve(64);
+
+    struct dirent * dirent;
+    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) { /* sic */
+        checkInterrupt();
+        std::string name = dirent->d_name;
+        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
+        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino,
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
+            dirent->d_type
+#else
+            DT_UNKNOWN
+#endif
+        );
+    }
+    if (errno) throw SysError("reading directory '%1%'", path);
+
+    return entries;
+}
+
+DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
+{
+    AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(path.c_str()));
+    if (!dir) throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+
+    return readDirectory(dir.get(), path);
+}
+
+
+unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) return DT_DIR;
+    if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) return DT_LNK;
+    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) return DT_REG;
+    return DT_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+
+std::string readFile(int fd)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+        throw SysError("statting file");
+
+    return drainFD(fd, true, st.st_size);
+}
+
+
+std::string readFile(const Path & path)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)};
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+    return readFile(fd.get());
+}
+
+
+void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)};
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%s'", path);
+    drainFD(fd.get(), sink);
+}
+
+
+void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode, bool sync)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+    try {
+        writeFull(fd.get(), s);
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
+        throw;
+    }
+    if (sync)
+        fd.fsync();
+    // Explicitly close to make sure exceptions are propagated.
+    fd.close();
+    if (sync)
+        syncParent(path);
+}
+
+
+void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode, bool sync)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+
+    std::vector<char> buf(64 * 1024);
+
+    try {
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                auto n = source.read(buf.data(), buf.size());
+                writeFull(fd.get(), {buf.data(), n});
+            } catch (EndOfFile &) { break; }
+        }
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
+        throw;
+    }
+    if (sync)
+        fd.fsync();
+    // Explicitly close to make sure exceptions are propagated.
+    fd.close();
+    if (sync)
+        syncParent(path);
+}
+
+void syncParent(const Path & path)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd{open(dirOf(path).c_str(), O_RDONLY, 0)};
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+    fd.fsync();
+}
+
+static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    std::string name(baseNameOf(path));
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (fstatat(parentfd, name.c_str(), &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == -1) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
+        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
+    }
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        /* We are about to delete a file. Will it likely free space? */
+
+        switch (st.st_nlink) {
+            /* Yes: last link. */
+            case 1:
+                bytesFreed += st.st_size;
+                break;
+            /* Maybe: yes, if 'auto-optimise-store' or manual optimisation
+               was performed. Instead of checking for real let's assume
+               it's an optimised file and space will be freed.
+
+               In worst case we will double count on freed space for files
+               with exactly two hardlinks for unoptimised packages.
+             */
+            case 2:
+                bytesFreed += st.st_size;
+                break;
+            /* No: 3+ links. */
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        /* Make the directory accessible. */
+        const auto PERM_MASK = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
+        if ((st.st_mode & PERM_MASK) != PERM_MASK) {
+            if (fchmodat(parentfd, name.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK, 0) == -1)
+                throw SysError("chmod '%1%'", path);
+        }
+
+        int fd = openat(parentfd, path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+        if (fd == -1)
+            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+        AutoCloseDir dir(fdopendir(fd));
+        if (!dir)
+            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+        for (auto & i : readDirectory(dir.get(), path))
+            _deletePath(dirfd(dir.get()), path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed);
+    }
+
+    int flags = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? AT_REMOVEDIR : 0;
+    if (unlinkat(parentfd, name.c_str(), flags) == -1) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
+        throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
+    }
+}
+
+static void _deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
+{
+    Path dir = dirOf(path);
+    if (dir == "")
+        dir = "/";
+
+    AutoCloseFD dirfd{open(dir.c_str(), O_RDONLY)};
+    if (!dirfd) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
+        throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+    }
+
+    _deletePath(dirfd.get(), path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    uint64_t dummy;
+    deletePath(path, dummy);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
+{
+    //Activity act(*logger, lvlDebug, "recursively deleting path '%1%'", path);
+    bytesFreed = 0;
+    _deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path)
+{
+    Paths created;
+    if (path == "/") return created;
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+        created = createDirs(dirOf(path));
+        if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError("creating directory '%1%'", path);
+        st = lstat(path);
+        created.push_back(path);
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && stat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+        throw SysError("statting symlink '%1%'", path);
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) throw Error("'%1%' is not a directory", path);
+
+    return created;
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+AutoDelete::AutoDelete() : del{false} {}
+
+AutoDelete::AutoDelete(const std::string & p, bool recursive) : path(p)
+{
+    del = true;
+    this->recursive = recursive;
+}
+
+AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
+{
+    try {
+        if (del) {
+            if (recursive)
+                deletePath(path);
+            else {
+                if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
+                    throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoDelete::cancel()
+{
+    del = false;
+}
+
+void AutoDelete::reset(const Path & p, bool recursive) {
+    path = p;
+    this->recursive = recursive;
+    del = true;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+static Path tempName(Path tmpRoot, const Path & prefix, bool includePid,
+    std::atomic<unsigned int> & counter)
+{
+    tmpRoot = canonPath(tmpRoot.empty() ? getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp") : tmpRoot, true);
+    if (includePid)
+        return fmt("%1%/%2%-%3%-%4%", tmpRoot, prefix, getpid(), counter++);
+    else
+        return fmt("%1%/%2%-%3%", tmpRoot, prefix, counter++);
+}
+
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
+    bool includePid, bool useGlobalCounter, mode_t mode)
+{
+    static std::atomic<unsigned int> globalCounter = 0;
+    std::atomic<unsigned int> localCounter = 0;
+    auto & counter(useGlobalCounter ? globalCounter : localCounter);
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        Path tmpDir = tempName(tmpRoot, prefix, includePid, counter);
+        if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), mode) == 0) {
+#if __FreeBSD__
+            /* Explicitly set the group of the directory.  This is to
+               work around around problems caused by BSD's group
+               ownership semantics (directories inherit the group of
+               the parent).  For instance, the group of /tmp on
+               FreeBSD is "wheel", so all directories created in /tmp
+               will be owned by "wheel"; but if the user is not in
+               "wheel", then "tar" will fail to unpack archives that
+               have the setgid bit set on directories. */
+            if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), (uid_t) -1, getegid()) != 0)
+                throw SysError("setting group of directory '%1%'", tmpDir);
+#endif
+            return tmpDir;
+        }
+        if (errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError("creating directory '%1%'", tmpDir);
+    }
+}
+
+
+std::pair<AutoCloseFD, Path> createTempFile(const Path & prefix)
+{
+    Path tmpl(getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp") + "/" + prefix + ".XXXXXX");
+    // Strictly speaking, this is UB, but who cares...
+    // FIXME: use O_TMPFILE.
+    AutoCloseFD fd(mkstemp((char *) tmpl.c_str()));
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("creating temporary file '%s'", tmpl);
+    closeOnExec(fd.get());
+    return {std::move(fd), tmpl};
+}
+
+void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
+{
+    if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()))
+        throw SysError("creating symlink from '%1%' to '%2%'", link, target);
+}
+
+void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
+{
+    for (unsigned int n = 0; true; n++) {
+        Path tmp = canonPath(fmt("%s/.%d_%s", dirOf(link), n, baseNameOf(link)));
+
+        try {
+            createSymlink(target, tmp);
+        } catch (SysError & e) {
+            if (e.errNo == EEXIST) continue;
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        renameFile(tmp, link);
+
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+void setWriteTime(const fs::path & p, const struct stat & st)
+{
+    struct timeval times[2];
+    times[0] = {
+        .tv_sec = st.st_atime,
+        .tv_usec = 0,
+    };
+    times[1] = {
+        .tv_sec = st.st_mtime,
+        .tv_usec = 0,
+    };
+    if (lutimes(p.c_str(), times) != 0)
+        throw SysError("changing modification time of '%s'", p);
+}
+
+void copy(const fs::directory_entry & from, const fs::path & to, CopyFileFlags flags)
+{
+    // TODO: Rewrite the `is_*` to use `symlink_status()`
+    auto statOfFrom = lstat(from.path().c_str());
+    auto fromStatus = from.symlink_status();
+
+    // Mark the directory as writable so that we can delete its children
+    if (flags.deleteAfter && fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
+        fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
+    }
+
+
+    if (fs::is_symlink(fromStatus) || fs::is_regular_file(fromStatus)) {
+        auto opts = fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing;
+
+        if (!flags.followSymlinks) {
+            opts |= fs::copy_options::copy_symlinks;
+        }
+
+        fs::copy(from.path(), to, opts);
+    } else if (fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
+        fs::create_directory(to);
+        for (auto & entry : fs::directory_iterator(from.path())) {
+            copy(entry, to / entry.path().filename(), flags);
+        }
+    } else {
+        throw Error("file '%s' has an unsupported type", from.path());
+    }
+
+    setWriteTime(to, statOfFrom);
+    if (flags.deleteAfter) {
+        if (!fs::is_symlink(fromStatus))
+            fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
+        fs::remove(from.path());
+    }
+}
+
+
+void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, CopyFileFlags flags)
+{
+    return copy(fs::directory_entry(fs::path(oldPath)), fs::path(newPath), flags);
+}
+
+void renameFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
+{
+    fs::rename(oldName, newName);
+}
+
+void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
+{
+    try {
+        renameFile(oldName, newName);
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error & e) {
+        auto oldPath = fs::path(oldName);
+        auto newPath = fs::path(newName);
+        // For the move to be as atomic as possible, copy to a temporary
+        // directory
+        fs::path temp = createTempDir(newPath.parent_path(), "rename-tmp");
+        Finally removeTemp = [&]() { fs::remove(temp); };
+        auto tempCopyTarget = temp / "copy-target";
+        if (e.code().value() == EXDEV) {
+            fs::remove(newPath);
+            warn("Can’t rename %s as %s, copying instead", oldName, newName);
+            copy(fs::directory_entry(oldPath), tempCopyTarget, { .deleteAfter = true });
+            renameFile(tempCopyTarget, newPath);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/file-system.hh b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d91ef334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/file-system.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+#pragma once
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * Utiltities for working with the file sytem and file paths.
+ */
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <optional>
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
+#define DT_UNKNOWN 0
+#define DT_REG 1
+#define DT_LNK 2
+#define DT_DIR 3
+#endif
+
+namespace nix {
+
+struct Sink;
+struct Source;
+
+/**
+ * @return An absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
+ * specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
+ * is also canonicalised.
+ */
+Path absPath(Path path,
+    std::optional<PathView> dir = {},
+    bool resolveSymlinks = false);
+
+/**
+ * Canonicalise a path by removing all `.` or `..` components and
+ * double or trailing slashes.  Optionally resolves all symlink
+ * components such that each component of the resulting path is *not*
+ * a symbolic link.
+ */
+Path canonPath(PathView path, bool resolveSymlinks = false);
+
+/**
+ * Change the permissions of a path
+ * Not called `chmod` as it shadows and could be confused with
+ * `int chmod(char *, mode_t)`, which does not handle errors
+ */
+void chmodPath(const Path & path, mode_t mode);
+
+/**
+ * @return The directory part of the given canonical path, i.e.,
+ * everything before the final `/`.  If the path is the root or an
+ * immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo`), this means `/`
+ * is returned.
+ */
+Path dirOf(const PathView path);
+
+/**
+ * @return the base name of the given canonical path, i.e., everything
+ * following the final `/` (trailing slashes are removed).
+ */
+std::string_view baseNameOf(std::string_view path);
+
+/**
+ * Perform tilde expansion on a path.
+ */
+std::string expandTilde(std::string_view path);
+
+/**
+ * Check whether 'path' is a descendant of 'dir'. Both paths must be
+ * canonicalized.
+ */
+bool isInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir);
+
+/**
+ * Check whether 'path' is equal to 'dir' or a descendant of
+ * 'dir'. Both paths must be canonicalized.
+ */
+bool isDirOrInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir);
+
+/**
+ * Get status of `path`.
+ */
+struct stat stat(const Path & path);
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * `lstat` the given path if it exists.
+ * @return std::nullopt if the path doesn't exist, or an optional containing the result of `lstat` otherwise
+ */
+std::optional<struct stat> maybeLstat(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * @return true iff the given path exists.
+ */
+bool pathExists(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * A version of pathExists that returns false on a permission error.
+ * Useful for inferring default paths across directories that might not
+ * be readable.
+ * @return true iff the given path can be accessed and exists
+ */
+bool pathAccessible(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * Read the contents (target) of a symbolic link.  The result is not
+ * in any way canonicalised.
+ */
+Path readLink(const Path & path);
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * Read the contents of a directory.  The entries `.` and `..` are
+ * removed.
+ */
+struct DirEntry
+{
+    std::string name;
+    ino_t ino;
+    /**
+     * one of DT_*
+     */
+    unsigned char type;
+    DirEntry(std::string name, ino_t ino, unsigned char type)
+        : name(std::move(name)), ino(ino), type(type) { }
+};
+
+typedef std::vector<DirEntry> DirEntries;
+
+DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path);
+
+unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * Read the contents of a file into a string.
+ */
+std::string readFile(int fd);
+std::string readFile(const Path & path);
+void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink);
+
+/**
+ * Write a string to a file.
+ */
+void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
+
+void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
+
+/**
+ * Flush a file's parent directory to disk
+ */
+void syncParent(const Path & path);
+
+/**
+ * Delete a path; i.e., in the case of a directory, it is deleted
+ * recursively. It's not an error if the path does not exist. The
+ * second variant returns the number of bytes and blocks freed.
+ */
+void deletePath(const Path & path);
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed);
+
+/**
+ * Create a directory and all its parents, if necessary.  Returns the
+ * list of created directories, in order of creation.
+ */
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path);
+inline Paths createDirs(PathView path)
+{
+    return createDirs(Path(path));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a symlink.
+ */
+void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
+
+/**
+ * Atomically create or replace a symlink.
+ */
+void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
+
+void renameFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
+
+/**
+ * Similar to 'renameFile', but fallback to a copy+remove if `src` and `dst`
+ * are on a different filesystem.
+ *
+ * Beware that this might not be atomic because of the copy that happens behind
+ * the scenes
+ */
+void moveFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
+
+struct CopyFileFlags
+{
+    /**
+     * Delete the file after copying.
+     */
+    bool deleteAfter = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Follow symlinks and copy the eventual target.
+     */
+    bool followSymlinks = false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Recursively copy the content of `oldPath` to `newPath`. If `andDelete` is
+ * `true`, then also remove `oldPath` (making this equivalent to `moveFile`, but
+ * with the guaranty that the destination will be “fresh”, with no stale inode
+ * or file descriptor pointing to it).
+ */
+void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, CopyFileFlags flags);
+
+/**
+ * Automatic cleanup of resources.
+ */
+
+
+class AutoDelete
+{
+    Path path;
+    bool del;
+    bool recursive;
+public:
+    AutoDelete();
+    AutoDelete(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
+    ~AutoDelete();
+    void cancel();
+    void reset(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
+    operator Path() const { return path; }
+    operator PathView() const { return path; }
+};
+
+struct DIRDeleter
+{
+    void operator()(DIR * dir) const {
+        closedir(dir);
+    }
+};
+
+typedef std::unique_ptr<DIR, DIRDeleter> AutoCloseDir;
+
+/**
+ * Create a temporary directory.
+ */
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
+    bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
+
+/**
+ * Create a temporary file, returning a file handle and its path.
+ */
+std::pair<AutoCloseFD, Path> createTempFile(const Path & prefix = "nix");
+
+/**
+ * Used in various places.
+ */
+typedef std::function<bool(const Path & path)> PathFilter;
+
+extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/filesystem.cc b/src/libutil/filesystem.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 85871870c..000000000
--- a/src/libutil/filesystem.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <atomic>
-
-#include "environment-variables.hh"
-#include "finally.hh"
-#include "util.hh"
-#include "signals.hh"
-#include "types.hh"
-
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-
-namespace nix {
-
-static Path tempName(Path tmpRoot, const Path & prefix, bool includePid,
-    std::atomic<unsigned int> & counter)
-{
-    tmpRoot = canonPath(tmpRoot.empty() ? getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp") : tmpRoot, true);
-    if (includePid)
-        return fmt("%1%/%2%-%3%-%4%", tmpRoot, prefix, getpid(), counter++);
-    else
-        return fmt("%1%/%2%-%3%", tmpRoot, prefix, counter++);
-}
-
-Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
-    bool includePid, bool useGlobalCounter, mode_t mode)
-{
-    static std::atomic<unsigned int> globalCounter = 0;
-    std::atomic<unsigned int> localCounter = 0;
-    auto & counter(useGlobalCounter ? globalCounter : localCounter);
-
-    while (1) {
-        checkInterrupt();
-        Path tmpDir = tempName(tmpRoot, prefix, includePid, counter);
-        if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), mode) == 0) {
-#if __FreeBSD__
-            /* Explicitly set the group of the directory.  This is to
-               work around around problems caused by BSD's group
-               ownership semantics (directories inherit the group of
-               the parent).  For instance, the group of /tmp on
-               FreeBSD is "wheel", so all directories created in /tmp
-               will be owned by "wheel"; but if the user is not in
-               "wheel", then "tar" will fail to unpack archives that
-               have the setgid bit set on directories. */
-            if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), (uid_t) -1, getegid()) != 0)
-                throw SysError("setting group of directory '%1%'", tmpDir);
-#endif
-            return tmpDir;
-        }
-        if (errno != EEXIST)
-            throw SysError("creating directory '%1%'", tmpDir);
-    }
-}
-
-
-std::pair<AutoCloseFD, Path> createTempFile(const Path & prefix)
-{
-    Path tmpl(getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp") + "/" + prefix + ".XXXXXX");
-    // Strictly speaking, this is UB, but who cares...
-    // FIXME: use O_TMPFILE.
-    AutoCloseFD fd(mkstemp((char *) tmpl.c_str()));
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("creating temporary file '%s'", tmpl);
-    closeOnExec(fd.get());
-    return {std::move(fd), tmpl};
-}
-
-void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
-{
-    if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()))
-        throw SysError("creating symlink from '%1%' to '%2%'", link, target);
-}
-
-void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
-{
-    for (unsigned int n = 0; true; n++) {
-        Path tmp = canonPath(fmt("%s/.%d_%s", dirOf(link), n, baseNameOf(link)));
-
-        try {
-            createSymlink(target, tmp);
-        } catch (SysError & e) {
-            if (e.errNo == EEXIST) continue;
-            throw;
-        }
-
-        renameFile(tmp, link);
-
-        break;
-    }
-}
-
-void setWriteTime(const fs::path & p, const struct stat & st)
-{
-    struct timeval times[2];
-    times[0] = {
-        .tv_sec = st.st_atime,
-        .tv_usec = 0,
-    };
-    times[1] = {
-        .tv_sec = st.st_mtime,
-        .tv_usec = 0,
-    };
-    if (lutimes(p.c_str(), times) != 0)
-        throw SysError("changing modification time of '%s'", p);
-}
-
-void copy(const fs::directory_entry & from, const fs::path & to, CopyFileFlags flags)
-{
-    // TODO: Rewrite the `is_*` to use `symlink_status()`
-    auto statOfFrom = lstat(from.path().c_str());
-    auto fromStatus = from.symlink_status();
-
-    // Mark the directory as writable so that we can delete its children
-    if (flags.deleteAfter && fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
-        fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
-    }
-
-
-    if (fs::is_symlink(fromStatus) || fs::is_regular_file(fromStatus)) {
-        auto opts = fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing;
-
-        if (!flags.followSymlinks) {
-            opts |= fs::copy_options::copy_symlinks;
-        }
-
-        fs::copy(from.path(), to, opts);
-    } else if (fs::is_directory(fromStatus)) {
-        fs::create_directory(to);
-        for (auto & entry : fs::directory_iterator(from.path())) {
-            copy(entry, to / entry.path().filename(), flags);
-        }
-    } else {
-        throw Error("file '%s' has an unsupported type", from.path());
-    }
-
-    setWriteTime(to, statOfFrom);
-    if (flags.deleteAfter) {
-        if (!fs::is_symlink(fromStatus))
-            fs::permissions(from.path(), fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add | fs::perm_options::nofollow);
-        fs::remove(from.path());
-    }
-}
-
-
-void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, CopyFileFlags flags)
-{
-    return copy(fs::directory_entry(fs::path(oldPath)), fs::path(newPath), flags);
-}
-
-void renameFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
-{
-    fs::rename(oldName, newName);
-}
-
-void moveFile(const Path & oldName, const Path & newName)
-{
-    try {
-        renameFile(oldName, newName);
-    } catch (fs::filesystem_error & e) {
-        auto oldPath = fs::path(oldName);
-        auto newPath = fs::path(newName);
-        // For the move to be as atomic as possible, copy to a temporary
-        // directory
-        fs::path temp = createTempDir(newPath.parent_path(), "rename-tmp");
-        Finally removeTemp = [&]() { fs::remove(temp); };
-        auto tempCopyTarget = temp / "copy-target";
-        if (e.code().value() == EXDEV) {
-            fs::remove(newPath);
-            warn("Can’t rename %s as %s, copying instead", oldName, newName);
-            copy(fs::directory_entry(oldPath), tempCopyTarget, { .deleteAfter = true });
-            renameFile(tempCopyTarget, newPath);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.hh b/src/libutil/hash.hh
index ae3ee40f4..bb2a5e2a7 100644
--- a/src/libutil/hash.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.hh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 
 
 namespace nix {
diff --git a/src/libutil/input-accessor.hh b/src/libutil/input-accessor.hh
index 740175af0..d8e17c9b1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/input-accessor.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/input-accessor.hh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 ///@file
 
-#include "types.hh"
-#include "archive.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace nix {
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index c890911e9..8af251d1b 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ libutil_sources = files(
   'escape-string.cc',
   'exit.cc',
   'experimental-features.cc',
-  'filesystem.cc',
+  'file-system.cc',
   'git.cc',
   'hash.cc',
   'hilite.cc',
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ libutil_headers = files(
   'exit.hh',
   'experimental-features.hh',
   'experimental-features-json.hh',
+  'file-system.hh',
   'finally.hh',
   'fmt.hh',
   'git.hh',
diff --git a/src/libutil/namespaces.cc b/src/libutil/namespaces.cc
index dec3a7189..4b539f342 100644
--- a/src/libutil/namespaces.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/namespaces.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #if __linux__
 
+#include "file-system.hh"
 #include "namespaces.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
diff --git a/src/libutil/source-path.hh b/src/libutil/source-path.hh
index 4d4c51062..311e9f7a6 100644
--- a/src/libutil/source-path.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/source-path.hh
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "ref.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
 #include "canon-path.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 #include "repair-flag.hh"
 #include "input-accessor.hh"
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/tarfile.cc b/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
index f3f04a936..cabb7af9b 100644
--- a/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <archive_entry.h>
 
+#include "file-system.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
 #include "tarfile.hh"
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 63d9e5248..ac3071ba8 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "cgroup.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
 #include "environment-variables.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
 
 #include <array>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -50,352 +51,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-Path absPath(Path path, std::optional<PathView> dir, bool resolveSymlinks)
-{
-    if (path.empty() || path[0] != '/') {
-        if (!dir) {
-#ifdef __GNU__
-            /* GNU (aka. GNU/Hurd) doesn't have any limitation on path
-               lengths and doesn't define `PATH_MAX'.  */
-            char *buf = getcwd(NULL, 0);
-            if (buf == NULL)
-#else
-            char buf[PATH_MAX];
-            if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
-#endif
-                throw SysError("cannot get cwd");
-            path = concatStrings(buf, "/", path);
-#ifdef __GNU__
-            free(buf);
-#endif
-        } else
-            path = concatStrings(*dir, "/", path);
-    }
-    return canonPath(path, resolveSymlinks);
-}
-
-
-Path canonPath(PathView path, bool resolveSymlinks)
-{
-    assert(path != "");
-
-    std::string s;
-    s.reserve(256);
-
-    if (path[0] != '/')
-        throw Error("not an absolute path: '%1%'", path);
-
-    std::string temp;
-
-    /* Count the number of times we follow a symlink and stop at some
-       arbitrary (but high) limit to prevent infinite loops. */
-    unsigned int followCount = 0, maxFollow = 1024;
-
-    while (1) {
-
-        /* Skip slashes. */
-        while (!path.empty() && path[0] == '/') path.remove_prefix(1);
-        if (path.empty()) break;
-
-        /* Ignore `.'. */
-        if (path == "." || path.substr(0, 2) == "./")
-            path.remove_prefix(1);
-
-        /* If `..', delete the last component. */
-        else if (path == ".." || path.substr(0, 3) == "../")
-        {
-            if (!s.empty()) s.erase(s.rfind('/'));
-            path.remove_prefix(2);
-        }
-
-        /* Normal component; copy it. */
-        else {
-            s += '/';
-            if (const auto slash = path.find('/'); slash == std::string::npos) {
-                s += path;
-                path = {};
-            } else {
-                s += path.substr(0, slash);
-                path = path.substr(slash);
-            }
-
-            /* If s points to a symlink, resolve it and continue from there */
-            if (resolveSymlinks && isLink(s)) {
-                if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
-                    throw Error("infinite symlink recursion in path '%1%'", path);
-                temp = concatStrings(readLink(s), path);
-                path = temp;
-                if (!temp.empty() && temp[0] == '/') {
-                    s.clear();  /* restart for symlinks pointing to absolute path */
-                } else {
-                    s = dirOf(s);
-                    if (s == "/") {  // we don’t want trailing slashes here, which dirOf only produces if s = /
-                        s.clear();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return s.empty() ? "/" : std::move(s);
-}
-
-void chmodPath(const Path & path, mode_t mode)
-{
-    if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
-        throw SysError("setting permissions on '%s'", path);
-}
-
-Path dirOf(const PathView path)
-{
-    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
-    if (pos == std::string::npos)
-        return ".";
-    return pos == 0 ? "/" : Path(path, 0, pos);
-}
-
-
-std::string_view baseNameOf(std::string_view path)
-{
-    if (path.empty())
-        return "";
-
-    auto last = path.size() - 1;
-    if (path[last] == '/' && last > 0)
-        last -= 1;
-
-    auto pos = path.rfind('/', last);
-    if (pos == std::string::npos)
-        pos = 0;
-    else
-        pos += 1;
-
-    return path.substr(pos, last - pos + 1);
-}
-
-
-std::string expandTilde(std::string_view path)
-{
-    // TODO: expand ~user ?
-    auto tilde = path.substr(0, 2);
-    if (tilde == "~/" || tilde == "~")
-        return getHome() + std::string(path.substr(1));
-    else
-        return std::string(path);
-}
-
-
-bool isInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir)
-{
-    return path.substr(0, 1) == "/"
-        && path.substr(0, dir.size()) == dir
-        && path.size() >= dir.size() + 2
-        && path[dir.size()] == '/';
-}
-
-
-bool isDirOrInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir)
-{
-    return path == dir || isInDir(path, dir);
-}
-
-
-struct stat stat(const Path & path)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
-    return st;
-}
-
-
-struct stat lstat(const Path & path)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
-    return st;
-}
-
-std::optional<struct stat> maybeLstat(const Path & path)
-{
-    std::optional<struct stat> st{std::in_place};
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &*st))
-    {
-        if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
-            st.reset();
-        else
-            throw SysError("getting status of '%s'", path);
-    }
-    return st;
-}
-
-bool pathExists(const Path & path)
-{
-    return maybeLstat(path).has_value();
-}
-
-bool pathAccessible(const Path & path)
-{
-    try {
-        return pathExists(path);
-    } catch (SysError & e) {
-        // swallow EPERM
-        if (e.errNo == EPERM) return false;
-        throw;
-    }
-}
-
-
-Path readLink(const Path & path)
-{
-    checkInterrupt();
-    std::vector<char> buf;
-    for (ssize_t bufSize = PATH_MAX/4; true; bufSize += bufSize/2) {
-        buf.resize(bufSize);
-        ssize_t rlSize = readlink(path.c_str(), buf.data(), bufSize);
-        if (rlSize == -1)
-            if (errno == EINVAL)
-                throw Error("'%1%' is not a symlink", path);
-            else
-                throw SysError("reading symbolic link '%1%'", path);
-        else if (rlSize < bufSize)
-            return std::string(buf.data(), rlSize);
-    }
-}
-
-
-bool isLink(const Path & path)
-{
-    struct stat st = lstat(path);
-    return S_ISLNK(st.st_mode);
-}
-
-
-DirEntries readDirectory(DIR *dir, const Path & path)
-{
-    DirEntries entries;
-    entries.reserve(64);
-
-    struct dirent * dirent;
-    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) { /* sic */
-        checkInterrupt();
-        std::string name = dirent->d_name;
-        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino,
-#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
-            dirent->d_type
-#else
-            DT_UNKNOWN
-#endif
-        );
-    }
-    if (errno) throw SysError("reading directory '%1%'", path);
-
-    return entries;
-}
-
-DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
-{
-    AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(path.c_str()));
-    if (!dir) throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
-
-    return readDirectory(dir.get(), path);
-}
-
-
-unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path)
-{
-    struct stat st = lstat(path);
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) return DT_DIR;
-    if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) return DT_LNK;
-    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) return DT_REG;
-    return DT_UNKNOWN;
-}
-
-
-std::string readFile(int fd)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
-        throw SysError("statting file");
-
-    return drainFD(fd, true, st.st_size);
-}
-
-
-std::string readFile(const Path & path)
-{
-    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)};
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
-    return readFile(fd.get());
-}
-
-
-void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
-{
-    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)};
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%s'", path);
-    drainFD(fd.get(), sink);
-}
-
-
-void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode, bool sync)
-{
-    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
-    try {
-        writeFull(fd.get(), s);
-    } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
-        throw;
-    }
-    if (sync)
-        fd.fsync();
-    // Explicitly close to make sure exceptions are propagated.
-    fd.close();
-    if (sync)
-        syncParent(path);
-}
-
-
-void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode, bool sync)
-{
-    AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
-
-    std::vector<char> buf(64 * 1024);
-
-    try {
-        while (true) {
-            try {
-                auto n = source.read(buf.data(), buf.size());
-                writeFull(fd.get(), {buf.data(), n});
-            } catch (EndOfFile &) { break; }
-        }
-    } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
-        throw;
-    }
-    if (sync)
-        fd.fsync();
-    // Explicitly close to make sure exceptions are propagated.
-    fd.close();
-    if (sync)
-        syncParent(path);
-}
-
-void syncParent(const Path & path)
-{
-    AutoCloseFD fd{open(dirOf(path).c_str(), O_RDONLY, 0)};
-    if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
-    fd.fsync();
-}
 
 std::string readLine(int fd)
 {
@@ -425,98 +80,6 @@ void writeLine(int fd, std::string s)
 }
 
 
-static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
-{
-    checkInterrupt();
-
-    std::string name(baseNameOf(path));
-
-    struct stat st;
-    if (fstatat(parentfd, name.c_str(), &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == -1) {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
-        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
-    }
-
-    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        /* We are about to delete a file. Will it likely free space? */
-
-        switch (st.st_nlink) {
-            /* Yes: last link. */
-            case 1:
-                bytesFreed += st.st_size;
-                break;
-            /* Maybe: yes, if 'auto-optimise-store' or manual optimisation
-               was performed. Instead of checking for real let's assume
-               it's an optimised file and space will be freed.
-
-               In worst case we will double count on freed space for files
-               with exactly two hardlinks for unoptimised packages.
-             */
-            case 2:
-                bytesFreed += st.st_size;
-                break;
-            /* No: 3+ links. */
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        /* Make the directory accessible. */
-        const auto PERM_MASK = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
-        if ((st.st_mode & PERM_MASK) != PERM_MASK) {
-            if (fchmodat(parentfd, name.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK, 0) == -1)
-                throw SysError("chmod '%1%'", path);
-        }
-
-        int fd = openat(parentfd, path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-        if (fd == -1)
-            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
-        AutoCloseDir dir(fdopendir(fd));
-        if (!dir)
-            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
-        for (auto & i : readDirectory(dir.get(), path))
-            _deletePath(dirfd(dir.get()), path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed);
-    }
-
-    int flags = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? AT_REMOVEDIR : 0;
-    if (unlinkat(parentfd, name.c_str(), flags) == -1) {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
-        throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
-    }
-}
-
-static void _deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
-{
-    Path dir = dirOf(path);
-    if (dir == "")
-        dir = "/";
-
-    AutoCloseFD dirfd{open(dir.c_str(), O_RDONLY)};
-    if (!dirfd) {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
-        throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
-    }
-
-    _deletePath(dirfd.get(), path, bytesFreed);
-}
-
-
-void deletePath(const Path & path)
-{
-    uint64_t dummy;
-    deletePath(path, dummy);
-}
-
-
-void deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
-{
-    //Activity act(*logger, lvlDebug, "recursively deleting path '%1%'", path);
-    bytesFreed = 0;
-    _deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
-}
-
-
 std::string getUserName()
 {
     auto pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
@@ -632,28 +195,6 @@ std::optional<Path> getSelfExe()
 }
 
 
-Paths createDirs(const Path & path)
-{
-    Paths created;
-    if (path == "/") return created;
-
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
-        created = createDirs(dirOf(path));
-        if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
-            throw SysError("creating directory '%1%'", path);
-        st = lstat(path);
-        created.push_back(path);
-    }
-
-    if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && stat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
-        throw SysError("statting symlink '%1%'", path);
-
-    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) throw Error("'%1%' is not a directory", path);
-
-    return created;
-}
-
 
 void readFull(int fd, char * buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -762,46 +303,6 @@ unsigned int getMaxCPU()
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-AutoDelete::AutoDelete() : del{false} {}
-
-AutoDelete::AutoDelete(const std::string & p, bool recursive) : path(p)
-{
-    del = true;
-    this->recursive = recursive;
-}
-
-AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
-{
-    try {
-        if (del) {
-            if (recursive)
-                deletePath(path);
-            else {
-                if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
-                    throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
-            }
-        }
-    } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
-    }
-}
-
-void AutoDelete::cancel()
-{
-    del = false;
-}
-
-void AutoDelete::reset(const Path & p, bool recursive) {
-    path = p;
-    this->recursive = recursive;
-    del = true;
-}
-
-
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-
 AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD() : fd{-1} {}
 
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 1ce7e8312..63a4fcb6a 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -40,135 +40,6 @@ extern const std::string nativeSystem;
 
 
 /**
- * @return An absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
- * specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
- * is also canonicalised.
- */
-Path absPath(Path path,
-    std::optional<PathView> dir = {},
-    bool resolveSymlinks = false);
-
-/**
- * Canonicalise a path by removing all `.` or `..` components and
- * double or trailing slashes.  Optionally resolves all symlink
- * components such that each component of the resulting path is *not*
- * a symbolic link.
- */
-Path canonPath(PathView path, bool resolveSymlinks = false);
-
-/**
- * Change the permissions of a path
- * Not called `chmod` as it shadows and could be confused with
- * `int chmod(char *, mode_t)`, which does not handle errors
- */
-void chmodPath(const Path & path, mode_t mode);
-
-/**
- * @return The directory part of the given canonical path, i.e.,
- * everything before the final `/`.  If the path is the root or an
- * immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo`), this means `/`
- * is returned.
- */
-Path dirOf(const PathView path);
-
-/**
- * @return the base name of the given canonical path, i.e., everything
- * following the final `/` (trailing slashes are removed).
- */
-std::string_view baseNameOf(std::string_view path);
-
-/**
- * Perform tilde expansion on a path.
- */
-std::string expandTilde(std::string_view path);
-
-/**
- * Check whether 'path' is a descendant of 'dir'. Both paths must be
- * canonicalized.
- */
-bool isInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir);
-
-/**
- * Check whether 'path' is equal to 'dir' or a descendant of
- * 'dir'. Both paths must be canonicalized.
- */
-bool isDirOrInDir(std::string_view path, std::string_view dir);
-
-/**
- * Get status of `path`.
- */
-struct stat stat(const Path & path);
-struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * `lstat` the given path if it exists.
- * @return std::nullopt if the path doesn't exist, or an optional containing the result of `lstat` otherwise
- */
-std::optional<struct stat> maybeLstat(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * @return true iff the given path exists.
- */
-bool pathExists(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * A version of pathExists that returns false on a permission error.
- * Useful for inferring default paths across directories that might not
- * be readable.
- * @return true iff the given path can be accessed and exists
- */
-bool pathAccessible(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * Read the contents (target) of a symbolic link.  The result is not
- * in any way canonicalised.
- */
-Path readLink(const Path & path);
-
-bool isLink(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * Read the contents of a directory.  The entries `.` and `..` are
- * removed.
- */
-struct DirEntry
-{
-    std::string name;
-    ino_t ino;
-    /**
-     * one of DT_*
-     */
-    unsigned char type;
-    DirEntry(std::string name, ino_t ino, unsigned char type)
-        : name(std::move(name)), ino(ino), type(type) { }
-};
-
-typedef std::vector<DirEntry> DirEntries;
-
-DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path);
-
-unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path);
-
-/**
- * Read the contents of a file into a string.
- */
-std::string readFile(int fd);
-std::string readFile(const Path & path);
-void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink);
-
-/**
- * Write a string to a file.
- */
-void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
-
-void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
-
-/**
- * Flush a file's parent directory to disk
- */
-void syncParent(const Path & path);
-
-/**
  * Read a line from a file descriptor.
  */
 std::string readLine(int fd);
@@ -178,14 +49,6 @@ std::string readLine(int fd);
  */
 void writeLine(int fd, std::string s);
 
-/**
- * Delete a path; i.e., in the case of a directory, it is deleted
- * recursively. It's not an error if the path does not exist. The
- * second variant returns the number of bytes and blocks freed.
- */
-void deletePath(const Path & path);
-
-void deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed);
 
 std::string getUserName();
 
@@ -238,57 +101,6 @@ Path getStateDir();
  */
 Path createNixStateDir();
 
-/**
- * Create a directory and all its parents, if necessary.  Returns the
- * list of created directories, in order of creation.
- */
-Paths createDirs(const Path & path);
-inline Paths createDirs(PathView path)
-{
-    return createDirs(Path(path));
-}
-
-/**
- * Create a symlink.
- */
-void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
-
-/**
- * Atomically create or replace a symlink.
- */
-void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
-
-void renameFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
-
-/**
- * Similar to 'renameFile', but fallback to a copy+remove if `src` and `dst`
- * are on a different filesystem.
- *
- * Beware that this might not be atomic because of the copy that happens behind
- * the scenes
- */
-void moveFile(const Path & src, const Path & dst);
-
-struct CopyFileFlags
-{
-    /**
-     * Delete the file after copying.
-     */
-    bool deleteAfter = false;
-
-    /**
-     * Follow symlinks and copy the eventual target.
-     */
-    bool followSymlinks = false;
-};
-
-/**
- * Recursively copy the content of `oldPath` to `newPath`. If `andDelete` is
- * `true`, then also remove `oldPath` (making this equivalent to `moveFile`, but
- * with the guaranty that the destination will be “fresh”, with no stale inode
- * or file descriptor pointing to it).
- */
-void copyFile(const Path & oldPath, const Path & newPath, CopyFileFlags flags);
 
 /**
  * Wrappers arount read()/write() that read/write exactly the
@@ -313,27 +125,6 @@ void drainFD(int fd, Sink & sink, bool block = true);
  */
 unsigned int getMaxCPU();
 
-/**
- * Automatic cleanup of resources.
- */
-
-
-class AutoDelete
-{
-    Path path;
-    bool del;
-    bool recursive;
-public:
-    AutoDelete();
-    AutoDelete(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
-    ~AutoDelete();
-    void cancel();
-    void reset(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
-    operator Path() const { return path; }
-    operator PathView() const { return path; }
-};
-
-
 class AutoCloseFD
 {
     int fd;
@@ -353,19 +144,6 @@ public:
     void reset() { *this = {}; }
 };
 
-
-/**
- * Create a temporary directory.
- */
-Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
-    bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
-
-/**
- * Create a temporary file, returning a file handle and its path.
- */
-std::pair<AutoCloseFD, Path> createTempFile(const Path & prefix = "nix");
-
-
 class Pipe
 {
 public:
@@ -375,16 +153,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-struct DIRDeleter
-{
-    void operator()(DIR * dir) const {
-        closedir(dir);
-    }
-};
-
-typedef std::unique_ptr<DIR, DIRDeleter> AutoCloseDir;
-
-
 class Pid
 {
     pid_t pid = -1;
@@ -824,13 +592,6 @@ struct MaintainCount
 
 
 /**
- * Used in various places.
- */
-typedef std::function<bool(const Path & path)> PathFilter;
-
-extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
-
-/**
  * Common initialisation performed in child processes.
  */
 void commonChildInit();