2 xattr - a python module for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
4 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015
5 Iustin Pop <iustin@k1024.org>
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24 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
26 #include <attr/xattr.h>
29 /* Compatibility with python 2.4 regarding python size type (PEP 353) */
30 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000 && !defined(PY_SSIZE_T_MIN)
31 typedef int Py_ssize_t;
32 #define PY_SSIZE_T_MAX INT_MAX
33 #define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN INT_MIN
36 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
38 #define BYTES_CHAR "y"
40 #define BYTES_CHAR "s"
41 #define PyBytes_Check PyString_Check
42 #define PyBytes_AS_STRING PyString_AS_STRING
43 #define PyBytes_FromStringAndSize PyString_FromStringAndSize
44 #define PyBytes_FromString PyString_FromString
48 ":param item: a string representing a file-name, or a file-like\n" \
49 " object, or a file descriptor; this represents the file on \n" \
52 #define NOFOLLOW_DOC \
53 ":param nofollow: if true and if\n" \
54 " the file name given is a symbolic link, the\n" \
55 " function will operate on the symbolic link itself instead\n" \
56 " of its target; defaults to false\n" \
57 ":type nofollow: boolean, optional\n" \
60 ":param namespace: if given, the attribute must not contain the\n" \
61 " namespace, but instead it will be taken from this parameter\n" \
62 ":type namespace: bytes\n"
64 #define NAME_GET_DOC \
65 ":param string name: the attribute whose value to retrieve;\n" \
66 " usually in the form of ``system.posix_acl`` or ``user.mime_type``\n"
68 #define NAME_SET_DOC \
69 ":param string name: the attribute whose value to set;\n" \
70 " usually in the form of ``system.posix_acl`` or ``user.mime_type``\n"
72 #define NAME_REMOVE_DOC \
73 ":param string name: the attribute to remove;\n" \
74 " usually in the form of ``system.posix_acl`` or \n" \
75 " ``user.mime_type``\n"
78 ":param string value: possibly with embedded NULLs; note that there\n" \
79 " are restrictions regarding the size of the value, for\n" \
80 " example, for ext2/ext3, maximum size is the block size\n" \
83 ":param flags: if 0 or omitted the attribute will be\n" \
84 " created or replaced; if :const:`XATTR_CREATE`, the attribute\n" \
85 " will be created, giving an error if it already exists;\n" \
86 " if :const:`XATTR_REPLACE`, the attribute will be replaced,\n" \
87 " giving an error if it doesn't exist;\n" \
88 ":type flags: integer\n"
90 #define NS_CHANGED_DOC \
91 ".. versionchanged:: 0.5.1\n" \
92 " The namespace argument, if passed, cannot be None anymore; to\n" \
93 " explicitly specify an empty namespace, pass an empty\n" \
94 " string (byte string under Python 3)."
97 /* the estimated (startup) attribute buffer size in
99 #define ESTIMATE_ATTR_SIZE 256
101 typedef enum {T_FD, T_PATH, T_LINK} target_e;
112 /* Cleans up a tgt structure */
113 static void free_tgt(target_t *tgt) {
114 if (tgt->tmp != NULL) {
119 /* Used for cpychecker: */
120 /* The checker automatically defines this preprocessor name when creating
121 the custom attribute: */
122 #if defined(WITH_CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION_ATTRIBUTE)
123 #define CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION \
124 __attribute__((cpychecker_negative_result_sets_exception))
126 #define CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION
129 static int convert_obj(PyObject *myobj, target_t *tgt, int nofollow)
130 CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION;
132 static int merge_ns(const char *ns, const char *name,
133 const char **result, char **buf)
134 CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION;
137 /** Converts from a string, file or int argument to what we need.
139 * Returns -1 on failure, 0 on success.
141 static int convert_obj(PyObject *myobj, target_t *tgt, int nofollow) {
144 if(PyBytes_Check(myobj)) {
145 tgt->type = nofollow ? T_LINK : T_PATH;
146 tgt->name = PyBytes_AS_STRING(myobj);
147 } else if(PyUnicode_Check(myobj)) {
148 tgt->type = nofollow ? T_LINK : T_PATH;
150 PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(myobj,
151 Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding,
160 tgt->name = PyBytes_AS_STRING(tgt->tmp);
161 } else if((fd = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(myobj)) != -1) {
165 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "argument must be string or int");
171 /* Combine a namespace string and an attribute name into a
172 fully-qualified name */
173 static int merge_ns(const char *ns, const char *name,
174 const char **result, char **buf) {
175 if(ns != NULL && *ns != '\0') {
177 size_t new_size = strlen(ns) + 1 + strlen(name) + 1;
178 if((*buf = PyMem_Malloc(new_size)) == NULL) {
182 cnt = snprintf(*buf, new_size, "%s.%s", ns, name);
183 if(cnt > new_size || cnt < 0) {
184 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
185 "can't format the attribute name");
197 static ssize_t _list_obj(target_t *tgt, char *list, size_t size) {
198 if(tgt->type == T_FD)
199 return flistxattr(tgt->fd, list, size);
200 else if (tgt->type == T_LINK)
201 return llistxattr(tgt->name, list, size);
203 return listxattr(tgt->name, list, size);
206 static ssize_t _get_obj(target_t *tgt, const char *name, void *value,
208 if(tgt->type == T_FD)
209 return fgetxattr(tgt->fd, name, value, size);
210 else if (tgt->type == T_LINK)
211 return lgetxattr(tgt->name, name, value, size);
213 return getxattr(tgt->name, name, value, size);
216 static int _set_obj(target_t *tgt, const char *name,
217 const void *value, size_t size, int flags) {
218 if(tgt->type == T_FD)
219 return fsetxattr(tgt->fd, name, value, size, flags);
220 else if (tgt->type == T_LINK)
221 return lsetxattr(tgt->name, name, value, size, flags);
223 return setxattr(tgt->name, name, value, size, flags);
226 static int _remove_obj(target_t *tgt, const char *name) {
227 if(tgt->type == T_FD)
228 return fremovexattr(tgt->fd, name);
229 else if (tgt->type == T_LINK)
230 return lremovexattr(tgt->name, name);
232 return removexattr(tgt->name, name);
236 Checks if an attribute name matches an optional namespace.
238 If the namespace is NULL or an empty string, it will return the
239 name itself. If the namespace is non-NULL and the name matches, it
240 will return a pointer to the offset in the name after the namespace
241 and the separator. If however the name doesn't match the namespace,
245 const char *matches_ns(const char *ns, const char *name) {
247 if (ns == NULL || *ns == '\0')
249 ns_size = strlen(ns);
251 if (strlen(name) > (ns_size+1) && !strncmp(name, ns, ns_size) &&
252 name[ns_size] == '.')
253 return name + ns_size + 1;
257 /* Wrapper for getxattr */
258 static char __pygetxattr_doc__[] =
259 "getxattr(item, attribute[, nofollow=False])\n"
260 "Get the value of a given extended attribute (deprecated).\n"
266 ".. deprecated:: 0.4\n"
267 " this function has been deprecated\n"
268 " by the :func:`get` function.\n"
272 pygetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
277 char *attrname = NULL;
279 ssize_t nalloc_s, nret;
283 /* Parse the arguments */
284 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oet|i", &myarg, NULL, &attrname, &nofollow))
286 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
291 /* Find out the needed size of the buffer */
292 if((nalloc_s = _get_obj(&tgt, attrname, NULL, 0)) == -1) {
293 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
297 nalloc = (size_t) nalloc_s;
299 /* Try to allocate the memory, using Python's allocator */
300 if((buf = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
301 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
305 /* Now retrieve the attribute value */
306 if((nret = _get_obj(&tgt, attrname, buf, nalloc)) == -1) {
307 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
311 /* Create the string which will hold the result */
312 res = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(buf, nret);
315 /* Free the buffer, now it is no longer needed */
320 PyMem_Free(attrname);
322 /* Return the result */
326 /* Wrapper for getxattr */
327 static char __get_doc__[] =
328 "get(item, name[, nofollow=False, namespace=None])\n"
329 "Get the value of a given extended attribute.\n"
332 " >>> xattr.get('/path/to/file', 'user.comment')\n"
334 " >>> xattr.get('/path/to/file', 'comment', namespace=xattr.NS_USER)\n"
341 ":return: the value of the extended attribute (can contain NULLs)\n"
343 ":raises EnvironmentError: caused by any system errors\n"
345 ".. versionadded:: 0.4\n"
350 xattr_get(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
355 char *attrname = NULL, *namebuf;
356 const char *fullname;
358 const char *ns = NULL;
359 ssize_t nalloc_s, nret;
362 static char *kwlist[] = {"item", "name", "nofollow", "namespace", NULL};
364 /* Parse the arguments */
365 if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "Oet|i" BYTES_CHAR, kwlist,
366 &myarg, NULL, &attrname, &nofollow, &ns))
368 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
373 if(merge_ns(ns, attrname, &fullname, &namebuf) < 0) {
378 /* Find out the needed size of the buffer */
379 if((nalloc_s = _get_obj(&tgt, fullname, NULL, 0)) == -1) {
380 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
384 nalloc = (size_t) nalloc_s;
386 /* Try to allocate the memory, using Python's allocator */
387 if((buf = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
388 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
392 /* Now retrieve the attribute value */
393 if((nret = _get_obj(&tgt, fullname, buf, nalloc)) == -1) {
394 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
398 /* Create the string which will hold the result */
399 res = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(buf, nret);
401 /* Free the buffers, they are no longer needed */
409 PyMem_Free(attrname);
411 /* Return the result */
415 /* Wrapper for getxattr */
416 static char __get_all_doc__[] =
417 "get_all(item[, nofollow=False, namespace=None])\n"
418 "Get all the extended attributes of an item.\n"
420 "This function performs a bulk-get of all extended attribute names\n"
421 "and the corresponding value.\n"
424 " >>> xattr.get_all('/path/to/file')\n"
425 " [('user.mime-type', 'plain/text'), ('user.comment', 'test'),\n"
426 " ('system.posix_acl_access', '\\x02\\x00...')]\n"
427 " >>> xattr.get_all('/path/to/file', namespace=xattr.NS_USER)\n"
428 " [('mime-type', 'plain/text'), ('comment', 'test')]\n"
431 ":keyword namespace: an optional namespace for filtering the\n"
432 " attributes; for example, querying all user attributes can be\n"
433 " accomplished by passing namespace=:const:`NS_USER`\n"
434 ":type namespace: string\n"
436 ":return: list of tuples (name, value); note that if a namespace\n"
437 " argument was passed, it (and the separator) will be stripped from\n"
438 " the names returned\n"
440 ":raises EnvironmentError: caused by any system errors\n"
442 ".. note:: Since reading the whole attribute list is not an atomic\n"
443 " operation, it might be possible that attributes are added\n"
444 " or removed between the initial query and the actual reading\n"
445 " of the attributes; the returned list will contain only the\n"
446 " attributes that were present at the initial listing of the\n"
447 " attribute names and that were still present when the read\n"
448 " attempt for the value is made.\n"
449 ".. versionadded:: 0.4\n"
454 get_all(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
456 PyObject *myarg, *res;
458 const char *ns = NULL;
459 char *buf_list, *buf_val, *buf_val_tmp;
461 ssize_t nalloc_s, nlist, nval_s;
465 static char *kwlist[] = {"item", "nofollow", "namespace", NULL};
467 /* Parse the arguments */
468 if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "O|i" BYTES_CHAR, kwlist,
469 &myarg, &nofollow, &ns))
471 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0)
474 /* Compute first the list of attributes */
476 /* Find out the needed size of the buffer for the attribute list */
477 nalloc_s = _list_obj(&tgt, NULL, 0);
480 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
489 nalloc = (size_t) nalloc_s;
491 /* Try to allocate the memory, using Python's allocator */
492 if((buf_list = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
493 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
497 /* Now retrieve the list of attributes */
498 nlist = _list_obj(&tgt, buf_list, nalloc);
501 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
505 /* Create the list which will hold the result */
506 mylist = PyList_New(0);
512 nalloc = ESTIMATE_ATTR_SIZE;
513 if((buf_val = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
515 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
519 /* Create and insert the attributes as strings in the list */
520 for(s = buf_list; s - buf_list < nlist; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
525 if((name=matches_ns(ns, s))==NULL)
527 /* Now retrieve the attribute value */
530 nval_s = _get_obj(&tgt, s, buf_val, nalloc);
533 if(errno == ERANGE) {
534 ssize_t realloc_size_s = _get_obj(&tgt, s, NULL, 0);
535 /* ERANGE + proper size should not fail, but it
536 still can, so let's check first */
537 if(realloc_size_s == -1) {
538 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
542 size_t realloc_size = (size_t) realloc_size_s;
543 if((buf_val_tmp = PyMem_Realloc(buf_val, realloc_size))
545 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
549 buf_val = buf_val_tmp;
550 nalloc = realloc_size;
552 } else if(errno == ENODATA || errno == ENOATTR) {
553 /* this attribute has gone away since we queried
554 the attribute list */
558 /* else we're dealing with a different error, which we
559 don't know how to handle nicely, so we abort */
561 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
564 nval = (size_t) nval_s;
571 my_tuple = Py_BuildValue("yy#", name, buf_val, nval);
573 my_tuple = Py_BuildValue("ss#", name, buf_val, nval);
575 if (my_tuple == NULL) {
580 PyList_Append(mylist, my_tuple);
584 /* Successful exit */
591 PyMem_Free(buf_list);
596 /* Return the result */
601 static char __pysetxattr_doc__[] =
602 "setxattr(item, name, value[, flags=0, nofollow=False])\n"
603 "Set the value of a given extended attribute (deprecated).\n"
605 "Be careful in case you want to set attributes on symbolic\n"
606 "links, you have to use all the 5 parameters; use 0 for the \n"
607 "flags value if you want the default behaviour (create or "
616 ".. deprecated:: 0.4\n"
617 " this function has been deprecated\n"
618 " by the :func:`set` function.\n"
621 /* Wrapper for setxattr */
623 pysetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
625 PyObject *myarg, *res;
627 char *attrname = NULL;
629 Py_ssize_t bufsize_s;
635 /* Parse the arguments */
636 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oetet#|ii", &myarg, NULL, &attrname,
637 NULL, &buf, &bufsize_s, &flags, &nofollow))
641 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
642 "negative value size?!");
646 bufsize = (size_t) bufsize_s;
648 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
653 /* Set the attribute's value */
654 nret = _set_obj(&tgt, attrname, buf, bufsize, flags);
659 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
667 PyMem_Free(attrname);
670 /* Return the result */
674 static char __set_doc__[] =
675 "set(item, name, value[, flags=0, namespace=None])\n"
676 "Set the value of a given extended attribute.\n"
680 " >>> xattr.set('/path/to/file', 'user.comment', 'test')\n"
681 " >>> xattr.set('/path/to/file', 'comment', 'test',"
682 " namespace=xattr.NS_USER)\n"
691 ":raises EnvironmentError: caused by any system errors\n"
693 ".. versionadded:: 0.4\n"
697 /* Wrapper for setxattr */
699 xattr_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
701 PyObject *myarg, *res;
703 char *attrname = NULL;
705 Py_ssize_t bufsize_s;
710 const char *ns = NULL;
712 const char *full_name;
713 static char *kwlist[] = {"item", "name", "value", "flags",
714 "nofollow", "namespace", NULL};
716 /* Parse the arguments */
717 if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "Oetet#|ii" BYTES_CHAR,
718 kwlist, &myarg, NULL, &attrname, NULL,
719 &buf, &bufsize_s, &flags, &nofollow, &ns))
723 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
724 "negative value size?!");
728 bufsize = (size_t) bufsize_s;
730 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
735 if(merge_ns(ns, attrname, &full_name, &newname) < 0) {
740 /* Set the attribute's value */
741 nret = _set_obj(&tgt, full_name, buf, bufsize, flags);
748 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
756 PyMem_Free(attrname);
759 /* Return the result */
764 static char __pyremovexattr_doc__[] =
765 "removexattr(item, name[, nofollow])\n"
766 "Remove an attribute from a file (deprecated).\n"
772 ".. deprecated:: 0.4\n"
773 " this function has been deprecated by the :func:`remove` function.\n"
776 /* Wrapper for removexattr */
778 pyremovexattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
780 PyObject *myarg, *res;
782 char *attrname = NULL;
786 /* Parse the arguments */
787 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oet|i", &myarg, NULL, &attrname, &nofollow))
790 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
795 /* Remove the attribute */
796 nret = _remove_obj(&tgt, attrname);
801 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
809 PyMem_Free(attrname);
811 /* Return the result */
815 static char __remove_doc__[] =
816 "remove(item, name[, nofollow=False, namespace=None])\n"
817 "Remove an attribute from a file.\n"
821 " >>> xattr.remove('/path/to/file', 'user.comment')\n"
828 ":raises EnvironmentError: caused by any system errors\n"
830 ".. versionadded:: 0.4\n"
834 /* Wrapper for removexattr */
836 xattr_remove(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
838 PyObject *myarg, *res;
840 char *attrname = NULL, *name_buf;
841 const char *ns = NULL;
842 const char *full_name;
845 static char *kwlist[] = {"item", "name", "nofollow", "namespace", NULL};
847 /* Parse the arguments */
848 if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "Oet|i" BYTES_CHAR, kwlist,
849 &myarg, NULL, &attrname, &nofollow, &ns))
852 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
857 if(merge_ns(ns, attrname, &full_name, &name_buf) < 0) {
862 /* Remove the attribute */
863 nret = _remove_obj(&tgt, full_name);
865 PyMem_Free(name_buf);
870 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
878 PyMem_Free(attrname);
880 /* Return the result */
884 static char __pylistxattr_doc__[] =
885 "listxattr(item[, nofollow=False])\n"
886 "Return the list of attribute names for a file (deprecated).\n"
891 ".. deprecated:: 0.4\n"
892 " this function has been deprecated by the :func:`list` function.\n"
895 /* Wrapper for listxattr */
897 pylistxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
901 ssize_t nalloc_s, nret;
909 /* Parse the arguments */
910 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|i", &myarg, &nofollow))
912 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0)
915 /* Find out the needed size of the buffer */
916 if((nalloc_s = _list_obj(&tgt, NULL, 0)) == -1) {
917 mylist = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
922 mylist = PyList_New(0);
926 nalloc = (size_t) nalloc_s;
928 /* Try to allocate the memory, using Python's allocator */
929 if((buf = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
930 mylist = PyErr_NoMemory();
934 /* Now retrieve the list of attributes */
935 if((nret = _list_obj(&tgt, buf, nalloc)) == -1) {
936 mylist = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
940 /* Compute the number of attributes in the list */
941 for(s = buf, nattrs = 0; (s - buf) < nret; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
945 /* Create the list which will hold the result */
946 mylist = PyList_New(nattrs);
950 /* Create and insert the attributes as strings in the list */
951 for(s = buf, nattrs = 0; s - buf < nret; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
952 PyObject *item = PyBytes_FromString(s);
958 PyList_SET_ITEM(mylist, nattrs, item);
963 /* Free the buffer, now it is no longer needed */
969 /* Return the result */
973 static char __list_doc__[] =
974 "list(item[, nofollow=False, namespace=None])\n"
975 "Return the list of attribute names for a file.\n"
979 " >>> xattr.list('/path/to/file')\n"
980 " ['user.test', 'user.comment', 'system.posix_acl_access']\n"
981 " >>> xattr.list('/path/to/file', namespace=xattr.NS_USER)\n"
982 " ['test', 'comment']\n"
987 ":returns: the list of attributes; note that if a namespace \n"
988 " argument was passed, it (and the separator) will be stripped\n"
992 ":raises EnvironmentError: caused by any system errors\n"
994 ".. versionadded:: 0.4\n"
998 /* Wrapper for listxattr */
1000 xattr_list(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
1004 ssize_t nalloc_s, nret;
1008 const char *ns = NULL;
1012 static char *kwlist[] = {"item", "nofollow", "namespace", NULL};
1014 /* Parse the arguments */
1015 if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "O|i" BYTES_CHAR, kwlist,
1016 &myarg, &nofollow, &ns))
1018 if(convert_obj(myarg, &tgt, nofollow) < 0) {
1023 /* Find out the needed size of the buffer */
1024 if((nalloc_s = _list_obj(&tgt, NULL, 0)) == -1) {
1025 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
1030 res = PyList_New(0);
1034 nalloc = (size_t) nalloc_s;
1036 /* Try to allocate the memory, using Python's allocator */
1037 if((buf = PyMem_Malloc(nalloc)) == NULL) {
1038 res = PyErr_NoMemory();
1042 /* Now retrieve the list of attributes */
1043 if((nret = _list_obj(&tgt, buf, nalloc)) == -1) {
1044 res = PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
1048 /* Compute the number of attributes in the list */
1049 for(s = buf, nattrs = 0; (s - buf) < nret; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
1050 if(matches_ns(ns, s) != NULL)
1053 /* Create the list which will hold the result */
1054 res = PyList_New(nattrs);
1058 /* Create and insert the attributes as strings in the list */
1059 for(s = buf, nattrs = 0; s - buf < nret; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
1060 const char *name = matches_ns(ns, s);
1062 PyObject *item = PyBytes_FromString(name);
1068 PyList_SET_ITEM(res, nattrs, item);
1074 /* Free the buffer, now it is no longer needed */
1081 /* Return the result */
1085 static PyMethodDef xattr_methods[] = {
1086 {"getxattr", pygetxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pygetxattr_doc__ },
1087 {"get", (PyCFunction) xattr_get, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
1089 {"get_all", (PyCFunction) get_all, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
1091 {"setxattr", pysetxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pysetxattr_doc__ },
1092 {"set", (PyCFunction) xattr_set, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
1094 {"removexattr", pyremovexattr, METH_VARARGS, __pyremovexattr_doc__ },
1095 {"remove", (PyCFunction) xattr_remove, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
1097 {"listxattr", pylistxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pylistxattr_doc__ },
1098 {"list", (PyCFunction) xattr_list, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
1100 {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL} /* Sentinel */
1103 static char __xattr_doc__[] = \
1104 "This module gives access to the extended attributes present\n"
1105 "in some operating systems/filesystems. You can list attributes,\n"
1106 "get, set and remove them.\n"
1108 "The module exposes two sets of functions:\n"
1109 " - the 'old' :func:`listxattr`, :func:`getxattr`, :func:`setxattr`,\n"
1110 " :func:`removexattr`\n"
1111 " functions which are deprecated since version 0.4\n"
1112 " - the new :func:`list`, :func:`get`, :func:`get_all`, :func:`set`,\n"
1113 " :func:`remove` functions\n"
1114 " which expose a namespace-aware API and simplify a bit the calling\n"
1115 " model by using keyword arguments\n"
1118 " >>> import xattr\n"
1119 " >>> xattr.listxattr(\"file.txt\")\n"
1120 " ['user.mime_type']\n"
1121 " >>> xattr.getxattr(\"file.txt\", \"user.mime_type\")\n"
1123 " >>> xattr.setxattr(\"file.txt\", \"user.comment\", "
1124 "\"Simple text file\")\n"
1125 " >>> xattr.listxattr(\"file.txt\")\n"
1126 " ['user.mime_type', 'user.comment']\n"
1127 " >>> xattr.removexattr (\"file.txt\", \"user.comment\")\n"
1129 ".. note:: Most or all errors reported by the system while using\n"
1130 " the ``xattr`` library will be reported by raising\n"
1131 " a :exc:`EnvironmentError`; under\n"
1132 " Linux, the following ``errno`` values are used:\n"
1134 " - ``ENOATTR`` and ``ENODATA`` mean that the attribute name is\n"
1136 " - ``ENOTSUP`` and ``EOPNOTSUPP`` mean that the filesystem does not\n"
1137 " support extended attributes, or that the namespace is invalid\n"
1138 " - ``E2BIG`` mean that the attribute value is too big\n"
1139 " - ``ERANGE`` mean that the attribute name is too big (it might also\n"
1140 " mean an error in the xattr module itself)\n"
1141 " - ``ENOSPC`` and ``EDQUOT`` are documented as meaning out of disk\n"
1142 " space or out of disk space because of quota limits\n"
1143 ".. note:: Under Python 3, the namespace argument is a byte string,\n"
1144 " not a unicode string.\n"
1150 static struct PyModuleDef xattrmodule = {
1151 PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
1158 #define INITERROR return NULL
1164 #define INITERROR return
1169 PyObject *ns_security = NULL;
1170 PyObject *ns_system = NULL;
1171 PyObject *ns_trusted = NULL;
1172 PyObject *ns_user = NULL;
1174 PyObject *m = PyModule_Create(&xattrmodule);
1176 PyObject *m = Py_InitModule3("xattr", xattr_methods, __xattr_doc__);
1181 PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "__author__", _XATTR_AUTHOR);
1182 PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "__contact__", _XATTR_EMAIL);
1183 PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "__version__", _XATTR_VERSION);
1184 PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "__license__",
1185 "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)");
1186 PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "__docformat__", "restructuredtext en");
1188 PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "XATTR_CREATE", XATTR_CREATE);
1189 PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "XATTR_REPLACE", XATTR_REPLACE);
1191 /* namespace constants */
1192 if((ns_security = PyBytes_FromString("security")) == NULL)
1194 if((ns_system = PyBytes_FromString("system")) == NULL)
1196 if((ns_trusted = PyBytes_FromString("trusted")) == NULL)
1198 if((ns_user = PyBytes_FromString("user")) == NULL)
1200 if(PyModule_AddObject(m, "NS_SECURITY", ns_security) < 0)
1203 if(PyModule_AddObject(m, "NS_SYSTEM", ns_system) < 0)
1206 if(PyModule_AddObject(m, "NS_TRUSTED", ns_trusted) < 0)
1209 if(PyModule_AddObject(m, "NS_USER", ns_user) < 0)
1220 Py_XDECREF(ns_user);
1221 Py_XDECREF(ns_trusted);
1222 Py_XDECREF(ns_system);
1223 Py_XDECREF(ns_security);