From e87e3690a61faba606ec85dc6d77faa8c7fc1b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iustin Pop Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:35:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improved documentation and added some constants (XATTR_*) --- setup.py | 8 ++++-- xattr.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py index 05290e3..dd2cfa6 100644 --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import distutils from distutils.core import setup, Extension +long_desc = """This is a C extension module for Python which +implements extended attributes manipulation. It is a wrapper on top +of the attr C library - see attr(5).""" + setup(name="pyxattr", version="0.1", description="Extended attributes for python", - long_description="""This is a C extension module for Python which - implements extended attributes manipulation. It is a wrapper on top - of the attr C library - see attr(5).""", + long_description=long_desc, author="Iustin Pop", author_email="iusty@k1024.org", url="http://pyxattr.sourceforge.net", diff --git a/xattr.c b/xattr.c index ecb0d64..b17e737 100644 --- a/xattr.c +++ b/xattr.c @@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ static int convertObj(PyObject *myobj, int *ishandle, int *filehandle, char **fi } /* Wrapper for getxattr */ +static char __pygetxattr_doc__[] = \ +"Get the value of a given extended attribute.\n" \ +"\n" \ +"Parameters:\n" \ +"\t- a string representing filename, or a file-like object,\n" \ +"\t or a file descriptor; this represents the file on \n" \ +"\t which to act\n" \ +"\t- a string, representing the attribute whose value to retrieve;\n" \ +"\t usually in form of system.posix_acl or user.mime_type" \ +; + static PyObject * pygetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { @@ -65,6 +76,25 @@ pygetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) return res; } +static char __pysetxattr_doc__[] = \ +"Set the value of a given extended attribute.\n" \ +"\n" \ +"Parameters:\n" \ +"\t- a string representing filename, or a file-like object,\n" \ +"\t or a file descriptor; this represents the file on \n" \ +"\t which to act\n" \ +"\t- a string, representing the attribute whose value to set;\n" \ +"\t usually in form of system.posix_acl or user.mime_type\n" \ +"\t- a string, possibly with embedded NULLs; note that there\n" \ +"\t are restrictions regarding the size of the value, for\n" \ +"\t example, for ext2/ext3, maximum size is the block size\n" \ +"\t- a small integer; if ommited the attribute will be created\n" \ +"\t or replaced; if XATTR_CREATE, the attribute will be \n" \ +"\t created, giving an error if it already exists; if \n" \ +"\t XATTR_REPLACE, the attribute will be replaced, giving \n" \ +"\t an error if it doesn't exists." \ +; + /* Wrapper for setxattr */ static PyObject * pysetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) @@ -74,19 +104,15 @@ pysetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) int ishandle, filedes; char *attrname; char *buf; - char mode = 0; int bufsize, nret; - int flags; + int flags = 0; /* Parse the arguments */ - if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oss#|b", &myarg, &attrname, &buf, &bufsize, &mode)) + if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oss#|b", &myarg, &attrname, &buf, &bufsize, &flags)) return NULL; if(!convertObj(myarg, &ishandle, &filedes, &file)) return NULL; - /* Check the flags and convert them to libattr values */ - flags = mode == 1 ? XATTR_CREATE : mode == 2 ? XATTR_REPLACE : 0; - /* Set the attribute's value */ nret = ishandle ? fsetxattr(filedes, attrname, buf, bufsize, flags) : @@ -101,6 +127,17 @@ pysetxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) return Py_None; } +static char __pyremovexattr_doc__[] = \ +"Remove an attribute from a file\n" \ +"\n" \ +"Parameters:\n" \ +"\t- a string representing filename, or a file-like object,\n" \ +"\t or a file descriptor; this represents the file on \n" \ +"\t which to act\n" \ +"\t- a string, representing the attribute to be removed;\n" \ +"\t usually in form of system.posix_acl or user.mime_type" \ +; + /* Wrapper for removexattr */ static PyObject * pyremovexattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) @@ -131,6 +168,15 @@ pyremovexattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) return Py_None; } +static char __pylistxattr_doc__[] = \ +"Return the list of attribute names from a file\n" \ +"\n" \ +"Parameters:\n" \ +"\t- a string representing filename, or a file-like object,\n" \ +"\t or a file descriptor; this represents the file to \n" \ +"\t be queried\n" \ +; + /* Wrapper for listxattr */ static PyObject * pylistxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) @@ -196,19 +242,27 @@ pylistxattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) } static PyMethodDef xattr_methods[] = { - {"getxattr", pygetxattr, METH_VARARGS, - "Get the value of a given extended attribute."}, - {"setxattr", pysetxattr, METH_VARARGS, - "Set the value of a given extended attribute."}, - {"removexattr", pyremovexattr, METH_VARARGS, - "Remove the a given extended attribute."}, - {"listxattr", pylistxattr, METH_VARARGS, - "Retrieve the list of extened attributes."}, + {"getxattr", pygetxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pygetxattr_doc__ }, + {"setxattr", pysetxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pysetxattr_doc__ }, + {"removexattr", pyremovexattr, METH_VARARGS, __pyremovexattr_doc__ }, + {"listxattr", pylistxattr, METH_VARARGS, __pylistxattr_doc__ }, {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL} /* Sentinel */ }; +static char __xattr_doc__[] = \ +"Access extended filesystem attributes\n" \ +"\n" \ +"This module gives access to the extended attributes present\n" \ +"in some operating systems/filesystems. You can list attributes,\n"\ +"get, set and remove them.\n"\ +; + void initxattr(void) { - (void) Py_InitModule3("xattr", xattr_methods, "Wrapper module for libattr"); + PyObject *m = Py_InitModule3("xattr", xattr_methods, __xattr_doc__); + + PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "XATTR_CREATE", XATTR_CREATE); + PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "XATTR_REPLACE", XATTR_REPLACE); + } -- 2.39.5