// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package os_test import ( "bytes" "errors" "fmt" "io/fs" "log" "os" "path/filepath" "sync" "time" ) func ExampleOpenFile() { f, err := os.OpenFile("notes.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if err := f.Close(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleOpenFile_append() { // If the file doesn't exist, create it, or append to the file f, err := os.OpenFile("access.log", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if _, err := f.Write([]byte("appended some data\n")); err != nil { f.Close() // ignore error; Write error takes precedence log.Fatal(err) } if err := f.Close(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleChmod() { if err := os.Chmod("some-filename", 0644); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleChtimes() { mtime := time.Date(2006, time.February, 1, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC) atime := time.Date(2007, time.March, 2, 4, 5, 6, 0, time.UTC) if err := os.Chtimes("some-filename", atime, mtime); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleFileMode() { fi, err := os.Lstat("some-filename") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("permissions: %#o\n", fi.Mode().Perm()) // 0o400, 0o777, etc. switch mode := fi.Mode(); { case mode.IsRegular(): fmt.Println("regular file") case mode.IsDir(): fmt.Println("directory") case mode&fs.ModeSymlink != 0: fmt.Println("symbolic link") case mode&fs.ModeNamedPipe != 0: fmt.Println("named pipe") } } func ExampleErrNotExist() { filename := "a-nonexistent-file" if _, err := os.Stat(filename); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) { fmt.Println("file does not exist") } // Output: // file does not exist } func ExampleExpand() { mapper := func(placeholderName string) string { switch placeholderName { case "DAY_PART": return "morning" case "NAME": return "Gopher" } return "" } fmt.Println(os.Expand("Good ${DAY_PART}, $NAME!", mapper)) // Output: // Good morning, Gopher! } func ExampleExpandEnv() { os.Setenv("NAME", "gopher") os.Setenv("BURROW", "/usr/gopher") fmt.Println(os.ExpandEnv("$NAME lives in ${BURROW}.")) // Output: // gopher lives in /usr/gopher. } func ExampleLookupEnv() { show := func(key string) { val, ok := os.LookupEnv(key) if !ok { fmt.Printf("%s not set\n", key) } else { fmt.Printf("%s=%s\n", key, val) } } os.Setenv("SOME_KEY", "value") os.Setenv("EMPTY_KEY", "") show("SOME_KEY") show("EMPTY_KEY") show("MISSING_KEY") // Output: // SOME_KEY=value // EMPTY_KEY= // MISSING_KEY not set } func ExampleGetenv() { os.Setenv("NAME", "gopher") os.Setenv("BURROW", "/usr/gopher") fmt.Printf("%s lives in %s.\n", os.Getenv("NAME"), os.Getenv("BURROW")) // Output: // gopher lives in /usr/gopher. } func ExampleUnsetenv() { os.Setenv("TMPDIR", "/my/tmp") defer os.Unsetenv("TMPDIR") } func ExampleReadDir() { files, err := os.ReadDir(".") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } for _, file := range files { fmt.Println(file.Name()) } } func ExampleMkdirTemp() { dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "example") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer os.RemoveAll(dir) // clean up file := filepath.Join(dir, "tmpfile") if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("content"), 0666); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleMkdirTemp_suffix() { logsDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "*-logs") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer os.RemoveAll(logsDir) // clean up // Logs can be cleaned out earlier if needed by searching // for all directories whose suffix ends in *-logs. globPattern := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "*-logs") matches, err := filepath.Glob(globPattern) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to match %q: %v", globPattern, err) } for _, match := range matches { if err := os.RemoveAll(match); err != nil { log.Printf("Failed to remove %q: %v", match, err) } } } func ExampleCreateTemp() { f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "example") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer os.Remove(f.Name()) // clean up if _, err := f.Write([]byte("content")); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if err := f.Close(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleCreateTemp_suffix() { f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "example.*.txt") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer os.Remove(f.Name()) // clean up if _, err := f.Write([]byte("content")); err != nil { f.Close() log.Fatal(err) } if err := f.Close(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleReadFile() { data, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/hello") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } os.Stdout.Write(data) // Output: // Hello, Gophers! } func ExampleWriteFile() { err := os.WriteFile("testdata/hello", []byte("Hello, Gophers!"), 0666) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleMkdir() { err := os.Mkdir("testdir", 0750) if err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) { log.Fatal(err) } err = os.WriteFile("testdir/testfile.txt", []byte("Hello, Gophers!"), 0660) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleMkdirAll() { err := os.MkdirAll("test/subdir", 0750) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } err = os.WriteFile("test/subdir/testfile.txt", []byte("Hello, Gophers!"), 0660) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func ExampleReadlink() { // First, we create a relative symlink to a file. d, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer os.RemoveAll(d) targetPath := filepath.Join(d, "hello.txt") if err := os.WriteFile(targetPath, []byte("Hello, Gophers!"), 0644); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } linkPath := filepath.Join(d, "hello.link") if err := os.Symlink("hello.txt", filepath.Join(d, "hello.link")); err != nil { if errors.Is(err, errors.ErrUnsupported) { // Allow the example to run on platforms that do not support symbolic links. fmt.Printf("%s links to %s\n", filepath.Base(linkPath), "hello.txt") return } log.Fatal(err) } // Readlink returns the relative path as passed to os.Symlink. dst, err := os.Readlink(linkPath) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%s links to %s\n", filepath.Base(linkPath), dst) var dstAbs string if filepath.IsAbs(dst) { dstAbs = dst } else { // Symlink targets are relative to the directory containing the link. dstAbs = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(linkPath), dst) } // Check that the target is correct by comparing it with os.Stat // on the original target path. dstInfo, err := os.Stat(dstAbs) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } targetInfo, err := os.Stat(targetPath) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if !os.SameFile(dstInfo, targetInfo) { log.Fatalf("link destination (%s) is not the same file as %s", dstAbs, targetPath) } // Output: // hello.link links to hello.txt } func ExampleUserCacheDir() { dir, dirErr := os.UserCacheDir() if dirErr == nil { dir = filepath.Join(dir, "ExampleUserCacheDir") } getCache := func(name string) ([]byte, error) { if dirErr != nil { return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "getCache", Path: name, Err: os.ErrNotExist} } return os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, name)) } var mkdirOnce sync.Once putCache := func(name string, b []byte) error { if dirErr != nil { return &os.PathError{Op: "putCache", Path: name, Err: dirErr} } mkdirOnce.Do(func() { if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0700); err != nil { log.Printf("can't create user cache dir: %v", err) } }) return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), b, 0600) } // Read and store cached data. // … _ = getCache _ = putCache // Output: } func ExampleUserConfigDir() { dir, dirErr := os.UserConfigDir() var ( configPath string origConfig []byte ) if dirErr == nil { configPath = filepath.Join(dir, "ExampleUserConfigDir", "example.conf") var err error origConfig, err = os.ReadFile(configPath) if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) { // The user has a config file but we couldn't read it. // Report the error instead of ignoring their configuration. log.Fatal(err) } } // Use and perhaps make changes to the config. config := bytes.Clone(origConfig) // … // Save changes. if !bytes.Equal(config, origConfig) { if configPath == "" { log.Printf("not saving config changes: %v", dirErr) } else { err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(configPath), 0700) if err == nil { err = os.WriteFile(configPath, config, 0600) } if err != nil { log.Printf("error saving config changes: %v", err) } } } // Output: }