--- /dev/null
+--[[
+LuCI - Filesystem tools
+
+Description:
+A module offering often needed filesystem manipulation functions
+
+FileId:
+$Id$
+
+License:
+Copyright 2008 Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+]]--
+
+module("luci.fs", package.seeall)
+
+require("posix")
+
+-- Glob
+glob = posix.glob
+
+-- Checks whether a file exists
+function isfile(filename)
+ local fp = io.open(filename, "r")
+ if fp then fp:close() end
+ return fp ~= nil
+end
+
+-- Returns the content of file
+function readfile(filename)
+ local fp, err = io.open(filename)
+
+ if fp == nil then
+ return nil, err
+ end
+
+ local data = fp:read("*a")
+ fp:close()
+ return data
+end
+
+-- Writes given data to a file
+function writefile(filename, data)
+ local fp, err = io.open(filename, "w")
+
+ if fp == nil then
+ return nil, err
+ end
+
+ fp:write(data)
+ fp:close()
+
+ return true
+end
+
+-- Returns the file modification date/time of "path"
+function mtime(path)
+ return posix.stat(path, "mtime")
+end
+
+-- basename wrapper
+basename = posix.basename
+
+-- dirname wrapper
+dirname = posix.dirname
+
+-- dir wrapper
+dir = posix.dir
+
+-- wrapper for posix.mkdir
+function mkdir(path, recursive)
+ if recursive then
+ local base = "."
+
+ if path:sub(1,1) == "/" then
+ base = ""
+ path = path:gsub("^/+","")
+ end
+
+ for elem in path:gmatch("([^/]+)/*") do
+ base = base .. "/" .. elem
+
+ local stat = posix.stat( base )
+
+ if not stat then
+ local stat, errmsg, errno = posix.mkdir( base )
+
+ if type(stat) ~= "number" or stat ~= 0 then
+ return stat, errmsg, errno
+ end
+ else
+ if stat.type ~= "directory" then
+ return nil, base .. ": File exists", 17
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ return 0
+ else
+ return posix.mkdir( path )
+ end
+end
+
+-- Alias for posix.rmdir
+rmdir = posix.rmdir
+
+-- Alias for posix.stat
+stat = posix.stat
+
+-- Alias for posix.chmod
+chmod = posix.chmod
+
+-- Alias for posix.link
+link = posix.link
+
+-- Alias for posix.unlink
+unlink = posix.unlink