Module misc'

miscelaneous low-level C functions for conary

Functions

countOpenFileDescriptors(...)

depSetSplit(...)

depSplit(...)

dynamicSize(...)

exists(...)
returns a boolean reflecting whether a file (even a broken symlink) exists in the filesystem

malloced(...)
amount of memory currently allocated through malloc()

massCloseFileDescriptors(...)

mkdirIfMissing(...)
Creates a directory if the file does not already exist.

pread(...)

recvmsg(...)

removeIfExists(...)
unlinks a file if it exists; silently fails if it does not exist.

res_init(...)

sendmsg(...)

unpack(...)

Function Details

Creates a directory if the file does not already exist. EEXIST is ignored.

unlinks a file if it exists; silently fails if it does not exist. returns a boolean indicating whether or not a file was removed