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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - Virtual Filesystem.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_vfs_h
+#define ___iprt_vfs_h
+
+#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+#include <iprt/dir.h>
+#include <iprt/fs.h>
+#include <iprt/handle.h>
+#include <iprt/symlink.h>
+#include <iprt/sg.h>
+#include <iprt/time.h>
+
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_vfs RTVfs - Virtual Filesystem
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ *
+ * The virtual filesystem APIs are intended to make it possible to work on
+ * container files, file system sub-trees, file system overlays and other custom
+ * filesystem configurations. It also makes it possible to create filters, like
+ * automatically gunzipping a tar.gz file before feeding it to the RTTar API for
+ * unpacking - or wise versa.
+ *
+ * The virtual filesystem APIs are intended to mirror the RTDir, RTFile, RTPath
+ * and RTFs APIs pretty closely so that rewriting a piece of code to work with
+ * it should be easy. However there are some differences to the way the APIs
+ * works and the user should heed the documentation. The differences are
+ * usually motivated by simplification and in some case to make the VFS more
+ * flexible.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The object type.
+ */
+typedef enum RTVFSOBJTYPE
+{
+ /** Invalid type. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_INVALID = 0,
+ /** Pure base object.
+ * This is returned by the filesystem stream to represent directories,
+ * devices, fifos and similar that needs to be created. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_BASE,
+ /** Virtual filesystem. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_VFS,
+ /** Filesystem stream. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_FS_STREAM,
+ /** Pure I/O stream. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_IO_STREAM,
+ /** Directory. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_DIR,
+ /** File. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_FILE,
+ /** Symbolic link. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_SYMLINK,
+ /** End of valid object types. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_END,
+ /** Pure I/O stream. */
+ RTVFSOBJTYPE_32BIT_HACK = 0x7fffffff
+} RTVFSOBJTYPE;
+/** Pointer to a VFS object type. */
+typedef RTVFSOBJTYPE *PRTVFSOBJTYPE;
+
+
+
+/** @name RTVfsCreate flags
+ * @{ */
+/** Whether the file system is read-only. */
+#define RTVFS_C_READONLY RT_BIT(0)
+/** Whether we the VFS should be thread safe (i.e. automaticaly employ
+ * locks). */
+#define RTVFS_C_THREAD_SAFE RT_BIT(1)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * Creates an empty virtual filesystem.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param pszName Name, for logging and such.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, MBZ.
+ * @param phVfs Where to return the VFS handle. Release the returned
+ * reference by calling RTVfsRelease.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsCreate(const char *pszName, uint32_t fFlags, PRTVFS phVfs);
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsRetain(RTVFS phVfs);
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsRelease(RTVFS phVfs);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsAttach(RTVFS hVfs, const char *pszMountPoint, uint32_t fFlags, RTVFS hVfsAttach);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsDetach(RTVFS hVfs, const char *pszMountPoint, RTVFS hVfsToDetach, PRTVFS *phVfsDetached);
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsGetAttachmentCount(RTVFS hVfs);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsGetAttachment(RTVFS hVfs, uint32_t iOrdinal, PRTVFS *phVfsAttached, uint32_t *pfFlags,
+ char *pszMountPoint, size_t cbMountPoint);
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether a given range is in use by the virtual filesystem.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfs VFS handle.
+ * @param off Start offset to check.
+ * @param cb Number of bytes to check.
+ * @param pfUsed Where to store the result.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIsRangeInUse(RTVFS hVfs, uint64_t off, size_t cb,
+ bool *pfUsed);
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_dir VFS Base Object API
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Retains a reference to the VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success, UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsObjRetain(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Releases a reference to the VFS base handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success (0 if closed), UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsObjRelease(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Query information about the object.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the @a enmAddAttr value is not handled by the
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS object handle.
+ * @param pObjInfo Where to return the info.
+ * @param enmAddAttr Which additional attributes should be retrieved.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmQueryInfo, RTVfsFileQueryInfo, RTFileQueryInfo,
+ * RTPathQueryInfo
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsObjQueryInfo(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj, PRTFSOBJINFO pObjInfo, RTFSOBJATTRADD enmAddAttr);
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFS) RTVfsObjToVfs(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS filesystem stream handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSFSSTREAM) RTVfsObjToFsStream(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS directory handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSDIR) RTVfsObjToDir(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS I/O stream handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSIOSTREAM) RTVfsObjToIoStream(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS file handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSFILE) RTVfsObjToFile(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS base object handle to a VFS symbolic link handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL on failure.
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS base object handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSSYMLINK) RTVfsObjToSymlink(RTVFSOBJ hVfsObj);
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfs The VFS handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromVfs(RTVFS hVfs);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS filesystem stream handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfsFSs The VFS filesystem stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromFsStream(RTVFSFSSTREAM hVfsFss);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS directory handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfsDir The VFS directory handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromDir(RTVFSDIR hVfsDir);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS I/O stream handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromIoStream(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS file handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromFile(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a VFS symbolic link handle to a VFS base object handle.
+ *
+ * @returns Referenced handle on success, NIL if the input handle was invalid.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSOBJ) RTVfsObjFromSymlink(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_fsstream VFS Filesystem Stream API
+ *
+ * Filesystem streams are for tar, cpio and similar. Any virtual filesystem can
+ * be turned into a filesystem stream using RTVfsFsStrmFromVfs.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsFsStrmRetain(RTVFSFSSTREAM hVfsFss);
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsFsStrmRelease(RTVFSFSSTREAM hVfsFss);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFsStrmQueryInfo(RTVFSFSSTREAM hVfsFss, PRTFSOBJINFO pObjInfo, RTFSOBJATTRADD enmAddAttr);
+
+/**
+ * Gets the next object in the stream.
+ *
+ * This call may affect the stream posision of a previously returned object.
+ *
+ * The type of object returned here typically boils down to three types:
+ * - I/O streams (representing files),
+ * - symbolic links
+ * - base object
+ * The base objects represent anything not convered by the two other, i.e.
+ * directories, device nodes, fifos, sockets and whatnot. The details can be
+ * queried using RTVfsObjQueryInfo.
+ *
+ * That said, absolutely any object except for filesystem stream objects can be
+ * returned by this call. Any generic code is adviced to just deal with it all.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS if a new object was retrieved.
+ * @retval VERR_EOF when there are no more objects.
+ *
+ * @param pvThis The implementation specific directory data.
+ * @param ppszName Where to return the object name. Must be freed by
+ * calling RTStrFree.
+ * @param penmType Where to return the object type.
+ * @param hVfsObj Where to return the object handle (referenced).
+ * This must be cast to the desired type before use.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFsStrmNext(RTVFSFSSTREAM hVfsFss, char **ppszName, RTVFSOBJTYPE *penmType, PRTVFSOBJ phVfsObj);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_dir VFS Directory API
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Retains a reference to the VFS directory handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success, UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsDir The VFS directory handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsDirRetain(RTVFSDIR hVfsDir);
+
+/**
+ * Releases a reference to the VFS directory handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success (0 if closed), UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS directory handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsDirRelease(RTVFSDIR hVfsDir);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_iostream VFS Symbolic Link API
+ *
+ * @remarks The TAR VFS and filesystem stream uses symbolic links for
+ * describing hard links as well. The users must use RTFS_IS_SYMLINK
+ * to check if it is a real symlink in those cases.
+ *
+ * @remarks Any VFS which is backed by a real file system may be subject to
+ * races with other processes or threads, so the user may get
+ * unexpected errors when this happends. This is a bit host specific,
+ * i.e. it might be prevent on windows if we care.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Retains a reference to the VFS symbolic link handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success, UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsSymlinkRetain(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym);
+
+/**
+ * Releases a reference to the VFS symbolic link handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success (0 if closed), UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsSymlinkRelease(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym);
+
+/**
+ * Query information about the symbolic link.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ * @param pObjInfo Where to return the info.
+ * @param enmAddAttr Which additional attributes should be retrieved.
+ *
+ * @sa RTFileQueryInfo, RTPathQueryInfo, RTPathQueryInfoEx
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsSymlinkQueryInfo(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym, PRTFSOBJINFO pObjInfo, RTFSOBJATTRADD enmAddAttr);
+
+/**
+ * Set the unix style owner and group.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ * @param fMode The new mode bits.
+ * @param fMask The mask indicating which bits we are changing.
+ * @sa RTFileSetMode, RTPathSetMode
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsSymlinkSetMode(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym, RTFMODE fMode, RTFMODE fMask);
+
+/**
+ * Set the timestamps associated with the object.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ * @param pAccessTime Pointer to the new access time. NULL if not
+ * to be changed.
+ * @param pModificationTime Pointer to the new modifcation time. NULL if
+ * not to be changed.
+ * @param pChangeTime Pointer to the new change time. NULL if not to be
+ * changed.
+ * @param pBirthTime Pointer to the new time of birth. NULL if not to be
+ * changed.
+ * @remarks See RTFileSetTimes for restrictions and behavior imposed by the
+ * host OS or underlying VFS provider.
+ * @sa RTFileSetTimes, RTPathSetTimes
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsSymlinkSetTimes(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym, PCRTTIMESPEC pAccessTime, PCRTTIMESPEC pModificationTime,
+ PCRTTIMESPEC pChangeTime, PCRTTIMESPEC pBirthTime);
+
+/**
+ * Set the unix style owner and group.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ * @param uid The user ID of the new owner. NIL_RTUID if
+ * unchanged.
+ * @param gid The group ID of the new owner group. NIL_RTGID if
+ * unchanged.
+ * @sa RTFileSetOwner, RTPathSetOwner.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsSymlinkSetOwner(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym, RTUID uid, RTGID gid);
+
+/**
+ * Read the symbolic link target.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsSym The VFS symbolic link handle.
+ * @param pszTarget The target buffer.
+ * @param cbTarget The size of the target buffer.
+ * @sa RTSymlinkRead
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsSymlinkRead(RTVFSSYMLINK hVfsSym, char *pszTarget, size_t cbTarget);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_iostream VFS I/O Stream API
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Create a VFS I/O stream handle from a standard IPRT file handle (RTFILE).
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hFile The standard IPRT file handle.
+ * @param fOpen The flags the handle was opened with. Pass 0 to
+ * have these detected.
+ * @param fLeaveOpen Whether to leave the handle open when the VFS file
+ * is released, or to close it (@c false).
+ * @param phVfsIos Where to return the VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmFromRTFile(RTFILE hFile, uint64_t fOpen, bool fLeaveOpen, PRTVFSIOSTREAM phVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Create a VFS I/O stream handle from one of the standard handles.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param enmStdHandle The standard IPRT file handle.
+ * @param fOpen The flags the handle was opened with. Pass 0 to
+ * have these detected.
+ * @param fLeaveOpen Whether to leave the handle open when the VFS file
+ * is released, or to close it (@c false).
+ * @param phVfsIos Where to return the VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmFromStdHandle(RTHANDLESTD enmStdHandle, uint64_t fOpen, bool fLeaveOpen,
+ PRTVFSIOSTREAM phVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Retains a reference to the VFS I/O stream handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success, UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsIoStrmRetain(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Releases a reference to the VFS I/O stream handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success (0 if closed), UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsIoStrmRelease(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Convert the VFS I/O stream handle to a VFS file handle.
+ *
+ * @returns The VFS file handle on success, this must be released.
+ * NIL_RTVFSFILE if the I/O stream handle is invalid.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @sa RTVfsFileToIoStream
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSFILE) RTVfsIoStrmToFile(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Query information about the I/O stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param pObjInfo Where to return the info.
+ * @param enmAddAttr Which additional attributes should be retrieved.
+ * @sa RTFileQueryInfo
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmQueryInfo(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, PRTFSOBJINFO pObjInfo, RTFSOBJATTRADD enmAddAttr);
+
+/**
+ * Read bytes from the I/O stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS and the number of bytes read written to @a pcbRead.
+ * @retval VINF_TRY_AGAIN if @a fBlocking is @c false, @a pcbRead is not NULL,
+ * and no data was available. @a *pcbRead will be set to 0.
+ * @retval VINF_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the stream and
+ * @a pcbRead is not NULL (it will be set to the number of bytes read,
+ * or 0 if the end of the stream was reached before this call).
+ * When the last byte of the read request is the last byte in the
+ * stream, this status code will not be used. However, VINF_EOF is
+ * returned when attempting to read 0 bytes while standing at the end
+ * of the stream.
+ * @retval VERR_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the stream and
+ * @a pcbRead is NULL.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the stream is not readable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param pvBuf Where to store the read bytes.
+ * @param cbToRead The number of bytes to read.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbRead parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * read. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTVfsFileRead, RTFileRead, RTPipeRead, RTPipeReadBlocking,
+ * RTSocketRead
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmRead(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, void *pvBuf, size_t cbToRead, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbRead);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmReadAt(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, RTFOFF off, void *pvBuf, size_t cbToRead, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbRead);
+
+/**
+ * Write bytes to the I/O stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the stream is not writable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param pvBuf The bytes to write.
+ * @param cbToWrite The number of bytes to write.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbWritten parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * written. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTVfsFileWrite, RTFileWrite, RTPipeWrite, RTPipeWriteBlocking,
+ * RTSocketWrite
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmWrite(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, const void *pvBuf, size_t cbToWrite, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbWritten);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmWriteAt(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, RTFOFF off, const void *pvBuf, size_t cbToWrite, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbWritten);
+
+/**
+ * Reads bytes from the I/O stream into a scatter buffer.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS and the number of bytes read written to @a pcbRead.
+ * @retval VINF_TRY_AGAIN if @a fBlocking is @c false, @a pcbRead is not NULL,
+ * and no data was available. @a *pcbRead will be set to 0.
+ * @retval VINF_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the stream and
+ * @a pcbRead is not NULL (it will be set to the number of bytes read,
+ * or 0 if the end of the stream was reached before this call).
+ * When the last byte of the read request is the last byte in the
+ * stream, this status code will not be used. However, VINF_EOF is
+ * returned when attempting to read 0 bytes while standing at the end
+ * of the stream.
+ * @retval VERR_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the stream and
+ * @a pcbRead is NULL.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the stream is not readable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param pSgBuf Pointer to a scatter buffer descriptor. The number
+ * of bytes described by the segments is what will be
+ * attemted read.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbRead parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * read. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTFileSgRead, RTSocketSgRead, RTPipeRead, RTPipeReadBlocking
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmSgRead(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, PCRTSGBUF pSgBuf, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbRead);
+
+/**
+ * Write bytes to the I/O stream from a gather buffer.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the stream is not writable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param pSgBuf Pointer to a gather buffer descriptor. The number
+ * of bytes described by the segments is what will be
+ * attemted written.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbWritten parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * written. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTFileSgWrite, RTSocketSgWrite
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmSgWrite(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, PCRTSGBUF pSgBuf, bool fBlocking, size_t *pcbWritten);
+
+/**
+ * Flush any buffered data to the I/O stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @sa RTVfsFileFlush, RTFileFlush, RTPipeFlush
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmFlush(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Poll for events.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param fEvents The events to poll for (RTPOLL_EVT_XXX).
+ * @param cMillies How long to wait for event to eventuate.
+ * @param fIntr Whether the wait is interruptible and can return
+ * VERR_INTERRUPTED (@c true) or if this condition
+ * should be hidden from the caller (@c false).
+ * @param pfRetEvents Where to return the event mask.
+ * @sa RTVfsFilePoll, RTPollSetAdd, RTPoll, RTPollNoResume.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmPoll(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, uint32_t fEvents, RTMSINTERVAL cMillies, bool fIntr,
+ uint32_t *pfRetEvents);
+/**
+ * Tells the current I/O stream position.
+ *
+ * @returns Zero or higher - where to return the I/O stream offset. Values
+ * below zero are IPRT status codes (VERR_XXX).
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @sa RTFileTell
+ */
+RTDECL(RTFOFF) RTVfsIoStrmTell(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Skips @a cb ahead in the stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param cb The number bytes to skip.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmSkip(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, RTFOFF cb);
+
+/**
+ * Fills the stream with @a cb zeros.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param cb The number of zero bytes to insert.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmZeroFill(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, RTFOFF cb);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if we're at the end of the I/O stream.
+ *
+ * @returns true if at EOS, otherwise false.
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTVfsIoStrmIsAtEnd(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos);
+
+/**
+ * Process the rest of the stream, checking if it's all valid UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * @returns VBox status cod.e
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream handle.
+ * @param fFlags Flags governing the validation, see
+ * RTVFS_VALIDATE_UTF8_XXX.
+ * @param poffError Where to return the error offset. Optional.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsIoStrmValidateUtf8Encoding(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, uint32_t fFlags, PRTFOFF poffError);
+
+/** @defgroup RTVFS_VALIDATE_UTF8_XXX RTVfsIoStrmValidateUtf8Encoding flags.
+ * @{ */
+/** The text must not contain any null terminator codepoints. */
+#define RTVFS_VALIDATE_UTF8_NO_NULL RT_BIT_32(0)
+/** The codepoints must be in the range covered by RTC-3629. */
+#define RTVFS_VALIDATE_UTF8_BY_RTC_3629 RT_BIT_32(1)
+/** Mask of valid flags. */
+#define RTVFS_VALIDATE_UTF8_VALID_MASK UINT32_C(0x00000003)
+/** @} */
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_file VFS File API
+ * @{
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileOpen(RTVFS hVfs, const char *pszFilename, uint64_t fOpen, PRTVFSFILE phVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Create a VFS file handle from a standard IPRT file handle (RTFILE).
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hFile The standard IPRT file handle.
+ * @param fOpen The flags the handle was opened with. Pass 0 to
+ * have these detected.
+ * @param fLeaveOpen Whether to leave the handle open when the VFS file
+ * is released, or to close it (@c false).
+ * @param phVfsFile Where to return the VFS file handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileFromRTFile(RTFILE hFile, uint64_t fOpen, bool fLeaveOpen, PRTVFSFILE phVfsFile);
+RTDECL(RTHCUINTPTR) RTVfsFileToNative(RTFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Convert the VFS file handle to a VFS I/O stream handle.
+ *
+ * @returns The VFS I/O stream handle on success, this must be released.
+ * NIL_RTVFSIOSTREAM if the file handle is invalid.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmToFile
+ */
+RTDECL(RTVFSIOSTREAM) RTVfsFileToIoStream(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Retains a reference to the VFS file handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success, UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsFileRetain(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Releases a reference to the VFS file handle.
+ *
+ * @returns New reference count on success (0 if closed), UINT32_MAX on failure.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTVfsFileRelease(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Query information about the object.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the @a enmAddAttr value is not handled by the
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsObj The VFS object handle.
+ * @param pObjInfo Where to return the info.
+ * @param enmAddAttr Which additional attributes should be retrieved.
+ * @sa RTVfsObjQueryInfo, RTVfsFsStrmQueryInfo, RTVfsDirQueryInfo,
+ * RTVfsIoStrmQueryInfo, RTVfsFileQueryInfo, RTFileQueryInfo,
+ * RTPathQueryInfo.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileQueryInfo(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, PRTFSOBJINFO pObjInfo, RTFSOBJATTRADD enmAddAttr);
+
+/**
+ * Read bytes from the file at the current position.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS and the number of bytes read written to @a pcbRead.
+ * @retval VINF_TRY_AGAIN if @a fBlocking is @c false, @a pcbRead is not NULL,
+ * and no data was available. @a *pcbRead will be set to 0.
+ * @retval VINF_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the file and
+ * @a pcbRead is not NULL (it will be set to the number of bytes read,
+ * or 0 if the end of the file was reached before this call).
+ * When the last byte of the read request is the last byte in the
+ * file, this status code will not be used. However, VINF_EOF is
+ * returned when attempting to read 0 bytes while standing at the end
+ * of the file.
+ * @retval VERR_EOF when trying to read __beyond__ the end of the file and
+ * @a pcbRead is NULL.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the file is not readable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @param pvBuf Where to store the read bytes.
+ * @param cbToRead The number of bytes to read.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbRead parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * read. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmRead, RTFileRead, RTPipeRead, RTPipeReadBlocking,
+ * RTSocketRead
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileRead(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, void *pvBuf, size_t cbToRead, size_t *pcbRead);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileReadAt(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, RTFOFF off, void *pvBuf, size_t cbToRead, size_t *pcbRead);
+
+/**
+ * Write bytes to the file at the current position.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_ACCESS_DENIED if the file is not writable.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @param pvBuf The bytes to write.
+ * @param cbToWrite The number of bytes to write.
+ * @param fBlocking Whether the call is blocking (@c true) or not. If
+ * not, the @a pcbWritten parameter must not be NULL.
+ * @param pcbRead Where to always store the number of bytes actually
+ * written. This can be NULL if @a fBlocking is true.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmRead, RTFileWrite, RTPipeWrite, RTPipeWriteBlocking,
+ * RTSocketWrite
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileWrite(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, const void *pvBuf, size_t cbToWrite, size_t *pcbWritten);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileWriteAt(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, RTFOFF off, const void *pvBuf, size_t cbToWrite, size_t *pcbWritten);
+
+/**
+ * Flush any buffered data to the file.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmFlush, RTFileFlush, RTPipeFlush
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileFlush(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Poll for events.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @param fEvents The events to poll for (RTPOLL_EVT_XXX).
+ * @param cMillies How long to wait for event to eventuate.
+ * @param fIntr Whether the wait is interruptible and can return
+ * VERR_INTERRUPTED (@c true) or if this condition
+ * should be hidden from the caller (@c false).
+ * @param pfRetEvents Where to return the event mask.
+ * @sa RTVfsIoStrmPoll, RTPollSetAdd, RTPoll, RTPollNoResume.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTFOFF) RTVfsFilePoll(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, uint32_t fEvents, RTMSINTERVAL cMillies, bool fIntr,
+ uint32_t *pfRetEvents);
+
+/**
+ * Tells the current file position.
+ *
+ * @returns Zero or higher - where to return the file offset. Values
+ * below zero are IPRT status codes (VERR_XXX).
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @sa RTFileTell, RTVfsIoStrmTell.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTFOFF) RTVfsFileTell(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+
+/**
+ * Changes the current read/write position of a file.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsFile The VFS file handle.
+ * @param offSeek The seek offset.
+ * @param uMethod The seek emthod.
+ * @param poffActual Where to optionally return the new file offset.
+ *
+ * @sa RTFileSeek
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileSeek(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, RTFOFF offSeek, uint32_t uMethod, uint64_t *poffActual);
+
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileSetSize(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, uint64_t cbSize);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileGetSize(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, uint64_t *pcbSize);
+RTDECL(RTFOFF) RTVfsFileGetMaxSize(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsFileGetMaxSizeEx(RTVFSFILE hVfsFile, PRTFOFF pcbMax);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_vfs_misc VFS Miscellaneous
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Memorizes the I/O stream as a file backed by memory.
+ *
+ * @returns VBox status code.
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIos The VFS I/O stream to memorize. This will be read
+ * to the end on success, on failure its position is
+ * undefined.
+ * @param fFlags A combination of RTFILE_O_READ and RTFILE_O_WRITE.
+ * @param phVfsFile Where to return the handle to the memory file on
+ * success.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsMemorizeIoStreamAsFile(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIos, uint32_t fFlags, PRTVFSFILE phVfsFile);
+
+
+/**
+ * Pumps data from one I/O stream to another.
+ *
+ * The data is read in chunks from @a hVfsIosSrc and written to @a hVfsIosDst
+ * until @hVfsIosSrc indicates end of stream.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code
+ *
+ * @param hVfsIosSrc The input stream.
+ * @param hVfsIosDst The output stream.
+ * @param cbBufHint Hints at a good temporary buffer size, pass 0 if
+ * clueless.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsUtilPumpIoStreams(RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIosSrc, RTVFSIOSTREAM hVfsIosDst, size_t cbBufHint);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_vfs_chain VFS Chains
+ *
+ * VFS chains is for doing pipe like things with VFS objects from the command
+ * line. Imagine you want to cat the readme.gz of an ISO you could do
+ * something like:
+ * RTCat :iprtvfs:vfs(isofs,./mycd.iso)|ios(open,readme.gz)|ios(gunzip)
+ * or
+ * RTCat :iprtvfs:ios(isofs,./mycd.iso,/readme.gz)|ios(gunzip)
+ *
+ * The "isofs", "open" and "gunzip" bits in the above examples are chain
+ * element providers registered with IPRT. See RTVFSCHAINELEMENTREG for how
+ * these works.
+ *
+ * @{ */
+
+/** The path prefix used to identify an VFS chain specification. */
+#define RTVFSCHAIN_SPEC_PREFIX ":iprtvfs:"
+
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenVfs( const char *pszSpec, PRTVFS phVfs, const char **ppszError);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenFsStream( const char *pszSpec, PRTVFSFSSTREAM phVfsFss, const char **ppszError);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenDir( const char *pszSpec, uint64_t fOpen, PRTVFSDIR phVfsDir, const char **ppszError);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenFile( const char *pszSpec, uint64_t fOpen, PRTVFSFILE phVfsFile, const char **ppszError);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenSymlink( const char *pszSpec, PRTVFSSYMLINK phVfsSym, const char **ppszError);
+RTDECL(int) RTVfsChainOpenIoStream( const char *pszSpec, uint64_t fOpen, PRTVFSIOSTREAM phVfsIos, const char **ppszError);
+
+/**
+ * Tests if the given string is a chain specification or not.
+ *
+ * @returns true if it is, false if it isn't.
+ * @param pszSpec The alleged chain spec.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTVfsChainIsSpec(const char *pszSpec);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @} */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#endif /* !___iprt_vfs_h */
+