class ChefConfig::PathHelper
def self.all_homes(*args)
The return is a list of all the returned values from each block invocation or a list of paths
This method goes out and checks the existence of each location at the time of the call.
HOMEDRIVE\HOMEPATH and USERPROFILE are different, the provided block will be called twice.
possible values of 'HOME' that one could have on this platform. Hence, on windows, if
See self.home. This method performs a similar operation except that it yields all the different
def self.all_homes(*args) paths = [] if ChefConfig.windows? # By default, Ruby uses the the following environment variables to determine Dir.home: # HOME # HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH # USERPROFILE # Ruby only checks to see if the variable is specified - not if the directory actually exists. # On Windows, HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH can point to a different location (such as an unavailable network mounted drive) # while USERPROFILE points to the location where the user application settings and profile are stored. HOME # is not defined as an environment variable (usually). If the home path actually uses UNC, then the prefix is # HOMESHARE instead of HOMEDRIVE. # # We instead walk down the following and only include paths that actually exist. # HOME # HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH # HOMESHARE HOMEPATH # USERPROFILE paths << ENV["HOME"] paths << ENV["HOMEDRIVE"] + ENV["HOMEPATH"] if ENV["HOMEDRIVE"] && ENV["HOMEPATH"] paths << ENV["HOMESHARE"] + ENV["HOMEPATH"] if ENV["HOMESHARE"] && ENV["HOMEPATH"] paths << ENV["USERPROFILE"] end paths << Dir.home if ENV["HOME"] # Depending on what environment variables we're using, the slashes can go in any which way. # Just change them all to / to keep things consistent. # Note: Maybe this is a bad idea on some unixy systems where \ might be a valid character depending on # the particular brand of kool-aid you consume. This code assumes that \ and / are both # path separators on any system being used. paths = paths.map { |home_path| home_path.gsub(path_separator, ::File::SEPARATOR) if home_path } # Filter out duplicate paths and paths that don't exist. valid_paths = paths.select { |home_path| home_path && Dir.exists?(home_path.force_encoding("utf-8")) } valid_paths = valid_paths.uniq # Join all optional path elements at the end. # If a block is provided, invoke it - otherwise just return what we've got. joined_paths = valid_paths.map { |home_path| File.join(home_path, *args) } if block_given? joined_paths.each { |p| yield p } else joined_paths end end
def self.canonical_path(path, add_prefix = true)
def self.canonical_path(path, add_prefix = true) # First remove extra separators and resolve any relative paths abs_path = File.absolute_path(path) if ChefConfig.windows? # Add the \\?\ API prefix on Windows unless add_prefix is false # Downcase on Windows where paths are still case-insensitive abs_path.gsub!(::File::SEPARATOR, path_separator) if add_prefix && abs_path !~ /^\\\\?\\/ abs_path.insert(0, "\\\\?\\") end abs_path.downcase! end abs_path end
def self.cleanpath(path)
Generally, if the user isn't going to be seeing it, you should be
backwhacks on Windows.
not necessary or desired to blindly convert pathnames to have
generally be stored with forward slashes for consistency. It is
to the user with backwhacks. Internally, filename paths should
should only be used for *DISPLAY* logic to send strings back
Windows APIs all consume forward slashes, this helper function
slashes to backwhacks for Windows. Since the Ruby API and the
This is the INVERSE of Pathname#cleanpath, it converts forward
def self.cleanpath(path) path = Pathname.new(path).cleanpath.to_s # ensure all forward slashes are backslashes if ChefConfig.windows? path = path.gsub(File::SEPARATOR, path_separator) end path end
def self.dirname(path)
def self.dirname(path) if ChefConfig.windows? # Find the first slash, not counting trailing slashes end_slash = path.size loop do slash = path.rindex(/[#{Regexp.escape(File::SEPARATOR)}#{Regexp.escape(path_separator)}]/, end_slash - 1) if !slash return end_slash == path.size ? "." : path_separator elsif slash == end_slash - 1 end_slash = slash else return path[0..slash - 1] end end else ::File.dirname(path) end end
def self.escape_glob(*parts)
to be escaped before globbing can be done.
Paths which may contain glob-reserved characters need
Note: this method is deprecated. Please use escape_glob_dirs
def self.escape_glob(*parts) path = cleanpath(join(*parts)) path.gsub(/[\\\{\}\[\]\*\?]/) { |x| "\\" + x } end
def self.escape_glob_dir(*parts)
This function does not switch to backslashes for windows
def self.escape_glob_dir(*parts) path = Pathname.new(join(*parts)).cleanpath.to_s path.gsub(/[\\\{\}\[\]\*\?]/) { |x| "\\" + x } end
def self.home(*args)
that subsequent calls to home_dir don't bounce around.
Home-path discovery is performed once. If a path is discovered, that value is memoized so
valid and the result of the block is returned instead.
If an optional block is provided, the joined path is passed to that block if the home path is
homepath exists.
If a set of path elements is provided, they are appended as-is to the home path if the
If the home directory doesn't exist or an error is otherwise encountered, nil is returned.
of said directory. The path returned uses / for all separators (the ruby standard format).
Retrieves the "home directory" of the current user while trying to ascertain the existence
def self.home(*args) @@home_dir ||= self.all_homes { |p| break p } if @@home_dir path = File.join(@@home_dir, *args) block_given? ? (yield path) : path end end
def self.is_sip_path?(path, node)
def self.is_sip_path?(path, node) if node["platform"] == "mac_os_x" && Gem::Version.new(node["platform_version"]) >= Gem::Version.new("10.11") # todo: parse rootless.conf for this? sip_paths = [ "/System", "/bin", "/sbin", "/usr" ] sip_paths.each do |sip_path| ChefConfig.logger.info("This is a SIP path, checking if it in exceptions list.") return true if path.start_with?(sip_path) end false else false end end
def self.join(*args)
def self.join(*args) path_separator_regex = Regexp.escape(File::SEPARATOR) unless path_separator == File::SEPARATOR path_separator_regex << Regexp.escape(path_separator) end trailing_slashes = /[#{path_separator_regex}]+$/ leading_slashes = /^[#{path_separator_regex}]+/ args.flatten.inject() do |joined_path, component| joined_path = joined_path.sub(trailing_slashes, "") component = component.sub(leading_slashes, "") joined_path + "#{path_separator}#{component}" end end
def self.path_separator
def self.path_separator if ChefConfig.windows? File::ALT_SEPARATOR || BACKSLASH else File::SEPARATOR end end
def self.paths_eql?(path1, path2)
def self.paths_eql?(path1, path2) canonical_path(path1) == canonical_path(path2) end
def self.printable?(string)
def self.printable?(string) # returns true if string is free of non-printable characters (escape sequences) # this returns false for whitespace escape sequences as well, e.g. \n\t if string =~ /[^[:print:]]/ false else true end end
def self.relative_path_from(from, to)
def self.relative_path_from(from, to) Pathname.new(cleanpath(to)).relative_path_from(Pathname.new(cleanpath(from))) end
def self.validate_path(path)
def self.validate_path(path) if ChefConfig.windows? unless printable?(path) msg = "Path '#{path}' contains non-printable characters. Check that backslashes are escaped with another backslash (e.g. C:\\\\Windows) in double-quoted strings." ChefConfig.logger.error(msg) raise ChefConfig::InvalidPath, msg end if windows_max_length_exceeded?(path) ChefConfig.logger.debug("Path '#{path}' is longer than #{WIN_MAX_PATH}, prefixing with'\\\\?\\'") path.insert(0, "\\\\?\\") end end path end
def self.windows_max_length_exceeded?(path)
def self.windows_max_length_exceeded?(path) # Check to see if paths without the \\?\ prefix are over the maximum allowed length for the Windows API # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx unless path =~ /^\\\\?\\/ if path.length > WIN_MAX_PATH return true end end false end
def self.writable_sip_path?(path)
def self.writable_sip_path?(path) # todo: parse rootless.conf for this? sip_exceptions = [ "/System/Library/Caches", "/System/Library/Extensions", "/System/Library/Speech", "/System/Library/User Template", "/usr/libexec/cups", "/usr/local", "/usr/share/man" ] sip_exceptions.each do |exception_path| return true if path.start_with?(exception_path) end ChefConfig.logger.error("Cannot write to a SIP Path on OS X 10.11+") false end