Lecture #9: UNIX System Calls
Reading: none
Handouts: 2cat.c

1. Greetings and felicitations
2. File descriptors 
Ö stdio analogues: open, close, read, write, lseek
3. File status information
Ö attributes of file
Ö getting them
4. Time 
Ö internal representation of time
Ö converting time to printable format
5. Users and groups 
Ö what information is stored and where
Ö getpwent, getgrent, etc.
Ö 

2cat.c
/*
 * 2cat -- a program to print a file twice
 * This demonstrates the use of file descriptors
 *
 * Matt Bishop, bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu	11/9/96
 */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/*
 * macros
 */
#define BUFSIZ	1024	/* size of buffer for file I/O */

/*
 * forward declarations
 */
void perror(char *);	/* print system error message */

/*
 * print the file with the given file descriptor
 * returns 0 on success, -1 on error
 * does not print any error message
 */
int cat(int fd)
{
	register int n;	/* number of bytes read */
	char buf[BUFSIZ];	/* buffer for file I/O */

	/*
	 * grab BUFSIZ bytes and dump them to
	 * the standard output
	 */
	while((n = read(fd, buf, BUFSIZ)) > 0)
		/* if error, end this function at once */
		if (write(1, buf, n) != n)
			return(-1);

	/* if read failed, return error; else okay */
	return(n < 0 ? -1 : 0);
}

/*
 * print the named file twice
 * returns 0 on success, 1 on error
 * prints system error message if there is a problem
 */
int twocat(char *name)
{
	register int fd;		/* file's descriptor */
	register int retval = 0;	/* value to return */

	/*
	 * open the file
	 */
	if ((fd = open(name, O_RDONLY)) < 0){
		perror(name);
		return(-1);
	}
	/*
	 * display the file, rewind it, and redisplay it
	 * if there's an error, print the system error
	 * message and quit
	 */
	if (cat(fd) < 0 || lseek(fd, 0L, 0) != 0 || cat(fd) < 0){
		perror(name);
		retval = 1;
	}
	/*
	 * close it up and return status
	 */
	(void) close(fd);
	return(retval);
}

/*
 * main routine
 */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	register int i;		/* counter in a for loop */
	register int estat = 0;	/* exit status */

	/*
	 * bad usage message
	 */
	if (argc == 1){
		(void) write(2, "Usage: ", strlen("Usage: "));
		(void) write(2, argv[0], strlen(argv[0]));
		(void) write(2, " file [ ... ]\n",
					strlen(" file [ ... ]\n"));
		return(1);
	}

	/*
	 * print each file twice as you go
	 */
	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
		estat += twocat(argv[i]);

	/*
	 * return number of failures
	 */
	return(estat);
}


user.c
/*
 * program to print information about named user(s)
 * demonstrates mapping user name (etc.) and date
 *
 * Matt Bishop, bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu	11/9/96
 */
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <time.h>

/*
 * forward declarations
 */
void setgrent(void);	/* initialize group file -- not in grp.h!!! */
void endgrent(void);	/* clean up group file -- not in grp.h!!! */
int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, struct timezone *);	/* get time of day */

/*
 * prints the current time of day
 */
int prdate(void)
{
	struct timeval tod;	/* time of day */
	struct timezone tz;	/* time zone */
	char *atod;		/* date as a string */

	/*
	 * get the time of day
	 */
	if (gettimeofday(&tod, &tz) < 0)
		return(1);
	/*
	 * convert it to a string and print it
	 */
	if ((atod = ctime((time_t *)&tod.tv_sec)) == NULL)
		atod = "Time not available\n";
	printf("%s", atod);
	return(0);
}

/*
 * print secondary group list
 * this is a list of groups the user is in
 * name is name of user, gid is his/her GID
 * if empty list, print *none*
 */
void prsgid(char *name, int gid)
{
	register struct group *gp;	/* points to group info */
	register char **p;		/* walks user list of group */
	register int count = 0;	/* how many groups printed */

	/*
	 * initialize group file for scan
	 */
	setgrent();

	/*
	 * loop through groups, looking for this user
	 * in its member list
	 */
	while ((gp = getgrent()) != NULL){
		for(p = gp->gr_mem; *p; p++)
			if (strcmp(*p, name) == 0){
				/* bingo! */
				printf(" %s(%d)", gp->gr_name,
							gp->gr_gid);
				count++;
				break;
			}
	}

	/*
	 * clean up and leave
	 */
	endgrent();
	if (count == 0)
		printf(" *none*");
}

/*
 * given a GID gid, print the group name or *unknown* if none
 * also the GID.
 */
void grname(int gid)
{
	struct group *gp;		/* points to group info */

	/*
	 * if you find it, print it; else say *unknown*
	 */
	if ((gp = getgrgid(gid)) == NULL)
		printf("*unknown*(%d)\n", gid);
	else
		printf("%s(%d)\n", gp->gr_name, gid);
}
		
/*
 * print user information about user name; if name is number,
 * take as UID
 */
void getuinfo(char *name)
{
	register int n = 0;	/* UID if name is UID */
	register char *s;	/* used to check if name is UID or name */
	struct passwd *pw;	/* points to user info */

	/*
	 * get the user information structure
	 */
	for(s = name; *s && isdigit(*s); s++)
		n = n * 10 + *s - '0';
	if (!*s){
		/* it's an integer */
		pw = getpwuid(n);
	}
	else{
		/* it's not an integer */
		pw = getpwnam(name);
	}

	/*
	 * check for bad name/UID
	 */
	if (pw == NULL){
		printf("%s: unknown %s\n", name, *s ? "name" : "UID");
		return;
	}

	/*
	 * now dump the user information
	 */
	printf("user name: %s\n", pw->pw_name);
	printf("hashed password: %s\n", pw->pw_passwd);
	printf("UID: %d\n", pw->pw_uid);
	/* do the principle GID as groupname(gid) */
	printf("principle GID: ");
	grname(pw->pw_gid);
	/* do the secondary GID as a list of groupname(gid)s */
	printf("secondary GIDs:");
	prsgid(pw->pw_name, pw->pw_gid);
	putchar('\n');
	printf("GECOS field: %s\n", pw->pw_gecos);
	printf("home directory: %s\n", pw->pw_dir);
	printf("login shell: %s\n", pw->pw_shell);
}

/*
 * the main routine
 */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	register int i;		/* used to walk argument list */

	/*
	 * print the date
	 */
	if (prdate()){
		perror(argv[0]);
		return(1);
	}
	/*
	 * print the user info one user at a time
	 * with a separating header
	 */
	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++){
		printf("========== %s ==========\n", argv[i]);
		getuinfo(argv[i]);
	}
	return(0);
}

Lecture Notes	ECS 40 ‚ FALL 1996	Page 1







2cat.c	ECS 40 ‚ FALL 1996	Page 4


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