File IO Library

This module contains the imports for the kernel's IO routines. More...

Enumerations
enum	IoAssignPerms { IOASSIGN_RDWR = 0 , IOASSIGN_RDONLY = 1 }
	Permission value for the sceIoAssign function. More...

Functions
SceUID	sceIoOpen (const char *file, int flags, SceMode mode)
	Open or create a file for reading or writing.
SceUID	sceIoOpenAsync (const char *file, int flags, SceMode mode)
	Open or create a file for reading or writing (asynchronous)
int	sceIoClose (SceUID fd)
	Delete a descriptor.
int	sceIoCloseAsync (SceUID fd)
	Delete a descriptor (asynchronous)
int	sceIoRead (SceUID fd, void *data, SceSize size)
	Read input.
int	sceIoReadAsync (SceUID fd, void *data, SceSize size)
	Read input (asynchronous)
int	sceIoWrite (SceUID fd, const void *data, SceSize size)
	Write output.
int	sceIoWriteAsync (SceUID fd, const void *data, SceSize size)
	Write output (asynchronous)
SceOff	sceIoLseek (SceUID fd, SceOff offset, int whence)
	Reposition read/write file descriptor offset.
int	sceIoLseekAsync (SceUID fd, SceOff offset, int whence)
	Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (asynchronous)
int	sceIoLseek32 (SceUID fd, int offset, int whence)
	Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (32bit mode)
int	sceIoLseek32Async (SceUID fd, int offset, int whence)
	Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (32bit mode, asynchronous)
int	sceIoRemove (const char *file)
	Remove directory entry.
int	sceIoMkdir (const char *dir, SceMode mode)
	Make a directory file.
int	sceIoRmdir (const char *path)
	Remove a directory file.
int	sceIoChdir (const char *path)
	Change the current directory.
int	sceIoRename (const char *oldname, const char *newname)
	Change the name of a file.
SceUID	sceIoDopen (const char *dirname)
	Open a directory.
int	sceIoDread (SceUID fd, SceIoDirent *dir)
	Reads an entry from an opened file descriptor.
int	sceIoDclose (SceUID fd)
	Close an opened directory file descriptor.
int	sceIoDevctl (const char *dev, unsigned int cmd, void *indata, int inlen, void *outdata, int outlen)
	Send a devctl command to a device.
int	sceIoAssign (const char *dev1, const char *dev2, const char *dev3, int mode, void *unk1, long unk2)
	Assigns one IO device to another (I guess)
int	sceIoUnassign (const char *dev)
	Unassign an IO device.
int	sceIoGetstat (const char *file, SceIoStat *stat)
	Get the status of a file.
int	sceIoChstat (const char *file, SceIoStat *stat, int bits)
	Change the status of a file.
int	sceIoIoctl (SceUID fd, unsigned int cmd, void *indata, int inlen, void *outdata, int outlen)
	Perform an ioctl on a device.
int	sceIoIoctlAsync (SceUID fd, unsigned int cmd, void *indata, int inlen, void *outdata, int outlen)
	Perform an ioctl on a device.
int	sceIoSync (const char *device, unsigned int unk)
	Synchronise the file data on the device.
int	sceIoWaitAsync (SceUID fd, SceInt64 *res)
	Wait for asyncronous completion.
int	sceIoWaitAsyncCB (SceUID fd, SceInt64 *res)
	Wait for asyncronous completion (with callbacks).
int	sceIoPollAsync (SceUID fd, SceInt64 *res)
	Poll for asyncronous completion.
int	sceIoGetAsyncStat (SceUID fd, int poll, SceInt64 *res)
	Get the asyncronous completion status.
int	sceIoCancel (SceUID fd)
	Cancel an asynchronous operation on a file descriptor.
int	sceIoGetDevType (SceUID fd)
	Get the device type of the currently opened file descriptor.
int	sceIoChangeAsyncPriority (SceUID fd, int pri)
	Change the priority of the asynchronous thread.
int	sceIoSetAsyncCallback (SceUID fd, SceUID cb, void *argp)
	Sets a callback for the asynchronous action.

Detailed Description

This module contains the imports for the kernel's IO routines.

Enumeration Type Documentation

IoAssignPerms

enum IoAssignPerms

Permission value for the sceIoAssign function.

Enumerator
IOASSIGN_RDWR	Assign the device read/write.
IOASSIGN_RDONLY	Assign the device read only.

Function Documentation

sceIoAssign()

int sceIoAssign	(	const char *	dev1,
		const char *	dev2,
		const char *	dev3,
		int	mode,
		void *	unk1,
		long	unk2
	)

Assigns one IO device to another (I guess)

Parameters

dev1	- The device name to assign.
dev2	- The block device to assign from.
dev3	- The filesystem device to mape the block device to dev1
mode	- Read/Write mode. One of IoAssignPerms.
unk1	- Unknown, set to NULL.
unk2	- Unknown, set to 0.

Returns

< 0 on error.

Example: Reassign flash0 in read/write mode.

    sceIoUnassign("flash0");
sceIoAssign("flash0", "lflash0:0,0", "flashfat0:", IOASSIGN_RDWR, NULL, 0);

sceIoCancel()

int sceIoCancel

(

SceUID

fd

)

Cancel an asynchronous operation on a file descriptor.

Parameters

fd	- The file descriptor to perform cancel on.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoChangeAsyncPriority()

int sceIoChangeAsyncPriority	(	SceUID	fd,
		int	pri
	)

Change the priority of the asynchronous thread.

Parameters

fd	- The opened fd on which the priority should be changed.
pri	- The priority of the thread.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoChdir()

int sceIoChdir

(

const char *

path

)

Change the current directory.

Parameters

path	- The path to change to.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoChstat()

int sceIoChstat	(	const char *	file,
		SceIoStat *	stat,
		int	bits
	)

Change the status of a file.

Parameters

file	- The path to the file.
stat	- A pointer to an io_stat_t structure.
bits	- Bitmask defining which bits to change.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoClose()

int sceIoClose

(

SceUID

fd

)

Delete a descriptor.

sceIoClose(fd);

Parameters

fd	- File descriptor to close

Returns

< 0 on error

sceIoCloseAsync()

int sceIoCloseAsync

(

SceUID

fd

)

Delete a descriptor (asynchronous)

Parameters

fd	- File descriptor to close

Returns

< 0 on error

sceIoDclose()

int sceIoDclose

(

SceUID

fd

)

Close an opened directory file descriptor.

Parameters

fd	- Already opened file descriptor (using sceIoDopen)

Returns

< 0 on error

sceIoDevctl()

int sceIoDevctl	(	const char *	dev,
		unsigned int	cmd,
		void *	indata,
		int	inlen,
		void *	outdata,
		int	outlen
	)

Send a devctl command to a device.

Example: Sending a simple command to a device (not a real devctl)

sceIoDevctl("ms0:", 0x200000, indata, 4, NULL, NULL); 

Parameters

dev	- String for the device to send the devctl to (e.g. "ms0:")
cmd	- The command to send to the device
indata	- A data block to send to the device, if NULL sends no data
inlen	- Length of indata, if 0 sends no data
outdata	- A data block to receive the result of a command, if NULL receives no data
outlen	- Length of outdata, if 0 receives no data

Returns

0 on success, < 0 on error

Referenced by _gdbSupportLibFlushCaches().

sceIoDopen()

SceUID sceIoDopen

(

const char *

dirname

)

Open a directory.

Example:

int dfd;
dfd = sceIoDopen("device:/");
if(dfd >= 0)
{ Do something with the file descriptor }

Parameters

dirname

- The directory to open for reading.

Returns

If >= 0 then a valid file descriptor, otherwise a Sony error code.

sceIoDread()

int sceIoDread	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceIoDirent *	dir
	)

Reads an entry from an opened file descriptor.

Parameters

fd	- Already opened file descriptor (using sceIoDopen)
dir	- Pointer to an io_dirent_t structure to hold the file information

Returns

Read status

• 0 - No more directory entries left
• > 0 - More directory entired to go
• < 0 - Error

sceIoGetAsyncStat()

int sceIoGetAsyncStat	(	SceUID	fd,
		int	poll,
		SceInt64 *	res
	)

Get the asyncronous completion status.

Parameters

fd	- The file descriptor which is current performing an asynchronous action.
poll	- If 0 then waits for the status, otherwise it polls the fd.
res	- The result of the async action.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoGetDevType()

int sceIoGetDevType

(

SceUID

fd

)

Get the device type of the currently opened file descriptor.

Parameters

fd	- The opened file descriptor.

Returns

< 0 on error. Otherwise the device type?

sceIoGetstat()

int sceIoGetstat	(	const char *	file,
		SceIoStat *	stat
	)

Get the status of a file.

Parameters

file	- The path to the file.
stat	- A pointer to an io_stat_t structure.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoIoctl()

int sceIoIoctl	(	SceUID	fd,
		unsigned int	cmd,
		void *	indata,
		int	inlen,
		void *	outdata,
		int	outlen
	)

Perform an ioctl on a device.

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to ioctl to
cmd	- The command to send to the device
indata	- A data block to send to the device, if NULL sends no data
inlen	- Length of indata, if 0 sends no data
outdata	- A data block to receive the result of a command, if NULL receives no data
outlen	- Length of outdata, if 0 receives no data

Returns

0 on success, < 0 on error

sceIoIoctlAsync()

int sceIoIoctlAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		unsigned int	cmd,
		void *	indata,
		int	inlen,
		void *	outdata,
		int	outlen
	)

Perform an ioctl on a device.

(asynchronous)

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to ioctl to
cmd	- The command to send to the device
indata	- A data block to send to the device, if NULL sends no data
inlen	- Length of indata, if 0 sends no data
outdata	- A data block to receive the result of a command, if NULL receives no data
outlen	- Length of outdata, if 0 receives no data

Returns

0 on success, < 0 on error

sceIoLseek()

SceOff sceIoLseek	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceOff	offset,
		int	whence
	)

Reposition read/write file descriptor offset.

Example:

pos = sceIoLseek(fd, -10, SEEK_END);

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor with which to seek
offset	- Relative offset from the start position given by whence
whence	- Set to SEEK_SET to seek from the start of the file, SEEK_CUR seek from the current position and SEEK_END to seek from the end.

Returns

The position in the file after the seek.

sceIoLseek32()

int sceIoLseek32	(	SceUID	fd,
		int	offset,
		int	whence
	)

Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (32bit mode)

Example:

pos = sceIoLseek32(fd, -10, SEEK_END);

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor with which to seek
offset	- Relative offset from the start position given by whence
whence	- Set to SEEK_SET to seek from the start of the file, SEEK_CUR seek from the current position and SEEK_END to seek from the end.

Returns

The position in the file after the seek.

sceIoLseek32Async()

int sceIoLseek32Async	(	SceUID	fd,
		int	offset,
		int	whence
	)

Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (32bit mode, asynchronous)

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor with which to seek
offset	- Relative offset from the start position given by whence
whence	- Set to SEEK_SET to seek from the start of the file, SEEK_CUR seek from the current position and SEEK_END to seek from the end.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoLseekAsync()

int sceIoLseekAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceOff	offset,
		int	whence
	)

Reposition read/write file descriptor offset (asynchronous)

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor with which to seek
offset	- Relative offset from the start position given by whence
whence	- Set to SEEK_SET to seek from the start of the file, SEEK_CUR seek from the current position and SEEK_END to seek from the end.

Returns

< 0 on error. Actual value should be passed returned by the sceIoWaitAsync call.

sceIoMkdir()

int sceIoMkdir	(	const char *	dir,
		SceMode	mode
	)

Make a directory file.

Parameters

dir
mode	- Access mode.

Returns

Returns the value 0 if its succesful otherwise -1

sceIoOpen()

SceUID sceIoOpen	(	const char *	file,
		int	flags,
		SceMode	mode
	)

Open or create a file for reading or writing.

Example1: Open a file for reading

if(!(fd = sceIoOpen("device:/path/to/file", O_RDONLY, 0777)) {
     // error
}

Example2: Open a file for writing, creating it if it doesnt exist

if(!(fd = sceIoOpen("device:/path/to/file", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0777)) {
     // error
}

Parameters

file	- Pointer to a string holding the name of the file to open
flags	- Libc styled flags that are or'ed together
mode	- File access mode.

Returns

A non-negative integer is a valid fd, anything else an error

Referenced by _gdbSupportLibInit().

sceIoOpenAsync()

SceUID sceIoOpenAsync	(	const char *	file,
		int	flags,
		SceMode	mode
	)

Open or create a file for reading or writing (asynchronous)

Parameters

file	- Pointer to a string holding the name of the file to open
flags	- Libc styled flags that are or'ed together
mode	- File access mode.

Returns

A non-negative integer is a valid fd, anything else an error

sceIoPollAsync()

int sceIoPollAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceInt64 *	res
	)

Poll for asyncronous completion.

Parameters

fd	- The file descriptor which is current performing an asynchronous action.
res	- The result of the async action.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoRead()

int sceIoRead	(	SceUID	fd,
		void *	data,
		SceSize	size
	)

Read input.

Example:

bytes_read = sceIoRead(fd, data, 100);

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to read from
data	- Pointer to the buffer where the read data will be placed
size	- Size of the read in bytes

Returns

The number of bytes read

Referenced by getDebugChar().

sceIoReadAsync()

int sceIoReadAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		void *	data,
		SceSize	size
	)

Read input (asynchronous)

Example:

bytes_read = sceIoRead(fd, data, 100);

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to read from
data	- Pointer to the buffer where the read data will be placed
size	- Size of the read in bytes

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoRemove()

int sceIoRemove

(

const char *

file

)

Remove directory entry.

Parameters

file	- Path to the file to remove

Returns

< 0 on error

sceIoRename()

int sceIoRename	(	const char *	oldname,
		const char *	newname
	)

Change the name of a file.

Parameters

oldname	- The old filename
newname	- The new filename

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoRmdir()

int sceIoRmdir

(

const char *

path

)

Remove a directory file.

Parameters

path	- Removes a directory file pointed by the string path

Returns

Returns the value 0 if its succesful otherwise -1

sceIoSetAsyncCallback()

int sceIoSetAsyncCallback	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceUID	cb,
		void *	argp
	)

Sets a callback for the asynchronous action.

Parameters

fd	- The filedescriptor currently performing an asynchronous action.
cb	- The UID of the callback created with sceKernelCreateCallback
argp	- Pointer to an argument to pass to the callback.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoSync()

int sceIoSync	(	const char *	device,
		unsigned int	unk
	)

Synchronise the file data on the device.

Parameters

device	- The device to synchronise (e.g. msfat0:)
unk	- Unknown

sceIoUnassign()

int sceIoUnassign

(

const char *

dev

)

Unassign an IO device.

Parameters

dev	- The device to unassign.

Returns

< 0 on error

Example: See ::sceIoAssign

sceIoWaitAsync()

int sceIoWaitAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceInt64 *	res
	)

Wait for asyncronous completion.

Parameters

fd	- The file descriptor which is current performing an asynchronous action.
res	- The result of the async action.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoWaitAsyncCB()

int sceIoWaitAsyncCB	(	SceUID	fd,
		SceInt64 *	res
	)

Wait for asyncronous completion (with callbacks).

Parameters

fd	- The file descriptor which is current performing an asynchronous action.
res	- The result of the async action.

Returns

< 0 on error.

sceIoWrite()

int sceIoWrite	(	SceUID	fd,
		const void *	data,
		SceSize	size
	)

Write output.

Example:

bytes_written = sceIoWrite(fd, data, 100);

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to write to
data	- Pointer to the data to write
size	- Size of data to write

Returns

The number of bytes written

Referenced by putDebugChar().

sceIoWriteAsync()

int sceIoWriteAsync	(	SceUID	fd,
		const void *	data,
		SceSize	size
	)

Write output (asynchronous)

Parameters

fd	- Opened file descriptor to write to
data	- Pointer to the data to write
size	- Size of data to write

Returns

< 0 on error.