<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="generator" content="rustdoc"> <meta name="description" content="API documentation for the Rust `FileExt` trait in crate `std`."> <meta name="keywords" content="rust, rustlang, rust-lang, FileExt"> <title>std::os::windows::fs::FileExt - Rust</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../rustdoc.css" id="mainThemeStyle"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../dark.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../main.css" id="themeStyle"> <script src="../../../../storage.js"></script> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico"> </head> <body class="rustdoc trait"> <!--[if lte IE 8]> <div class="warning"> This old browser is unsupported and will most likely display funky things. </div> <![endif]--> <nav class="sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-menu">☰</div> <a href='../../../../std/index.html'><img src='https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png' alt='logo' width='100'></a> <p class='location'>Trait FileExt</p><div class="sidebar-elems"><div class="block items"><a class="sidebar-title" href="#required-methods">Required Methods</a><div class="sidebar-links"><a href="#tymethod.seek_read">seek_read</a><a href="#tymethod.seek_write">seek_write</a></div><a class="sidebar-title" href="#implementors">Implementors</a></div><p class='location'><a href='../../../index.html'>std</a>::<wbr><a href='../../index.html'>os</a>::<wbr><a href='../index.html'>windows</a>::<wbr><a href='index.html'>fs</a></p><script>window.sidebarCurrent = {name: 'FileExt', ty: 'trait', relpath: ''};</script><script defer src="sidebar-items.js"></script></div> </nav> <div class="theme-picker"> <button id="theme-picker" aria-label="Pick another theme!"> <img src="../../../../brush.svg" width="18" alt="Pick another theme!"> </button> <div id="theme-choices"></div> </div> <script src="../../../../theme.js"></script> <nav class="sub"> <form class="search-form js-only"> <div class="search-container"> <input class="search-input" name="search" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Click or press ‘S’ to search, ‘?’ for more options…" type="search"> </div> </form> </nav> <section id='main' class="content"> <h1 class='fqn'><span class='in-band'>Trait <a href='../../../index.html'>std</a>::<wbr><a href='../../index.html'>os</a>::<wbr><a href='../index.html'>windows</a>::<wbr><a href='index.html'>fs</a>::<wbr><a class="trait" href=''>FileExt</a></span><span class='out-of-band'><span class='since' title='Stable since Rust version 1.15.0'>1.15.0</span><span id='render-detail'> <a id="toggle-all-docs" href="javascript:void(0)" title="collapse all docs"> [<span class='inner'>−</span>] </a> </span><a class='srclink' href='../../../../src/std/sys/windows/ext/fs.rs.html#25-93' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h1> <pre class='rust trait'>pub trait FileExt { fn <a href='#tymethod.seek_read' class='fnname'>seek_read</a>(&self, buf: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">&mut [</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">]</a>, offset: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u64.html">u64</a>) -> <a class="type" href="../../../../std/io/type.Result.html" title="type std::io::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.usize.html">usize</a>>; <div class='item-spacer'></div> fn <a href='#tymethod.seek_write' class='fnname'>seek_write</a>(&self, buf: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">&[</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">]</a>, offset: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u64.html">u64</a>) -> <a class="type" href="../../../../std/io/type.Result.html" title="type std::io::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.usize.html">usize</a>>; }</pre><div class='stability'><div class='stab portability'>This is supported on <strong>Windows</strong> only.</div></div><div class='docblock'><p>Windows-specific extensions to <a href="../../../fs/struct.File.html"><code>File</code></a>.</p> </div> <h2 id='required-methods' class='small-section-header'> Required Methods<a href='#required-methods' class='anchor'></a> </h2> <div class='methods'> <h3 id='tymethod.seek_read' class='method'><span id='seek_read.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='#tymethod.seek_read' class='fnname'>seek_read</a>(&self, buf: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">&mut [</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">]</a>, offset: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u64.html">u64</a>) -> <a class="type" href="../../../../std/io/type.Result.html" title="type std::io::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.usize.html">usize</a>></code></span></h3><div class='stability'><div class='stab portability'>This is supported on <strong>Windows</strong> only.</div></div><div class='docblock'><p>Seeks to a given position and reads a number of bytes.</p> <p>Returns the number of bytes read.</p> <p>The offset is relative to the start of the file and thus independent from the current cursor. The current cursor <strong>is</strong> affected by this function, it is set to the end of the read.</p> <p>Reading beyond the end of the file will always return with a length of 0.</p> <p>Note that similar to <code>File::read</code>, it is not an error to return with a short read. When returning from such a short read, the file pointer is still updated.</p> <h1 id="examples" class="section-header"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h1> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">io</span>; <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">fs</span>::<span class="ident">File</span>; <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">os</span>::<span class="ident">windows</span>::<span class="ident">prelude</span>::<span class="kw-2">*</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">file</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">File</span>::<span class="ident">open</span>(<span class="string">"foo.txt"</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">buffer</span> <span class="op">=</span> [<span class="number">0</span>; <span class="number">10</span>]; <span class="comment">// Read 10 bytes, starting 72 bytes from the</span> <span class="comment">// start of the file.</span> <span class="ident">file</span>.<span class="ident">seek_read</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">buffer</span>[..], <span class="number">72</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Aio%3B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Afs%3A%3AFile%3B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Aos%3A%3Awindows%3A%3Aprelude%3A%3A*%3B%0A%0Afn%20foo()%20-%3E%20io%3A%3AResult%3C()%3E%20%7B%0Alet%20mut%20file%20%3D%20File%3A%3Aopen(%22foo.txt%22)%3F%3B%0Alet%20mut%20buffer%20%3D%20%5B0%3B%2010%5D%3B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20Read%2010%20bytes%2C%20starting%2072%20bytes%20from%20the%0A%2F%2F%20start%20of%20the%20file.%0Afile.seek_read(%26mut%20buffer%5B..%5D%2C%2072)%3F%3B%0AOk(())%0A%7D%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div><h3 id='tymethod.seek_write' class='method'><span id='seek_write.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='#tymethod.seek_write' class='fnname'>seek_write</a>(&self, buf: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">&[</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.slice.html">]</a>, offset: <a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.u64.html">u64</a>) -> <a class="type" href="../../../../std/io/type.Result.html" title="type std::io::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="../../../primitive.usize.html">usize</a>></code></span></h3><div class='stability'><div class='stab portability'>This is supported on <strong>Windows</strong> only.</div></div><div class='docblock'><p>Seeks to a given position and writes a number of bytes.</p> <p>Returns the number of bytes written.</p> <p>The offset is relative to the start of the file and thus independent from the current cursor. The current cursor <strong>is</strong> affected by this function, it is set to the end of the write.</p> <p>When writing beyond the end of the file, the file is appropriately extended and the intermediate bytes are left uninitialized.</p> <p>Note that similar to <code>File::write</code>, it is not an error to return a short write. When returning from such a short write, the file pointer is still updated.</p> <h1 id="examples-1" class="section-header"><a href="#examples-1">Examples</a></h1> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">fs</span>::<span class="ident">File</span>; <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">os</span>::<span class="ident">windows</span>::<span class="ident">prelude</span>::<span class="kw-2">*</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">buffer</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">File</span>::<span class="ident">create</span>(<span class="string">"foo.txt"</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>; <span class="comment">// Write a byte string starting 72 bytes from</span> <span class="comment">// the start of the file.</span> <span class="ident">buffer</span>.<span class="ident">seek_write</span>(<span class="string">b"some bytes"</span>, <span class="number">72</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Afs%3A%3AFile%3B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Aos%3A%3Awindows%3A%3Aprelude%3A%3A*%3B%0A%0Afn%20foo()%20-%3E%20std%3A%3Aio%3A%3AResult%3C()%3E%20%7B%0Alet%20mut%20buffer%20%3D%20File%3A%3Acreate(%22foo.txt%22)%3F%3B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20Write%20a%20byte%20string%20starting%2072%20bytes%20from%0A%2F%2F%20the%20start%20of%20the%20file.%0Abuffer.seek_write(b%22some%20bytes%22%2C%2072)%3F%3B%0AOk(())%0A%7D%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div></div> <h2 id='implementors' class='small-section-header'> Implementors<a href='#implementors' class='anchor'></a> </h2> <ul class='item-list' id='implementors-list'> <li><div class='out-of-band'><a class='srclink' href='../../../../src/std/sys/windows/ext/fs.rs.html#96-104' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></div><code>impl FileExt for <a class="struct" href="../../../../std/fs/struct.File.html" title="struct std::fs::File">File</a></code></li> </ul><script type="text/javascript" async src="../../../../implementors/std/os/windows/fs/trait.FileExt.js"> </script></section> <section id='search' class="content hidden"></section> <section class="footer"></section> <aside id="help" class="hidden"> <div> <h1 class="hidden">Help</h1> <div class="shortcuts"> <h2>Keyboard Shortcuts</h2> <dl> <dt><kbd>?</kbd></dt> <dd>Show this help dialog</dd> <dt><kbd>S</kbd></dt> <dd>Focus the search field</dd> <dt><kbd>↑</kbd></dt> <dd>Move up in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↓</kbd></dt> <dd>Move down in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↹</kbd></dt> <dd>Switch tab</dd> <dt><kbd>⏎</kbd></dt> <dd>Go to active search result</dd> <dt><kbd>+</kbd></dt> <dd>Expand all sections</dd> <dt><kbd>-</kbd></dt> <dd>Collapse all sections</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="infos"> <h2>Search Tricks</h2> <p> Prefix searches with a type followed by a colon (e.g. <code>fn:</code>) to restrict the search to a given type. </p> <p> Accepted types are: <code>fn</code>, <code>mod</code>, <code>struct</code>, <code>enum</code>, <code>trait</code>, <code>type</code>, <code>macro</code>, and <code>const</code>. </p> <p> Search functions by type signature (e.g. <code>vec -> usize</code> or <code>* -> vec</code>) </p> </div> </div> </aside> <script> window.rootPath = "../../../../"; window.currentCrate = "std"; </script> <script src="../../../../main.js"></script> <script defer src="../../../../search-index.js"></script> </body> </html>