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A FileSystem Abstraction System for Go
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[](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/afero) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/spf13/afero) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/afero) [](https://gitter.im/spf13/afero?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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# Overview
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Afero is a filesystem framework providing a simple, uniform and universal API
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interacting with any filesystem, as an abstraction layer providing interfaces,
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types and methods. Afero has an exceptionally clean interface and simple design
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without needless constructors or initialization methods.
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Afero is also a library providing a base set of interoperable backend
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filesystems that make it easy to work with afero while retaining all the power
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and benefit of the os and ioutil packages.
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Afero provides significant improvements over using the os package alone, most
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notably the ability to create mock and testing filesystems without relying on the disk.
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It is suitable for use in any situation where you would consider using the OS
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package as it provides an additional abstraction that makes it easy to use a
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memory backed file system during testing. It also adds support for the http
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filesystem for full interoperability.
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## Afero Features
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* A single consistent API for accessing a variety of filesystems
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* Interoperation between a variety of file system types
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* A set of interfaces to encourage and enforce interoperability between backends
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* An atomic cross platform memory backed file system
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* Support for compositional (union) file systems by combining multiple file systems acting as one
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* Specialized backends which modify existing filesystems (Read Only, Regexp filtered)
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* A set of utility functions ported from io, ioutil & hugo to be afero aware
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# Using Afero
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Afero is easy to use and easier to adopt.
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A few different ways you could use Afero:
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* Use the interfaces alone to define your own file system.
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* Wraper for the OS packages.
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* Define different filesystems for different parts of your application.
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* Use Afero for mock filesystems while testing
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## Step 1: Install Afero
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First use go get to install the latest version of the library.
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$ go get github.com/spf13/afero
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Next include Afero in your application.
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```go
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import "github.com/spf13/afero"
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```
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## Step 2: Declare a backend
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First define a package variable and set it to a pointer to a filesystem.
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```go
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var AppFs = afero.NewMemMapFs()
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or
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var AppFs = afero.NewOsFs()
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```
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It is important to note that if you repeat the composite literal you
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will be using a completely new and isolated filesystem. In the case of
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OsFs it will still use the same underlying filesystem but will reduce
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the ability to drop in other filesystems as desired.
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## Step 3: Use it like you would the OS package
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Throughout your application use any function and method like you normally
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would.
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So if my application before had:
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```go
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os.Open('/tmp/foo')
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```
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We would replace it with:
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```go
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AppFs.Open('/tmp/foo')
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```
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`AppFs` being the variable we defined above.
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## List of all available functions
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File System Methods Available:
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```go
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Chmod(name string, mode os.FileMode) : error
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Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time) : error
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Create(name string) : File, error
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Mkdir(name string, perm os.FileMode) : error
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MkdirAll(path string, perm os.FileMode) : error
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Name() : string
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Open(name string) : File, error
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OpenFile(name string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) : File, error
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Remove(name string) : error
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RemoveAll(path string) : error
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Rename(oldname, newname string) : error
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Stat(name string) : os.FileInfo, error
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```
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File Interfaces and Methods Available:
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```go
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io.Closer
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io.Reader
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io.ReaderAt
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io.Seeker
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io.Writer
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io.WriterAt
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Name() : string
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Readdir(count int) : []os.FileInfo, error
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Readdirnames(n int) : []string, error
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Stat() : os.FileInfo, error
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Sync() : error
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Truncate(size int64) : error
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WriteString(s string) : ret int, err error
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```
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In some applications it may make sense to define a new package that
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simply exports the file system variable for easy access from anywhere.
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## Using Afero's utility functions
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Afero provides a set of functions to make it easier to use the underlying file systems.
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These functions have been primarily ported from io & ioutil with some developed for Hugo.
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The afero utilities support all afero compatible backends.
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The list of utilities includes:
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```go
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DirExists(path string) (bool, error)
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Exists(path string) (bool, error)
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FileContainsBytes(filename string, subslice []byte) (bool, error)
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GetTempDir(subPath string) string
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IsDir(path string) (bool, error)
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IsEmpty(path string) (bool, error)
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ReadDir(dirname string) ([]os.FileInfo, error)
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ReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error)
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SafeWriteReader(path string, r io.Reader) (err error)
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TempDir(dir, prefix string) (name string, err error)
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TempFile(dir, prefix string) (f File, err error)
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Walk(root string, walkFn filepath.WalkFunc) error
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WriteFile(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error
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WriteReader(path string, r io.Reader) (err error)
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```
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For a complete list see [Afero's GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/afero)
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They are available under two different approaches to use. You can either call
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them directly where the first parameter of each function will be the file
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system, or you can declare a new `Afero`, a custom type used to bind these
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functions as methods to a given filesystem.
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### Calling utilities directly
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```go
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fs := new(afero.MemMapFs)
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f, err := afero.TempFile(fs,"", "ioutil-test")
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```
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### Calling via Afero
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```go
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fs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
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afs := &afero.Afero{Fs: fs}
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f, err := afs.TempFile("", "ioutil-test")
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```
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## Using Afero for Testing
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There is a large benefit to using a mock filesystem for testing. It has a
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completely blank state every time it is initialized and can be easily
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reproducible regardless of OS. You could create files to your heart’s content
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and the file access would be fast while also saving you from all the annoying
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issues with deleting temporary files, Windows file locking, etc. The MemMapFs
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backend is perfect for testing.
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* Much faster than performing I/O operations on disk
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* Avoid security issues and permissions
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* Far more control. 'rm -rf /' with confidence
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* Test setup is far more easier to do
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* No test cleanup needed
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One way to accomplish this is to define a variable as mentioned above.
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In your application this will be set to afero.NewOsFs() during testing you
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can set it to afero.NewMemMapFs().
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It wouldn't be uncommon to have each test initialize a blank slate memory
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backend. To do this I would define my `appFS = afero.NewOsFs()` somewhere
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appropriate in my application code. This approach ensures that Tests are order
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independent, with no test relying on the state left by an earlier test.
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Then in my tests I would initialize a new MemMapFs for each test:
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```go
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func TestExist(t *testing.T) {
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appFS := afero.NewMemMapFs()
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// create test files and directories
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appFS.MkdirAll("src/a", 0755)
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afero.WriteFile(appFS, "src/a/b", []byte("file b"), 0644)
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afero.WriteFile(appFS, "src/c", []byte("file c"), 0644)
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name := "src/c"
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_, err := appFS.Stat(name)
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if os.IsNotExist(err) {
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t.Errorf("file \"%s\" does not exist.\n", name)
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}
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}
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```
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# Available Backends
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## Operating System Native
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### OsFs
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The first is simply a wrapper around the native OS calls. This makes it
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very easy to use as all of the calls are the same as the existing OS
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calls. It also makes it trivial to have your code use the OS during
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operation and a mock filesystem during testing or as needed.
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```go
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appfs := afero.NewOsFs()
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appfs.MkdirAll("src/a", 0755))
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```
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## Memory Backed Storage
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### MemMapFs
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Afero also provides a fully atomic memory backed filesystem perfect for use in
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mocking and to speed up unnecessary disk io when persistence isn’t
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necessary. It is fully concurrent and will work within go routines
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safely.
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```go
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mm := afero.NewMemMapFs()
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mm.MkdirAll("src/a", 0755))
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```
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#### InMemoryFile
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As part of MemMapFs, Afero also provides an atomic, fully concurrent memory
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backed file implementation. This can be used in other memory backed file
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systems with ease. Plans are to add a radix tree memory stored file
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system using InMemoryFile.
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## Network Interfaces
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### SftpFs
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Afero has experimental support for secure file transfer protocol (sftp). Which can
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be used to perform file operations over a encrypted channel.
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## Filtering Backends
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### BasePathFs
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The BasePathFs restricts all operations to a given path within an Fs.
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The given file name to the operations on this Fs will be prepended with
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the base path before calling the source Fs.
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```go
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bp := afero.NewBasePathFs(afero.NewOsFs(), "/base/path")
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```
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### ReadOnlyFs
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A thin wrapper around the source Fs providing a read only view.
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```go
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fs := afero.NewReadOnlyFs(afero.NewOsFs())
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_, err := fs.Create("/file.txt")
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// err = syscall.EPERM
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```
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# RegexpFs
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A filtered view on file names, any file NOT matching
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the passed regexp will be treated as non-existing.
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Files not matching the regexp provided will not be created.
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Directories are not filtered.
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```go
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fs := afero.NewRegexpFs(afero.NewMemMapFs(), regexp.MustCompile(`\.txt$`))
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_, err := fs.Create("/file.html")
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// err = syscall.ENOENT
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```
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### HttpFs
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Afero provides an http compatible backend which can wrap any of the existing
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backends.
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The Http package requires a slightly specific version of Open which
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returns an http.File type.
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Afero provides an httpFs file system which satisfies this requirement.
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Any Afero FileSystem can be used as an httpFs.
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```go
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httpFs := afero.NewHttpFs(<ExistingFS>)
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fileserver := http.FileServer(httpFs.Dir(<PATH>)))
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http.Handle("/", fileserver)
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```
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## Composite Backends
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Afero provides the ability have two filesystems (or more) act as a single
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file system.
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### CacheOnReadFs
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The CacheOnReadFs will lazily make copies of any accessed files from the base
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layer into the overlay. Subsequent reads will be pulled from the overlay
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directly permitting the request is within the cache duration of when it was
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created in the overlay.
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If the base filesystem is writeable, any changes to files will be
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done first to the base, then to the overlay layer. Write calls to open file
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handles like `Write()` or `Truncate()` to the overlay first.
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To writing files to the overlay only, you can use the overlay Fs directly (not
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via the union Fs).
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Cache files in the layer for the given time.Duration, a cache duration of 0
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means "forever" meaning the file will not be re-requested from the base ever.
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A read-only base will make the overlay also read-only but still copy files
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from the base to the overlay when they're not present (or outdated) in the
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caching layer.
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```go
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base := afero.NewOsFs()
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layer := afero.NewMemMapFs()
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ufs := afero.NewCacheOnReadFs(base, layer, 100 * time.Second)
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```
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### CopyOnWriteFs()
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The CopyOnWriteFs is a read only base file system with a potentially
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writeable layer on top.
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Read operations will first look in the overlay and if not found there, will
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serve the file from the base.
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Changes to the file system will only be made in the overlay.
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Any attempt to modify a file found only in the base will copy the file to the
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overlay layer before modification (including opening a file with a writable
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handle).
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Removing and Renaming files present only in the base layer is not currently
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permitted. If a file is present in the base layer and the overlay, only the
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overlay will be removed/renamed.
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```go
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base := afero.NewOsFs()
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roBase := afero.NewReadOnlyFs(base)
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ufs := afero.NewCopyOnWriteFs(roBase, afero.NewMemMapFs())
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fh, _ = ufs.Create("/home/test/file2.txt")
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fh.WriteString("This is a test")
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fh.Close()
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```
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In this example all write operations will only occur in memory (MemMapFs)
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leaving the base filesystem (OsFs) untouched.
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## Desired/possible backends
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The following is a short list of possible backends we hope someone will
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implement:
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* SSH
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* ZIP
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* TAR
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* S3
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# About the project
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## What's in the name
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Afero comes from the latin roots Ad-Facere.
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**"Ad"** is a prefix meaning "to".
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**"Facere"** is a form of the root "faciō" making "make or do".
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The literal meaning of afero is "to make" or "to do" which seems very fitting
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for a library that allows one to make files and directories and do things with them.
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The English word that shares the same roots as Afero is "affair". Affair shares
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the same concept but as a noun it means "something that is made or done" or "an
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object of a particular type".
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It's also nice that unlike some of my other libraries (hugo, cobra, viper) it
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Googles very well.
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## Release Notes
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See the [Releases Page](https://github.com/spf13/afero/releases).
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## Contributing
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1. Fork it
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2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
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3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
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4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
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5. Create new Pull Request
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## Contributors
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Names in no particular order:
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* [spf13](https://github.com/spf13)
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* [jaqx0r](https://github.com/jaqx0r)
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* [mbertschler](https://github.com/mbertschler)
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* [xor-gate](https://github.com/xor-gate)
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## License
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Afero is released under the Apache 2.0 license. See
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[LICENSE.txt](https://github.com/spf13/afero/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
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