package main import ( "crypto/md5" "fmt" "io" "os" ) // CopyFile copies a file from src to dst. If src and dst files exist, and are // the same, then return success. Otherise, attempt to create a hard link // between the two files. If that fail, copy the file contents from src to dst. func CopyFile(src, dst string) (err error) { sfi, err := os.Stat(src) if err != nil { return } if !sfi.Mode().IsRegular() { // cannot copy non-regular files (e.g., directories, // symlinks, devices, etc.) return fmt.Errorf("CopyFile: non-regular source file %s (%q)", sfi.Name(), sfi.Mode().String()) } dfi, err := os.Stat(dst) if err != nil { if !os.IsNotExist(err) { return } } else { if !(dfi.Mode().IsRegular()) { return fmt.Errorf("CopyFile: non-regular destination file %s (%q)", dfi.Name(), dfi.Mode().String()) } if os.SameFile(sfi, dfi) { return } } if err = os.Link(src, dst); err == nil { return } err = copyFileContents(src, dst) return } // copyFileContents copies the contents of the file named src to the file named // by dst. The file will be created if it does not already exist. If the // destination file exists, all it's contents will be replaced by the contents // of the source file. func copyFileContents(src, dst string) (err error) { in, err := os.Open(src) if err != nil { return } defer in.Close() out, err := os.Create(dst) if err != nil { return } defer func() { cerr := out.Close() if err == nil { err = cerr } }() if _, err = io.Copy(out, in); err != nil { return } err = out.Sync() return } // HashFile does a md5 hash on the file // from https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/md5/#example_New_file func HashFile(filename string) (hash string, err error) { f, err := os.Open(filename) if err != nil { return } defer f.Close() h := md5.New() if _, err = io.Copy(h, f); err != nil { return } hash = fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil)) return } // FileSize returns the size of a file func FileSize(filename string) (int, error) { f, err := os.Open(filename) if err != nil { return -1, err } defer f.Close() fi, err := f.Stat() if err != nil { return -1, err } size := int(fi.Size()) return size, nil }