Successfully read the mlocatedb header.

This commit shows how to read the mlocatedb header,
with a test to assert that the read is correct.
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Elf M. Sternberg 2021-06-23 19:00:56 -07:00
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[package]
name = "mlocate-rs"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["Elf M. Sternberg <elf.sternberg@gmail.com>"]
edition = "2018"
license = "MPL-2.0+"
description = "Rust implementation of the Linux mlocate client, with library."
repository = "https://github.com/elfsternberg/mlocate-rs"
readme = "./README.md"
# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
[dependencies]
globset = "0.4.8"
regex = "1.5.4"
clap = "2.33.3"
structview = "1.1.0"

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extern crate structview;
use structview::{u32_be, View};
#[derive(Clone, Copy, View)]
#[repr(C)]
pub struct MlHeader {
magic: [u8; 8], /* '\0', 'm', 'l', 'o', 'c', 'a', 't', 'e' */
conf_size: u32_be,
version: u8,
check_visibility: u8,
pad: [u8; 2],
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
#[test]
fn can_read_header() -> Result<(), String> {
let db = File::open("/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db").expect("Unable to open file");
let mut reader = BufReader::new(db);
match reader.fill_buf() {
Ok(buffer) => match MlHeader::view(&buffer[0..32]) {
Ok(header) => {
let text = &header.magic[1..8];
assert_eq!(text, *b"mlocate");
assert_eq!(header.version, 0);
let magic = std::str::from_utf8(text).unwrap_or("ERROR");
println!(
"magic: {}\nversion: {}\nconf_size: {}\nvisibility: {}",
magic, header.version, header.conf_size, header.check_visibility
);
Ok(())
}
Err(_) => Err("The header did not unpack.".to_owned()),
},
Err(_) => Err("The header could not be read".to_owned()),
}
}
}