[mod_python] FINFO_* variables

Daniel J. Popowich dpopowich at mtrsd.k12.ma.us
Mon Oct 6 17:20:32 EST 2003


I've checked the FAQ and searched the archives, but have come up
empty...

There seems to be a problem with the FINFO_* variables in module
mod_python.apache.  In my version (3.0.3, built from source) the
following are defined:

    # the req.finfo tuple
    FINFO_MODE = 0
    FINFO_INO = 1
    FINFO_DEV = 2
    FINFO_NLINK = 4
    FINFO_UID = 5
    FINFO_GID = 6
    FINFO_SIZE = 7
    FINFO_ATIME = 8
    FINFO_MTIME = 9
    FINFO_CTIME = 10
    FINFO_FNAME = 11
    FINFO_NAME = 12

You may note the skip from 2 to 4.  I tested this with the following
handler:

    def handler(req):

	req.write('req.finfo: ' + str(req.finfo))
	return apache.OK

Going to a page that uses this handler, I get the following output
(I've pretty-printed it for readability):

    req.finfo: (1604, 359355, 775, 1, 500, 500, 14, 1065473633,
		1065409206, 1065409206, '/var/www/py/foo', None)

If you line up the FINFO_* indexes with the appropriate tuple elements:

    FINFO_MODE = 0          1604	     	 	 
    FINFO_INO = 1	    359355	     	 	 
    FINFO_DEV = 2	    775		 
    FINFO_NLINK = 4	    500		 
    FINFO_UID = 5	    500		 
    FINFO_GID = 6	    14		 
    FINFO_SIZE = 7	    1065473633	 
    FINFO_ATIME = 8	    1065409206	 
    FINFO_MTIME = 9	    1065409206	 
    FINFO_CTIME = 10	    '/var/www/py/foo'
    FINFO_FNAME = 11	    None             
    FINFO_NAME = 12

You get the picture: everything is off by one after FINFO_DEV.  I
looked in CVS and noticed that the significant change in the FINFO_*
vars was between versions 1.45 and 1.46.  I'm quite surprised since
according to the repository this change happened in July of 2002.  I
can't be the only one who has used FINFO_* since then, can I?

BTW, this is used with apache 2.0.40 (prebuilt, redhat 9.0 rpm).

Thanks,

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