    const std = @import("std.zig");
    const builtin = @import("builtin");
    const root = @import("root");
    const os = std.os;
    const mem = std.mem;
    const base64 = std.base64;
    const crypto = std.crypto;
    const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
    const assert = std.debug.assert;
    const math = std.math;

    const is_darwin = builtin.os.tag.isDarwin();

    pub const path = @import("fs/path.zig");
    pub const File = @import("fs/file.zig").File;
    pub const wasi = @import("fs/wasi.zig");

    // TODO audit these APIs with respect to Dir and absolute paths

    pub const realpath = os.realpath;
    pub const realpathZ = os.realpathZ;
    pub const realpathW = os.realpathW;

    pub const getAppDataDir = @import("fs/get_app_data_dir.zig").getAppDataDir;
    pub const GetAppDataDirError = @import("fs/get_app_data_dir.zig").GetAppDataDirError;

    pub const Watch = @import("fs/watch.zig").Watch;

    /// This represents the maximum size of a UTF-8 encoded file path that the
    /// operating system will accept. Paths, including those returned from file
    /// system operations, may be longer than this length, but such paths cannot
    /// be successfully passed back in other file system operations. However,
    /// all path components returned by file system operations are assumed to
    /// fit into a UTF-8 encoded array of this length.
    /// The byte count includes room for a null sentinel byte.
    pub const MAX_PATH_BYTES = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
        .linux, .macos, .ios, .freebsd, .openbsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly, .haiku, .solaris => os.PATH_MAX,
        // Each UTF-16LE character may be expanded to 3 UTF-8 bytes.

        // If it would require 4 UTF-8 bytes, then there would be a surrogate

        // pair in the UTF-16LE, and we (over)account 3 bytes for it that way.

        // +1 for the null byte at the end, which can be encoded in 1 byte.

        .windows => os.windows.PATH_MAX_WIDE * 3 + 1,
        // TODO work out what a reasonable value we should use here

        .wasi => 4096,
        else => if (@hasDecl(root, "os") and @hasDecl(root.os, "PATH_MAX"))
            root.os.PATH_MAX
        else
            @compileError("PATH_MAX not implemented for " ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag)),
    };

    /// This represents the maximum size of a UTF-8 encoded file name component that
    /// the platform's common file systems support. File name components returned by file system
    /// operations are likely to fit into a UTF-8 encoded array of this length, but
    /// (depending on the platform) this assumption may not hold for every configuration.
    /// The byte count does not include a null sentinel byte.
    pub const MAX_NAME_BYTES = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
        .linux, .macos, .ios, .freebsd, .openbsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly => os.NAME_MAX,
        // Haiku's NAME_MAX includes the null terminator, so subtract one.

        .haiku => os.NAME_MAX - 1,
        .solaris => os.system.MAXNAMLEN,
        // Each UTF-16LE character may be expanded to 3 UTF-8 bytes.

        // If it would require 4 UTF-8 bytes, then there would be a surrogate

        // pair in the UTF-16LE, and we (over)account 3 bytes for it that way.

        .windows => os.windows.NAME_MAX * 3,
        // For WASI, the MAX_NAME will depend on the host OS, so it needs to be

        // as large as the largest MAX_NAME_BYTES (Windows) in order to work on any host OS.

        // TODO determine if this is a reasonable approach

        .wasi => os.windows.NAME_MAX * 3,
        else => if (@hasDecl(root, "os") and @hasDecl(root.os, "NAME_MAX"))
            root.os.NAME_MAX
        else
            @compileError("NAME_MAX not implemented for " ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag)),
    };

    pub const base64_alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_".*;

    /// Base64 encoder, replacing the standard `+/` with `-_` so that it can be used in a file name on any filesystem.
    pub const base64_encoder = base64.Base64Encoder.init(base64_alphabet, null);

    /// Base64 decoder, replacing the standard `+/` with `-_` so that it can be used in a file name on any filesystem.
    pub const base64_decoder = base64.Base64Decoder.init(base64_alphabet, null);

    /// Whether or not async file system syscalls need a dedicated thread because the operating
    /// system does not support non-blocking I/O on the file system.
    pub const need_async_thread = std.io.is_async and switch (builtin.os.tag) {
        .windows, .other => false,
        else => true,
    };

    /// TODO remove the allocator requirement from this API
    pub fn atomicSymLink(allocator: Allocator, existing_path: []const u8, new_path: []const u8) !void {
        if (cwd().symLink(existing_path, new_path, .{})) {
            return;
        } else |err| switch (err) {
            error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
            else => return err, // TODO zig should know this set does not include PathAlreadyExists

        }

        const dirname = path.dirname(new_path) orelse ".";

        var rand_buf: [AtomicFile.RANDOM_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
        const tmp_path = try allocator.alloc(u8, dirname.len + 1 + base64_encoder.calcSize(rand_buf.len));
        defer allocator.free(tmp_path);
        mem.copy(u8, tmp_path[0..], dirname);
        tmp_path[dirname.len] = path.sep;
        while (true) {
            crypto.random.bytes(rand_buf[0..]);
            _ = base64_encoder.encode(tmp_path[dirname.len + 1 ..], &rand_buf);

            if (cwd().symLink(existing_path, tmp_path, .{})) {
                return cwd().rename(tmp_path, new_path);
            } else |err| switch (err) {
                error.PathAlreadyExists => continue,
                else => return err, // TODO zig should know this set does not include PathAlreadyExists

            }
        }
    }

    pub const PrevStatus = enum {
        stale,
        fresh,
    };

    pub const CopyFileOptions = struct {
        /// When this is `null` the mode is copied from the source file.
        override_mode: ?File.Mode = null,
    };

    /// Same as `Dir.updateFile`, except asserts that both `source_path` and `dest_path`
    /// are absolute. See `Dir.updateFile` for a function that operates on both
    /// absolute and relative paths.
    pub fn updateFileAbsolute(
        source_path: []const u8,
        dest_path: []const u8,
        args: CopyFileOptions,
    ) !PrevStatus {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(source_path));
        assert(path.isAbsolute(dest_path));
        const my_cwd = cwd();
        return Dir.updateFile(my_cwd, source_path, my_cwd, dest_path, args);
    }

    /// Same as `Dir.copyFile`, except asserts that both `source_path` and `dest_path`
    /// are absolute. See `Dir.copyFile` for a function that operates on both
    /// absolute and relative paths.
    pub fn copyFileAbsolute(source_path: []const u8, dest_path: []const u8, args: CopyFileOptions) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(source_path));
        assert(path.isAbsolute(dest_path));
        const my_cwd = cwd();
        return Dir.copyFile(my_cwd, source_path, my_cwd, dest_path, args);
    }

    /// TODO update this API to avoid a getrandom syscall for every operation.
    pub const AtomicFile = struct {
        file: File,
        // TODO either replace this with rand_buf or use []u16 on Windows

        tmp_path_buf: [TMP_PATH_LEN:0]u8,
        dest_basename: []const u8,
        file_open: bool,
        file_exists: bool,
        close_dir_on_deinit: bool,
        dir: Dir,

        const InitError = File.OpenError;

        const RANDOM_BYTES = 12;
        const TMP_PATH_LEN = base64_encoder.calcSize(RANDOM_BYTES);

        /// Note that the `Dir.atomicFile` API may be more handy than this lower-level function.
        pub fn init(
            dest_basename: []const u8,
            mode: File.Mode,
            dir: Dir,
            close_dir_on_deinit: bool,
        ) InitError!AtomicFile {
            var rand_buf: [RANDOM_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
            var tmp_path_buf: [TMP_PATH_LEN:0]u8 = undefined;

            while (true) {
                crypto.random.bytes(rand_buf[0..]);
                const tmp_path = base64_encoder.encode(&tmp_path_buf, &rand_buf);
                tmp_path_buf[tmp_path.len] = 0;

                const file = dir.createFile(
                    tmp_path,
                    .{ .mode = mode, .exclusive = true },
                ) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.PathAlreadyExists => continue,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };

                return AtomicFile{
                    .file = file,
                    .tmp_path_buf = tmp_path_buf,
                    .dest_basename = dest_basename,
                    .file_open = true,
                    .file_exists = true,
                    .close_dir_on_deinit = close_dir_on_deinit,
                    .dir = dir,
                };
            }
        }

        /// always call deinit, even after successful finish()
        pub fn deinit(self: *AtomicFile) void {
            if (self.file_open) {
                self.file.close();
                self.file_open = false;
            }
            if (self.file_exists) {
                self.dir.deleteFile(&self.tmp_path_buf) catch {};
                self.file_exists = false;
            }
            if (self.close_dir_on_deinit) {
                self.dir.close();
            }
            self.* = undefined;
        }

        pub const FinishError = std.os.RenameError;

        pub fn finish(self: *AtomicFile) FinishError!void {
            assert(self.file_exists);
            if (self.file_open) {
                self.file.close();
                self.file_open = false;
            }
            try os.renameat(self.dir.fd, self.tmp_path_buf[0..], self.dir.fd, self.dest_basename);
            self.file_exists = false;
        }
    };

    const default_new_dir_mode = 0o755;

    /// Create a new directory, based on an absolute path.
    /// Asserts that the path is absolute. See `Dir.makeDir` for a function that operates
    /// on both absolute and relative paths.
    pub fn makeDirAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return os.mkdir(absolute_path, default_new_dir_mode);
    }

    /// Same as `makeDirAbsolute` except the parameter is a null-terminated UTF8-encoded string.
    pub fn makeDirAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_z: [*:0]const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_z));
        return os.mkdirZ(absolute_path_z, default_new_dir_mode);
    }

    /// Same as `makeDirAbsolute` except the parameter is a null-terminated WTF-16 encoded string.
    pub fn makeDirAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: [*:0]const u16) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_w));
        return os.mkdirW(absolute_path_w, default_new_dir_mode);
    }

    /// Same as `Dir.deleteDir` except the path is absolute.
    pub fn deleteDirAbsolute(dir_path: []const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(dir_path));
        return os.rmdir(dir_path);
    }

    /// Same as `deleteDirAbsolute` except the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn deleteDirAbsoluteZ(dir_path: [*:0]const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(dir_path));
        return os.rmdirZ(dir_path);
    }

    /// Same as `deleteDirAbsolute` except the path parameter is WTF-16 and target OS is assumed Windows.
    pub fn deleteDirAbsoluteW(dir_path: [*:0]const u16) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(dir_path));
        return os.rmdirW(dir_path);
    }

    /// Same as `Dir.rename` except the paths are absolute.
    pub fn renameAbsolute(old_path: []const u8, new_path: []const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(old_path));
        assert(path.isAbsolute(new_path));
        return os.rename(old_path, new_path);
    }

    /// Same as `renameAbsolute` except the path parameters are null-terminated.
    pub fn renameAbsoluteZ(old_path: [*:0]const u8, new_path: [*:0]const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(old_path));
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(new_path));
        return os.renameZ(old_path, new_path);
    }

    /// Same as `renameAbsolute` except the path parameters are WTF-16 and target OS is assumed Windows.
    pub fn renameAbsoluteW(old_path: [*:0]const u16, new_path: [*:0]const u16) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(old_path));
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(new_path));
        return os.renameW(old_path, new_path);
    }

    /// Same as `Dir.rename`, except `new_sub_path` is relative to `new_dir`
    pub fn rename(old_dir: Dir, old_sub_path: []const u8, new_dir: Dir, new_sub_path: []const u8) !void {
        return os.renameat(old_dir.fd, old_sub_path, new_dir.fd, new_sub_path);
    }

    /// Same as `rename` except the parameters are null-terminated.
    pub fn renameZ(old_dir: Dir, old_sub_path_z: [*:0]const u8, new_dir: Dir, new_sub_path_z: [*:0]const u8) !void {
        return os.renameatZ(old_dir.fd, old_sub_path_z, new_dir.fd, new_sub_path_z);
    }

    /// Same as `rename` except the parameters are UTF16LE, NT prefixed.
    /// This function is Windows-only.
    pub fn renameW(old_dir: Dir, old_sub_path_w: []const u16, new_dir: Dir, new_sub_path_w: []const u16) !void {
        return os.renameatW(old_dir.fd, old_sub_path_w, new_dir.fd, new_sub_path_w);
    }

    /// A directory that can be iterated. It is *NOT* legal to initialize this with a regular `Dir`
    /// that has been opened without iteration permission.
    pub const IterableDir = struct {
        dir: Dir,

        pub const Entry = struct {
            name: []const u8,
            kind: Kind,

            pub const Kind = File.Kind;
        };

        const IteratorError = error{ AccessDenied, SystemResources } || os.UnexpectedError;

        pub const Iterator = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
            .macos, .ios, .freebsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly, .openbsd, .solaris => struct {
                dir: Dir,
                seek: i64,
                buf: [1024]u8, // TODO align(@alignOf(os.system.dirent)),

                index: usize,
                end_index: usize,
                first_iter: bool,

                const Self = @This();

                pub const Error = IteratorError;

                /// Memory such as file names referenced in this returned entry becomes invalid
                /// with subsequent calls to `next`, as well as when this `Dir` is deinitialized.
                pub fn next(self: *Self) Error!?Entry {
                    switch (builtin.os.tag) {
                        .macos, .ios => return self.nextDarwin(),
                        .freebsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly, .openbsd => return self.nextBsd(),
                        .solaris => return self.nextSolaris(),
                        else => @compileError("unimplemented"),
                    }
                }

                fn nextDarwin(self: *Self) !?Entry {
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            if (self.first_iter) {
                                std.os.lseek_SET(self.dir.fd, 0) catch unreachable; // EBADF here likely means that the Dir was not opened with iteration permissions

                                self.first_iter = false;
                            }
                            const rc = os.system.__getdirentries64(
                                self.dir.fd,
                                &self.buf,
                                self.buf.len,
                                &self.seek,
                            );
                            if (rc == 0) return null;
                            if (rc < 0) {
                                switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                                    .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                    .FAULT => unreachable,
                                    .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                    .INVAL => unreachable,
                                    else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                                }
                            }
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = @intCast(usize, rc);
                        }
                        const darwin_entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) os.system.dirent, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const next_index = self.index + darwin_entry.reclen();
                        self.index = next_index;

                        const name = @ptrCast([*]u8, &darwin_entry.d_name)[0..darwin_entry.d_namlen];

                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, "..") or (darwin_entry.d_ino == 0)) {
                            continue :start_over;
                        }

                        const entry_kind = switch (darwin_entry.d_type) {
                            os.DT.BLK => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            os.DT.CHR => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            os.DT.DIR => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            os.DT.FIFO => Entry.Kind.NamedPipe,
                            os.DT.LNK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            os.DT.REG => Entry.Kind.File,
                            os.DT.SOCK => Entry.Kind.UnixDomainSocket,
                            os.DT.WHT => Entry.Kind.Whiteout,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                fn nextSolaris(self: *Self) !?Entry {
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            if (self.first_iter) {
                                std.os.lseek_SET(self.dir.fd, 0) catch unreachable; // EBADF here likely means that the Dir was not opened with iteration permissions

                                self.first_iter = false;
                            }
                            const rc = os.system.getdents(self.dir.fd, &self.buf, self.buf.len);
                            switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                .FAULT => unreachable,
                                .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                .INVAL => unreachable,
                                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                            }
                            if (rc == 0) return null;
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = @intCast(usize, rc);
                        }
                        const entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) os.system.dirent, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const next_index = self.index + entry.reclen();
                        self.index = next_index;

                        const name = mem.sliceTo(@ptrCast([*:0]u8, &entry.d_name), 0);
                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, ".."))
                            continue :start_over;

                        // Solaris dirent doesn't expose d_type, so we have to call stat to get it.

                        const stat_info = os.fstatat(
                            self.dir.fd,
                            name,
                            os.AT.SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
                        ) catch |err| switch (err) {
                            error.NameTooLong => unreachable,
                            error.SymLinkLoop => unreachable,
                            error.FileNotFound => unreachable, // lost the race

                            else => |e| return e,
                        };
                        const entry_kind = switch (stat_info.mode & os.S.IFMT) {
                            os.S.IFIFO => Entry.Kind.NamedPipe,
                            os.S.IFCHR => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            os.S.IFDIR => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            os.S.IFBLK => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            os.S.IFREG => Entry.Kind.File,
                            os.S.IFLNK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            os.S.IFSOCK => Entry.Kind.UnixDomainSocket,
                            os.S.IFDOOR => Entry.Kind.Door,
                            os.S.IFPORT => Entry.Kind.EventPort,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                fn nextBsd(self: *Self) !?Entry {
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            if (self.first_iter) {
                                std.os.lseek_SET(self.dir.fd, 0) catch unreachable; // EBADF here likely means that the Dir was not opened with iteration permissions

                                self.first_iter = false;
                            }
                            const rc = if (builtin.os.tag == .netbsd)
                                os.system.__getdents30(self.dir.fd, &self.buf, self.buf.len)
                            else
                                os.system.getdents(self.dir.fd, &self.buf, self.buf.len);
                            switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                .FAULT => unreachable,
                                .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                .INVAL => unreachable,
                                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                            }
                            if (rc == 0) return null;
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = @intCast(usize, rc);
                        }
                        const bsd_entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) os.system.dirent, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const next_index = self.index + bsd_entry.reclen();
                        self.index = next_index;

                        const name = @ptrCast([*]u8, &bsd_entry.d_name)[0..bsd_entry.d_namlen];

                        const skip_zero_fileno = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
                            // d_fileno=0 is used to mark invalid entries or deleted files.

                            .openbsd, .netbsd => true,
                            else => false,
                        };
                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, "..") or
                            (skip_zero_fileno and bsd_entry.d_fileno == 0))
                        {
                            continue :start_over;
                        }

                        const entry_kind = switch (bsd_entry.d_type) {
                            os.DT.BLK => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            os.DT.CHR => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            os.DT.DIR => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            os.DT.FIFO => Entry.Kind.NamedPipe,
                            os.DT.LNK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            os.DT.REG => Entry.Kind.File,
                            os.DT.SOCK => Entry.Kind.UnixDomainSocket,
                            os.DT.WHT => Entry.Kind.Whiteout,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
                    self.index = 0;
                    self.end_index = 0;
                    self.first_iter = true;
                }
            },
            .haiku => struct {
                dir: Dir,
                buf: [1024]u8, // TODO align(@alignOf(os.dirent64)),

                index: usize,
                end_index: usize,
                first_iter: bool,

                const Self = @This();

                pub const Error = IteratorError;

                /// Memory such as file names referenced in this returned entry becomes invalid
                /// with subsequent calls to `next`, as well as when this `Dir` is deinitialized.
                pub fn next(self: *Self) Error!?Entry {
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        // TODO: find a better max

                        const HAIKU_MAX_COUNT = 10000;
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            if (self.first_iter) {
                                std.os.lseek_SET(self.dir.fd, 0) catch unreachable; // EBADF here likely means that the Dir was not opened with iteration permissions

                                self.first_iter = false;
                            }
                            const rc = os.system._kern_read_dir(
                                self.dir.fd,
                                &self.buf,
                                self.buf.len,
                                HAIKU_MAX_COUNT,
                            );
                            if (rc == 0) return null;
                            if (rc < 0) {
                                switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                                    .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                    .FAULT => unreachable,
                                    .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                    .INVAL => unreachable,
                                    else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                                }
                            }
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = @intCast(usize, rc);
                        }
                        const haiku_entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) os.system.dirent, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const next_index = self.index + haiku_entry.reclen();
                        self.index = next_index;
                        const name = mem.sliceTo(@ptrCast([*:0]u8, &haiku_entry.d_name), 0);

                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, "..") or (haiku_entry.d_ino == 0)) {
                            continue :start_over;
                        }

                        var stat_info: os.Stat = undefined;
                        const rc = os.system._kern_read_stat(
                            self.dir.fd,
                            &haiku_entry.d_name,
                            false,
                            &stat_info,
                            0,
                        );
                        if (rc != 0) {
                            switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                .FAULT => unreachable,
                                .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                .INVAL => unreachable,
                                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                            }
                        }
                        const statmode = stat_info.mode & os.S.IFMT;

                        const entry_kind = switch (statmode) {
                            os.S.IFDIR => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            os.S.IFBLK => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            os.S.IFCHR => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            os.S.IFLNK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            os.S.IFREG => Entry.Kind.File,
                            os.S.IFIFO => Entry.Kind.NamedPipe,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };

                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
                    self.index = 0;
                    self.end_index = 0;
                    self.first_iter = true;
                }
            },
            .linux => struct {
                dir: Dir,
                // The if guard is solely there to prevent compile errors from missing `linux.dirent64`

                // definition when compiling for other OSes. It doesn't do anything when compiling for Linux.

                buf: [1024]u8 align(if (builtin.os.tag != .linux) 1 else @alignOf(linux.dirent64)),
                index: usize,
                end_index: usize,
                first_iter: bool,

                const Self = @This();
                const linux = os.linux;

                pub const Error = IteratorError;

                /// Memory such as file names referenced in this returned entry becomes invalid
                /// with subsequent calls to `next`, as well as when this `Dir` is deinitialized.
                pub fn next(self: *Self) Error!?Entry {
                    return self.nextLinux() catch |err| switch (err) {
                        // To be consistent across platforms, iteration ends if the directory being iterated is deleted during iteration.

                        // This matches the behavior of non-Linux UNIX platforms.

                        error.DirNotFound => null,
                        else => |e| return e,
                    };
                }

                pub const ErrorLinux = error{DirNotFound} || IteratorError;

                /// Implementation of `next` that can return `error.DirNotFound` if the directory being
                /// iterated was deleted during iteration (this error is Linux specific).
                pub fn nextLinux(self: *Self) ErrorLinux!?Entry {
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            if (self.first_iter) {
                                std.os.lseek_SET(self.dir.fd, 0) catch unreachable; // EBADF here likely means that the Dir was not opened with iteration permissions

                                self.first_iter = false;
                            }
                            const rc = linux.getdents64(self.dir.fd, &self.buf, self.buf.len);
                            switch (linux.getErrno(rc)) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                .FAULT => unreachable,
                                .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                .NOENT => return error.DirNotFound, // The directory being iterated was deleted during iteration.

                                .INVAL => return error.Unexpected, // Linux may in some cases return EINVAL when reading /proc/$PID/net.

                                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                            }
                            if (rc == 0) return null;
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = rc;
                        }
                        const linux_entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) linux.dirent64, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const next_index = self.index + linux_entry.reclen();
                        self.index = next_index;

                        const name = mem.sliceTo(@ptrCast([*:0]u8, &linux_entry.d_name), 0);

                        // skip . and .. entries

                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, "..")) {
                            continue :start_over;
                        }

                        const entry_kind = switch (linux_entry.d_type) {
                            linux.DT.BLK => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            linux.DT.CHR => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            linux.DT.DIR => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            linux.DT.FIFO => Entry.Kind.NamedPipe,
                            linux.DT.LNK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            linux.DT.REG => Entry.Kind.File,
                            linux.DT.SOCK => Entry.Kind.UnixDomainSocket,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
                    self.index = 0;
                    self.end_index = 0;
                    self.first_iter = true;
                }
            },
            .windows => struct {
                dir: Dir,
                buf: [1024]u8 align(@alignOf(os.windows.FILE_BOTH_DIR_INFORMATION)),
                index: usize,
                end_index: usize,
                first_iter: bool,
                name_data: [MAX_NAME_BYTES]u8,

                const Self = @This();

                pub const Error = IteratorError;

                /// Memory such as file names referenced in this returned entry becomes invalid
                /// with subsequent calls to `next`, as well as when this `Dir` is deinitialized.
                pub fn next(self: *Self) Error!?Entry {
                    while (true) {
                        const w = os.windows;
                        if (self.index >= self.end_index) {
                            var io: w.IO_STATUS_BLOCK = undefined;
                            const rc = w.ntdll.NtQueryDirectoryFile(
                                self.dir.fd,
                                null,
                                null,
                                null,
                                &io,
                                &self.buf,
                                self.buf.len,
                                .FileBothDirectoryInformation,
                                w.FALSE,
                                null,
                                if (self.first_iter) @as(w.BOOLEAN, w.TRUE) else @as(w.BOOLEAN, w.FALSE),
                            );
                            self.first_iter = false;
                            if (io.Information == 0) return null;
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = io.Information;
                            switch (rc) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .ACCESS_DENIED => return error.AccessDenied, // Double-check that the Dir was opened with iteration ability

                                else => return w.unexpectedStatus(rc),
                            }
                        }

                        const aligned_ptr = @alignCast(@alignOf(w.FILE_BOTH_DIR_INFORMATION), &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const dir_info = @ptrCast(*w.FILE_BOTH_DIR_INFORMATION, aligned_ptr);
                        if (dir_info.NextEntryOffset != 0) {
                            self.index += dir_info.NextEntryOffset;
                        } else {
                            self.index = self.buf.len;
                        }

                        const name_utf16le = @ptrCast([*]u16, &dir_info.FileName)[0 .. dir_info.FileNameLength / 2];

                        if (mem.eql(u16, name_utf16le, &[_]u16{'.'}) or mem.eql(u16, name_utf16le, &[_]u16{ '.', '.' }))
                            continue;
                        // Trust that Windows gives us valid UTF-16LE

                        const name_utf8_len = std.unicode.utf16leToUtf8(self.name_data[0..], name_utf16le) catch unreachable;
                        const name_utf8 = self.name_data[0..name_utf8_len];
                        const kind = blk: {
                            const attrs = dir_info.FileAttributes;
                            if (attrs & w.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY != 0) break :blk Entry.Kind.Directory;
                            if (attrs & w.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT != 0) break :blk Entry.Kind.SymLink;
                            break :blk Entry.Kind.File;
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name_utf8,
                            .kind = kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
                    self.index = 0;
                    self.end_index = 0;
                    self.first_iter = true;
                }
            },
            .wasi => struct {
                dir: Dir,
                buf: [1024]u8, // TODO align(@alignOf(os.wasi.dirent_t)),

                cookie: u64,
                index: usize,
                end_index: usize,

                const Self = @This();

                pub const Error = IteratorError;

                /// Memory such as file names referenced in this returned entry becomes invalid
                /// with subsequent calls to `next`, as well as when this `Dir` is deinitialized.
                pub fn next(self: *Self) Error!?Entry {
                    return self.nextWasi() catch |err| switch (err) {
                        // To be consistent across platforms, iteration ends if the directory being iterated is deleted during iteration.

                        // This matches the behavior of non-Linux UNIX platforms.

                        error.DirNotFound => null,
                        else => |e| return e,
                    };
                }

                pub const ErrorWasi = error{DirNotFound} || IteratorError;

                /// Implementation of `next` that can return platform-dependent errors depending on the host platform.
                /// When the host platform is Linux, `error.DirNotFound` can be returned if the directory being
                /// iterated was deleted during iteration.
                pub fn nextWasi(self: *Self) ErrorWasi!?Entry {
                    // We intentinally use fd_readdir even when linked with libc,

                    // since its implementation is exactly the same as below,

                    // and we avoid the code complexity here.

                    const w = os.wasi;
                    start_over: while (true) {
                        // According to the WASI spec, the last entry might be truncated,

                        // so we need to check if the left buffer contains the whole dirent.

                        if (self.end_index - self.index < @sizeOf(w.dirent_t)) {
                            var bufused: usize = undefined;
                            switch (w.fd_readdir(self.dir.fd, &self.buf, self.buf.len, self.cookie, &bufused)) {
                                .SUCCESS => {},
                                .BADF => unreachable, // Dir is invalid or was opened without iteration ability

                                .FAULT => unreachable,
                                .NOTDIR => unreachable,
                                .INVAL => unreachable,
                                .NOENT => return error.DirNotFound, // The directory being iterated was deleted during iteration.

                                .NOTCAPABLE => return error.AccessDenied,
                                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
                            }
                            if (bufused == 0) return null;
                            self.index = 0;
                            self.end_index = bufused;
                        }
                        const entry = @ptrCast(*align(1) w.dirent_t, &self.buf[self.index]);
                        const entry_size = @sizeOf(w.dirent_t);
                        const name_index = self.index + entry_size;
                        if (name_index + entry.d_namlen > self.end_index) {
                            // This case, the name is truncated, so we need to call readdir to store the entire name.

                            self.end_index = self.index; // Force fd_readdir in the next loop.

                            continue :start_over;
                        }
                        const name = mem.span(self.buf[name_index .. name_index + entry.d_namlen]);

                        const next_index = name_index + entry.d_namlen;
                        self.index = next_index;
                        self.cookie = entry.d_next;

                        // skip . and .. entries

                        if (mem.eql(u8, name, ".") or mem.eql(u8, name, "..")) {
                            continue :start_over;
                        }

                        const entry_kind = switch (entry.d_type) {
                            .BLOCK_DEVICE => Entry.Kind.BlockDevice,
                            .CHARACTER_DEVICE => Entry.Kind.CharacterDevice,
                            .DIRECTORY => Entry.Kind.Directory,
                            .SYMBOLIC_LINK => Entry.Kind.SymLink,
                            .REGULAR_FILE => Entry.Kind.File,
                            .SOCKET_STREAM, .SOCKET_DGRAM => Entry.Kind.UnixDomainSocket,
                            else => Entry.Kind.Unknown,
                        };
                        return Entry{
                            .name = name,
                            .kind = entry_kind,
                        };
                    }
                }

                pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
                    self.index = 0;
                    self.end_index = 0;
                    self.cookie = os.wasi.DIRCOOKIE_START;
                }
            },
            else => @compileError("unimplemented"),
        };

        pub fn iterate(self: IterableDir) Iterator {
            return self.iterateImpl(true);
        }

        /// Like `iterate`, but will not reset the directory cursor before the first
        /// iteration. This should only be used in cases where it is known that the
        /// `IterableDir` has not had its cursor modified yet (e.g. it was just opened).
        pub fn iterateAssumeFirstIteration(self: IterableDir) Iterator {
            return self.iterateImpl(false);
        }

        fn iterateImpl(self: IterableDir, first_iter_start_value: bool) Iterator {
            switch (builtin.os.tag) {
                .macos,
                .ios,
                .freebsd,
                .netbsd,
                .dragonfly,
                .openbsd,
                .solaris,
                => return Iterator{
                    .dir = self.dir,
                    .seek = 0,
                    .index = 0,
                    .end_index = 0,
                    .buf = undefined,
                    .first_iter = first_iter_start_value,
                },
                .linux, .haiku => return Iterator{
                    .dir = self.dir,
                    .index = 0,
                    .end_index = 0,
                    .buf = undefined,
                    .first_iter = first_iter_start_value,
                },
                .windows => return Iterator{
                    .dir = self.dir,
                    .index = 0,
                    .end_index = 0,
                    .first_iter = first_iter_start_value,
                    .buf = undefined,
                    .name_data = undefined,
                },
                .wasi => return Iterator{
                    .dir = self.dir,
                    .cookie = os.wasi.DIRCOOKIE_START,
                    .index = 0,
                    .end_index = 0,
                    .buf = undefined,
                },
                else => @compileError("unimplemented"),
            }
        }

        pub const Walker = struct {
            stack: std.ArrayList(StackItem),
            name_buffer: std.ArrayList(u8),

            pub const WalkerEntry = struct {
                /// The containing directory. This can be used to operate directly on `basename`
                /// rather than `path`, avoiding `error.NameTooLong` for deeply nested paths.
                /// The directory remains open until `next` or `deinit` is called.
                dir: Dir,
                basename: []const u8,
                path: []const u8,
                kind: IterableDir.Entry.Kind,
            };

            const StackItem = struct {
                iter: IterableDir.Iterator,
                dirname_len: usize,
            };

            /// After each call to this function, and on deinit(), the memory returned
            /// from this function becomes invalid. A copy must be made in order to keep
            /// a reference to the path.
            pub fn next(self: *Walker) !?WalkerEntry {
                while (self.stack.items.len != 0) {
                    // `top` and `containing` become invalid after appending to `self.stack`

                    var top = &self.stack.items[self.stack.items.len - 1];
                    var containing = top;
                    var dirname_len = top.dirname_len;
                    if (try top.iter.next()) |base| {
                        self.name_buffer.shrinkRetainingCapacity(dirname_len);
                        if (self.name_buffer.items.len != 0) {
                            try self.name_buffer.append(path.sep);
                            dirname_len += 1;
                        }
                        try self.name_buffer.appendSlice(base.name);
                        if (base.kind == .Directory) {
                            var new_dir = top.iter.dir.openIterableDir(base.name, .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
                                error.NameTooLong => unreachable, // no path sep in base.name

                                else => |e| return e,
                            };
                            {
                                errdefer new_dir.close();
                                try self.stack.append(StackItem{
                                    .iter = new_dir.iterate(),
                                    .dirname_len = self.name_buffer.items.len,
                                });
                                top = &self.stack.items[self.stack.items.len - 1];
                                containing = &self.stack.items[self.stack.items.len - 2];
                            }
                        }
                        return WalkerEntry{
                            .dir = containing.iter.dir,
                            .basename = self.name_buffer.items[dirname_len..],
                            .path = self.name_buffer.items,
                            .kind = base.kind,
                        };
                    } else {
                        var item = self.stack.pop();
                        if (self.stack.items.len != 0) {
                            item.iter.dir.close();
                        }
                    }
                }
                return null;
            }

            pub fn deinit(self: *Walker) void {
                // Close any remaining directories except the initial one (which is always at index 0)

                if (self.stack.items.len > 1) {
                    for (self.stack.items[1..]) |*item| {
                        item.iter.dir.close();
                    }
                }
                self.stack.deinit();
                self.name_buffer.deinit();
            }
        };

        /// Recursively iterates over a directory.
        /// Must call `Walker.deinit` when done.
        /// The order of returned file system entries is undefined.
        /// `self` will not be closed after walking it.
        pub fn walk(self: IterableDir, allocator: Allocator) !Walker {
            var name_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
            errdefer name_buffer.deinit();

            var stack = std.ArrayList(Walker.StackItem).init(allocator);
            errdefer stack.deinit();

            try stack.append(Walker.StackItem{
                .iter = self.iterate(),
                .dirname_len = 0,
            });

            return Walker{
                .stack = stack,
                .name_buffer = name_buffer,
            };
        }

        pub fn close(self: *IterableDir) void {
            self.dir.close();
            self.* = undefined;
        }

        pub const ChmodError = File.ChmodError;

        /// Changes the mode of the directory.
        /// The process must have the correct privileges in order to do this
        /// successfully, or must have the effective user ID matching the owner
        /// of the directory.
        pub fn chmod(self: IterableDir, new_mode: File.Mode) ChmodError!void {
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = self.dir.fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
            };
            try file.chmod(new_mode);
        }

        /// Changes the owner and group of the directory.
        /// The process must have the correct privileges in order to do this
        /// successfully. The group may be changed by the owner of the directory to
        /// any group of which the owner is a member. If the
        /// owner or group is specified as `null`, the ID is not changed.
        pub fn chown(self: IterableDir, owner: ?File.Uid, group: ?File.Gid) ChownError!void {
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = self.dir.fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
            };
            try file.chown(owner, group);
        }

        pub const ChownError = File.ChownError;
    };

    pub const Dir = struct {
        fd: os.fd_t,

        pub const iterate = @compileError("only 'IterableDir' can be iterated; 'IterableDir' can be obtained with 'openIterableDir'");
        pub const walk = @compileError("only 'IterableDir' can be walked; 'IterableDir' can be obtained with 'openIterableDir'");
        pub const chmod = @compileError("only 'IterableDir' can have its mode changed; 'IterableDir' can be obtained with 'openIterableDir'");
        pub const chown = @compileError("only 'IterableDir' can have its owner changed; 'IterableDir' can be obtained with 'openIterableDir'");

        pub const OpenError = error{
            FileNotFound,
            NotDir,
            InvalidHandle,
            AccessDenied,
            SymLinkLoop,
            ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
            NameTooLong,
            SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
            NoDevice,
            SystemResources,
            InvalidUtf8,
            BadPathName,
            DeviceBusy,
        } || os.UnexpectedError;

        pub fn close(self: *Dir) void {
            if (need_async_thread) {
                std.event.Loop.instance.?.close(self.fd);
            } else {
                os.close(self.fd);
            }
            self.* = undefined;
        }

        /// Opens a file for reading or writing, without attempting to create a new file.
        /// To create a new file, see `createFile`.
        /// Call `File.close` to release the resource.
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn openFile(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.openFileW(path_w.span(), flags);
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return self.openFileWasi(sub_path, flags);
            }
            const path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
            return self.openFileZ(&path_c, flags);
        }

        /// Same as `openFile` but WASI only.
        pub fn openFileWasi(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            const w = os.wasi;
            var fdflags: w.fdflags_t = 0x0;
            var base: w.rights_t = 0x0;
            if (flags.isRead()) {
                base |= w.RIGHT.FD_READ | w.RIGHT.FD_TELL | w.RIGHT.FD_SEEK | w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_GET;
            }
            if (flags.isWrite()) {
                fdflags |= w.FDFLAG.APPEND;
                base |= w.RIGHT.FD_WRITE |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_TELL |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_SEEK |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_DATASYNC |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_FDSTAT_SET_FLAGS |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_SYNC |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_ALLOCATE |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_ADVISE |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_SET_TIMES |
                    w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_SET_SIZE;
            }
            if (self.fd == os.wasi.AT.FDCWD or path.isAbsolute(sub_path)) {
                // Resolve absolute or CWD-relative paths to a path within a Preopen

                var resolved_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                const resolved_path = try os.resolvePathWasi(sub_path, &resolved_path_buf);
                const fd = try os.openatWasi(resolved_path.dir_fd, resolved_path.relative_path, 0x0, 0x0, fdflags, base, 0x0);
                return File{ .handle = fd };
            }
            const fd = try os.openatWasi(self.fd, sub_path, 0x0, 0x0, fdflags, base, 0x0);
            return File{ .handle = fd };
        }

        /// Same as `openFile` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn openFileZ(self: Dir, sub_path: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.openFileW(path_w.span(), flags);
            }

            var os_flags: u32 = os.O.CLOEXEC;
            // Use the O locking flags if the os supports them to acquire the lock

            // atomically.

            const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os.O, "EXLOCK");
            if (has_flock_open_flags) {
                // Note that the O.NONBLOCK flag is removed after the openat() call

                // is successful.

                const nonblocking_lock_flag: u32 = if (flags.lock_nonblocking)
                    os.O.NONBLOCK
                else
                    0;
                os_flags |= switch (flags.lock) {
                    .None => @as(u32, 0),
                    .Shared => os.O.SHLOCK | nonblocking_lock_flag,
                    .Exclusive => os.O.EXLOCK | nonblocking_lock_flag,
                };
            }
            if (@hasDecl(os.O, "LARGEFILE")) {
                os_flags |= os.O.LARGEFILE;
            }
            if (!flags.allow_ctty) {
                os_flags |= os.O.NOCTTY;
            }
            os_flags |= switch (flags.mode) {
                .read_only => @as(u32, os.O.RDONLY),
                .write_only => @as(u32, os.O.WRONLY),
                .read_write => @as(u32, os.O.RDWR),
            };
            const fd = if (flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
                try std.event.Loop.instance.?.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_flags, 0)
            else
                try os.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_flags, 0);
            errdefer os.close(fd);

            // WASI doesn't have os.flock so we intetinally check OS prior to the inner if block

            // since it is not compiltime-known and we need to avoid undefined symbol in Wasm.

            if (builtin.target.os.tag != .wasi) {
                if (!has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock != .None) {
                    // TODO: integrate async I/O

                    const lock_nonblocking = if (flags.lock_nonblocking) os.LOCK.NB else @as(i32, 0);
                    try os.flock(fd, switch (flags.lock) {
                        .None => unreachable,
                        .Shared => os.LOCK.SH | lock_nonblocking,
                        .Exclusive => os.LOCK.EX | lock_nonblocking,
                    });
                }
            }

            if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking) {
                var fl_flags = os.fcntl(fd, os.F.GETFL, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.FileBusy => unreachable,
                    error.Locked => unreachable,
                    error.PermissionDenied => unreachable,
                    error.DeadLock => unreachable,
                    error.LockedRegionLimitExceeded => unreachable,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };
                fl_flags &= ~@as(usize, os.O.NONBLOCK);
                _ = os.fcntl(fd, os.F.SETFL, fl_flags) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.FileBusy => unreachable,
                    error.Locked => unreachable,
                    error.PermissionDenied => unreachable,
                    error.DeadLock => unreachable,
                    error.LockedRegionLimitExceeded => unreachable,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };
            }

            return File{
                .handle = fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
                .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
            };
        }

        /// Same as `openFile` but Windows-only and the path parameter is
        /// [WTF-16](https://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/#potentially-ill-formed-utf-16) encoded.
        pub fn openFileW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: []const u16, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            const w = os.windows;
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = try w.OpenFile(sub_path_w, .{
                    .dir = self.fd,
                    .access_mask = w.SYNCHRONIZE |
                        (if (flags.isRead()) @as(u32, w.GENERIC_READ) else 0) |
                        (if (flags.isWrite()) @as(u32, w.GENERIC_WRITE) else 0),
                    .creation = w.FILE_OPEN,
                    .io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
                }),
                .capable_io_mode = std.io.default_mode,
                .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
            };
            var io: w.IO_STATUS_BLOCK = undefined;
            const range_off: w.LARGE_INTEGER = 0;
            const range_len: w.LARGE_INTEGER = 1;
            const exclusive = switch (flags.lock) {
                .None => return file,
                .Shared => false,
                .Exclusive => true,
            };
            try w.LockFile(
                file.handle,
                null,
                null,
                null,
                &io,
                &range_off,
                &range_len,
                null,
                @boolToInt(flags.lock_nonblocking),
                @boolToInt(exclusive),
            );
            return file;
        }

        /// Creates, opens, or overwrites a file with write access.
        /// Call `File.close` on the result when done.
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn createFile(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.createFileW(path_w.span(), flags);
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return self.createFileWasi(sub_path, flags);
            }
            const path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
            return self.createFileZ(&path_c, flags);
        }

        /// Same as `createFile` but WASI only.
        pub fn createFileWasi(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            const w = os.wasi;
            var oflags = w.O.CREAT;
            var base: w.rights_t = w.RIGHT.FD_WRITE |
                w.RIGHT.FD_DATASYNC |
                w.RIGHT.FD_SEEK |
                w.RIGHT.FD_TELL |
                w.RIGHT.FD_FDSTAT_SET_FLAGS |
                w.RIGHT.FD_SYNC |
                w.RIGHT.FD_ALLOCATE |
                w.RIGHT.FD_ADVISE |
                w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_SET_TIMES |
                w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_SET_SIZE |
                w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_GET;
            if (flags.read) {
                base |= w.RIGHT.FD_READ;
            }
            if (flags.truncate) {
                oflags |= w.O.TRUNC;
            }
            if (flags.exclusive) {
                oflags |= w.O.EXCL;
            }
            if (self.fd == os.wasi.AT.FDCWD or path.isAbsolute(sub_path)) {
                // Resolve absolute or CWD-relative paths to a path within a Preopen

                var resolved_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                const resolved_path = try os.resolvePathWasi(sub_path, &resolved_path_buf);
                const fd = try os.openatWasi(resolved_path.dir_fd, resolved_path.relative_path, 0x0, oflags, 0x0, base, 0x0);
                return File{ .handle = fd };
            }
            const fd = try os.openatWasi(self.fd, sub_path, 0x0, oflags, 0x0, base, 0x0);
            return File{ .handle = fd };
        }

        /// Same as `createFile` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn createFileZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sub_path_c);
                return self.createFileW(path_w.span(), flags);
            }

            // Use the O locking flags if the os supports them to acquire the lock

            // atomically.

            const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os.O, "EXLOCK");
            // Note that the O.NONBLOCK flag is removed after the openat() call

            // is successful.

            const nonblocking_lock_flag: u32 = if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking)
                os.O.NONBLOCK
            else
                0;
            const lock_flag: u32 = if (has_flock_open_flags) switch (flags.lock) {
                .None => @as(u32, 0),
                .Shared => os.O.SHLOCK | nonblocking_lock_flag,
                .Exclusive => os.O.EXLOCK | nonblocking_lock_flag,
            } else 0;

            const O_LARGEFILE = if (@hasDecl(os.O, "LARGEFILE")) os.O.LARGEFILE else 0;
            const os_flags = lock_flag | O_LARGEFILE | os.O.CREAT | os.O.CLOEXEC |
                (if (flags.truncate) @as(u32, os.O.TRUNC) else 0) |
                (if (flags.read) @as(u32, os.O.RDWR) else os.O.WRONLY) |
                (if (flags.exclusive) @as(u32, os.O.EXCL) else 0);
            const fd = if (flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
                try std.event.Loop.instance.?.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os_flags, flags.mode)
            else
                try os.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os_flags, flags.mode);
            errdefer os.close(fd);

            // WASI doesn't have os.flock so we intetinally check OS prior to the inner if block

            // since it is not compiltime-known and we need to avoid undefined symbol in Wasm.

            if (builtin.target.os.tag != .wasi) {
                if (!has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock != .None) {
                    // TODO: integrate async I/O

                    const lock_nonblocking = if (flags.lock_nonblocking) os.LOCK.NB else @as(i32, 0);
                    try os.flock(fd, switch (flags.lock) {
                        .None => unreachable,
                        .Shared => os.LOCK.SH | lock_nonblocking,
                        .Exclusive => os.LOCK.EX | lock_nonblocking,
                    });
                }
            }

            if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking) {
                var fl_flags = os.fcntl(fd, os.F.GETFL, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.FileBusy => unreachable,
                    error.Locked => unreachable,
                    error.PermissionDenied => unreachable,
                    error.DeadLock => unreachable,
                    error.LockedRegionLimitExceeded => unreachable,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };
                fl_flags &= ~@as(usize, os.O.NONBLOCK);
                _ = os.fcntl(fd, os.F.SETFL, fl_flags) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.FileBusy => unreachable,
                    error.Locked => unreachable,
                    error.PermissionDenied => unreachable,
                    error.DeadLock => unreachable,
                    error.LockedRegionLimitExceeded => unreachable,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };
            }

            return File{
                .handle = fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
                .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
            };
        }

        /// Same as `createFile` but Windows-only and the path parameter is
        /// [WTF-16](https://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/#potentially-ill-formed-utf-16) encoded.
        pub fn createFileW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: []const u16, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
            const w = os.windows;
            const read_flag = if (flags.read) @as(u32, w.GENERIC_READ) else 0;
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = try os.windows.OpenFile(sub_path_w, .{
                    .dir = self.fd,
                    .access_mask = w.SYNCHRONIZE | w.GENERIC_WRITE | read_flag,
                    .creation = if (flags.exclusive)
                        @as(u32, w.FILE_CREATE)
                    else if (flags.truncate)
                        @as(u32, w.FILE_OVERWRITE_IF)
                    else
                        @as(u32, w.FILE_OPEN_IF),
                    .io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
                }),
                .capable_io_mode = std.io.default_mode,
                .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
            };
            var io: w.IO_STATUS_BLOCK = undefined;
            const range_off: w.LARGE_INTEGER = 0;
            const range_len: w.LARGE_INTEGER = 1;
            const exclusive = switch (flags.lock) {
                .None => return file,
                .Shared => false,
                .Exclusive => true,
            };
            try w.LockFile(
                file.handle,
                null,
                null,
                null,
                &io,
                &range_off,
                &range_len,
                null,
                @boolToInt(flags.lock_nonblocking),
                @boolToInt(exclusive),
            );
            return file;
        }

        pub fn makeDir(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) !void {
            try os.mkdirat(self.fd, sub_path, default_new_dir_mode);
        }

        pub fn makeDirZ(self: Dir, sub_path: [*:0]const u8) !void {
            try os.mkdiratZ(self.fd, sub_path, default_new_dir_mode);
        }

        pub fn makeDirW(self: Dir, sub_path: [*:0]const u16) !void {
            try os.mkdiratW(self.fd, sub_path, default_new_dir_mode);
        }

        /// Calls makeDir recursively to make an entire path. Returns success if the path
        /// already exists and is a directory.
        /// This function is not atomic, and if it returns an error, the file system may
        /// have been modified regardless.
        pub fn makePath(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) !void {
            var end_index: usize = sub_path.len;
            while (true) {
                self.makeDir(sub_path[0..end_index]) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.PathAlreadyExists => {
                        // TODO stat the file and return an error if it's not a directory

                        // this is important because otherwise a dangling symlink

                        // could cause an infinite loop

                        if (end_index == sub_path.len) return;
                    },
                    error.FileNotFound => {
                        // march end_index backward until next path component

                        while (true) {
                            if (end_index == 0) return err;
                            end_index -= 1;
                            if (path.isSep(sub_path[end_index])) break;
                        }
                        continue;
                    },
                    else => return err,
                };
                if (end_index == sub_path.len) return;
                // march end_index forward until next path component

                while (true) {
                    end_index += 1;
                    if (end_index == sub_path.len or path.isSep(sub_path[end_index])) break;
                }
            }
        }

        /// This function performs `makePath`, followed by `openDir`.
        /// If supported by the OS, this operation is atomic. It is not atomic on
        /// all operating systems.
        pub fn makeOpenPath(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, open_dir_options: OpenDirOptions) !Dir {
            // TODO improve this implementation on Windows; we can avoid 1 call to NtClose

            try self.makePath(sub_path);
            return self.openDir(sub_path, open_dir_options);
        }

        /// This function performs `makePath`, followed by `openIterableDir`.
        /// If supported by the OS, this operation is atomic. It is not atomic on
        /// all operating systems.
        pub fn makeOpenPathIterable(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, open_dir_options: OpenDirOptions) !IterableDir {
            // TODO improve this implementation on Windows; we can avoid 1 call to NtClose

            try self.makePath(sub_path);
            return self.openIterableDir(sub_path, open_dir_options);
        }

        ///  This function returns the canonicalized absolute pathname of
        /// `pathname` relative to this `Dir`. If `pathname` is absolute, ignores this
        /// `Dir` handle and returns the canonicalized absolute pathname of `pathname`
        /// argument.
        /// This function is not universally supported by all platforms.
        /// Currently supported hosts are: Linux, macOS, and Windows.
        /// See also `Dir.realpathZ`, `Dir.realpathW`, and `Dir.realpathAlloc`.
        pub fn realpath(self: Dir, pathname: []const u8, out_buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi) {
                if (self.fd == os.wasi.AT.FDCWD or path.isAbsolute(pathname)) {
                    var buffer: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                    const out_path = try os.realpath(pathname, &buffer);
                    if (out_path.len > out_buffer.len) {
                        return error.NameTooLong;
                    }
                    mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, out_path);
                    return out_buffer[0..out_path.len];
                } else {
                    // Unfortunately, we have no ability to look up the path for an fd_t

                    // on WASI, so we have to give up here.

                    return error.InvalidHandle;
                }
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const pathname_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(pathname);
                return self.realpathW(pathname_w.span(), out_buffer);
            }
            const pathname_c = try os.toPosixPath(pathname);
            return self.realpathZ(&pathname_c, out_buffer);
        }

        /// Same as `Dir.realpath` except `pathname` is null-terminated.
        /// See also `Dir.realpath`, `realpathZ`.
        pub fn realpathZ(self: Dir, pathname: [*:0]const u8, out_buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const pathname_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(pathname);
                return self.realpathW(pathname_w.span(), out_buffer);
            }

            const flags = if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) os.O.PATH | os.O.NONBLOCK | os.O.CLOEXEC else os.O.NONBLOCK | os.O.CLOEXEC;
            const fd = os.openatZ(self.fd, pathname, flags, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.FileLocksNotSupported => unreachable,
                else => |e| return e,
            };
            defer os.close(fd);

            // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is valid as the realpath function does not

            // have a variant that takes an arbitrary-size buffer.

            // TODO(#4812): Consider reimplementing realpath or using the POSIX.1-2008

            // NULL out parameter (GNU's canonicalize_file_name) to handle overelong

            // paths. musl supports passing NULL but restricts the output to PATH_MAX

            // anyway.

            var buffer: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
            const out_path = try os.getFdPath(fd, &buffer);

            if (out_path.len > out_buffer.len) {
                return error.NameTooLong;
            }

            mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, out_path);

            return out_buffer[0..out_path.len];
        }

        /// Windows-only. Same as `Dir.realpath` except `pathname` is WTF16 encoded.
        /// See also `Dir.realpath`, `realpathW`.
        pub fn realpathW(self: Dir, pathname: []const u16, out_buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            const w = os.windows;

            const access_mask = w.GENERIC_READ | w.SYNCHRONIZE;
            const share_access = w.FILE_SHARE_READ;
            const creation = w.FILE_OPEN;
            const h_file = blk: {
                const res = w.OpenFile(pathname, .{
                    .dir = self.fd,
                    .access_mask = access_mask,
                    .share_access = share_access,
                    .creation = creation,
                    .io_mode = .blocking,
                }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.IsDir => break :blk w.OpenFile(pathname, .{
                        .dir = self.fd,
                        .access_mask = access_mask,
                        .share_access = share_access,
                        .creation = creation,
                        .io_mode = .blocking,
                        .filter = .dir_only,
                    }) catch |er| switch (er) {
                        error.WouldBlock => unreachable,
                        else => |e2| return e2,
                    },
                    error.WouldBlock => unreachable,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };
                break :blk res;
            };
            defer w.CloseHandle(h_file);

            // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is valid as the realpath function does not

            // have a variant that takes an arbitrary-size buffer.

            // TODO(#4812): Consider reimplementing realpath or using the POSIX.1-2008

            // NULL out parameter (GNU's canonicalize_file_name) to handle overelong

            // paths. musl supports passing NULL but restricts the output to PATH_MAX

            // anyway.

            var buffer: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
            const out_path = try os.getFdPath(h_file, &buffer);

            if (out_path.len > out_buffer.len) {
                return error.NameTooLong;
            }

            mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, out_path);

            return out_buffer[0..out_path.len];
        }

        /// Same as `Dir.realpath` except caller must free the returned memory.
        /// See also `Dir.realpath`.
        pub fn realpathAlloc(self: Dir, allocator: Allocator, pathname: []const u8) ![]u8 {
            // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is valid as the realpath function does not

            // have a variant that takes an arbitrary-size buffer.

            // TODO(#4812): Consider reimplementing realpath or using the POSIX.1-2008

            // NULL out parameter (GNU's canonicalize_file_name) to handle overelong

            // paths. musl supports passing NULL but restricts the output to PATH_MAX

            // anyway.

            var buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
            return allocator.dupe(u8, try self.realpath(pathname, buf[0..]));
        }

        /// Changes the current working directory to the open directory handle.
        /// This modifies global state and can have surprising effects in multi-
        /// threaded applications. Most applications and especially libraries should
        /// not call this function as a general rule, however it can have use cases
        /// in, for example, implementing a shell, or child process execution.
        /// Not all targets support this. For example, WASI does not have the concept
        /// of a current working directory.
        pub fn setAsCwd(self: Dir) !void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi) {
                @compileError("changing cwd is not currently possible in WASI");
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                var dir_path_buffer: [os.windows.PATH_MAX_WIDE]u16 = undefined;
                var dir_path = try os.windows.GetFinalPathNameByHandle(self.fd, .{}, &dir_path_buffer);
                if (builtin.link_libc) {
                    return os.chdirW(dir_path);
                }
                return os.windows.SetCurrentDirectory(dir_path);
            }
            try os.fchdir(self.fd);
        }

        pub const OpenDirOptions = struct {
            /// `true` means the opened directory can be used as the `Dir` parameter
            /// for functions which operate based on an open directory handle. When `false`,
            /// such operations are Illegal Behavior.
            access_sub_paths: bool = true,

            /// `true` means it won't dereference the symlinks.
            no_follow: bool = false,
        };

        /// Opens a directory at the given path. The directory is a system resource that remains
        /// open until `close` is called on the result.
        ///
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn openDir(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, args: OpenDirOptions) OpenError!Dir {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.openDirW(sub_path_w.span().ptr, args, false);
            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return self.openDirWasi(sub_path, args);
            } else {
                const sub_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
                return self.openDirZ(&sub_path_c, args, false);
            }
        }

        /// Opens an iterable directory at the given path. The directory is a system resource that remains
        /// open until `close` is called on the result.
        ///
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn openIterableDir(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, args: OpenDirOptions) OpenError!IterableDir {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return IterableDir{ .dir = try self.openDirW(sub_path_w.span().ptr, args, true) };
            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return IterableDir{ .dir = try self.openDirWasi(sub_path, args) };
            } else {
                const sub_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
                return IterableDir{ .dir = try self.openDirZ(&sub_path_c, args, true) };
            }
        }

        /// Same as `openDir` except only WASI.
        pub fn openDirWasi(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, args: OpenDirOptions) OpenError!Dir {
            const w = os.wasi;
            var base: w.rights_t = w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_GET | w.RIGHT.FD_FDSTAT_SET_FLAGS | w.RIGHT.FD_FILESTAT_SET_TIMES;
            if (args.access_sub_paths) {
                base |= w.RIGHT.FD_READDIR |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_CREATE_DIRECTORY |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_CREATE_FILE |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_LINK_SOURCE |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_LINK_TARGET |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_OPEN |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_READLINK |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_RENAME_SOURCE |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_RENAME_TARGET |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_FILESTAT_GET |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_FILESTAT_SET_SIZE |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_FILESTAT_SET_TIMES |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_SYMLINK |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_REMOVE_DIRECTORY |
                    w.RIGHT.PATH_UNLINK_FILE;
            }
            const symlink_flags: w.lookupflags_t = if (args.no_follow) 0x0 else w.LOOKUP_SYMLINK_FOLLOW;
            // TODO do we really need all the rights here?

            const inheriting: w.rights_t = w.RIGHT.ALL ^ w.RIGHT.SOCK_SHUTDOWN;

            const result = blk: {
                if (self.fd == os.wasi.AT.FDCWD or path.isAbsolute(sub_path)) {
                    // Resolve absolute or CWD-relative paths to a path within a Preopen

                    var resolved_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                    const resolved_path = try os.resolvePathWasi(sub_path, &resolved_path_buf);
                    break :blk os.openatWasi(resolved_path.dir_fd, resolved_path.relative_path, symlink_flags, w.O.DIRECTORY, 0x0, base, inheriting);
                } else {
                    break :blk os.openatWasi(self.fd, sub_path, symlink_flags, w.O.DIRECTORY, 0x0, base, inheriting);
                }
            };
            const fd = result catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.FileTooBig => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                error.IsDir => unreachable, // we're providing O.DIRECTORY

                error.NoSpaceLeft => unreachable, // not providing O.CREAT

                error.PathAlreadyExists => unreachable, // not providing O.CREAT

                error.FileLocksNotSupported => unreachable, // locking folders is not supported

                error.WouldBlock => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                error.FileBusy => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                else => |e| return e,
            };
            return Dir{ .fd = fd };
        }

        /// Same as `openDir` except the parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn openDirZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8, args: OpenDirOptions, iterable: bool) OpenError!Dir {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sub_path_c);
                return self.openDirW(sub_path_w.span().ptr, args, iterable);
            }
            const symlink_flags: u32 = if (args.no_follow) os.O.NOFOLLOW else 0x0;
            if (!iterable) {
                const O_PATH = if (@hasDecl(os.O, "PATH")) os.O.PATH else 0;
                return self.openDirFlagsZ(sub_path_c, os.O.DIRECTORY | os.O.RDONLY | os.O.CLOEXEC | O_PATH | symlink_flags);
            } else {
                return self.openDirFlagsZ(sub_path_c, os.O.DIRECTORY | os.O.RDONLY | os.O.CLOEXEC | symlink_flags);
            }
        }

        /// Same as `openDir` except the path parameter is WTF-16 encoded, NT-prefixed.
        /// This function asserts the target OS is Windows.
        pub fn openDirW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: [*:0]const u16, args: OpenDirOptions, iterable: bool) OpenError!Dir {
            const w = os.windows;
            // TODO remove some of these flags if args.access_sub_paths is false

            const base_flags = w.STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ | w.FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES | w.FILE_READ_EA |
                w.SYNCHRONIZE | w.FILE_TRAVERSE;
            const flags: u32 = if (iterable) base_flags | w.FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY else base_flags;
            var dir = try self.openDirAccessMaskW(sub_path_w, flags, args.no_follow);
            return dir;
        }

        /// `flags` must contain `os.O.DIRECTORY`.
        fn openDirFlagsZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: u32) OpenError!Dir {
            const result = if (need_async_thread)
                std.event.Loop.instance.?.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, flags, 0)
            else
                os.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, flags, 0);
            const fd = result catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.FileTooBig => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                error.IsDir => unreachable, // we're providing O.DIRECTORY

                error.NoSpaceLeft => unreachable, // not providing O.CREAT

                error.PathAlreadyExists => unreachable, // not providing O.CREAT

                error.FileLocksNotSupported => unreachable, // locking folders is not supported

                error.WouldBlock => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                error.FileBusy => unreachable, // can't happen for directories

                else => |e| return e,
            };
            return Dir{ .fd = fd };
        }

        fn openDirAccessMaskW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: [*:0]const u16, access_mask: u32, no_follow: bool) OpenError!Dir {
            const w = os.windows;

            var result = Dir{
                .fd = undefined,
            };

            const path_len_bytes = @intCast(u16, mem.sliceTo(sub_path_w, 0).len * 2);
            var nt_name = w.UNICODE_STRING{
                .Length = path_len_bytes,
                .MaximumLength = path_len_bytes,
                .Buffer = @intToPtr([*]u16, @ptrToInt(sub_path_w)),
            };
            var attr = w.OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES{
                .Length = @sizeOf(w.OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES),
                .RootDirectory = if (path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(sub_path_w)) null else self.fd,
                .Attributes = 0, // Note we do not use OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE here.

                .ObjectName = &nt_name,
                .SecurityDescriptor = null,
                .SecurityQualityOfService = null,
            };
            const open_reparse_point: w.DWORD = if (no_follow) w.FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT else 0x0;
            var io: w.IO_STATUS_BLOCK = undefined;
            const rc = w.ntdll.NtCreateFile(
                &result.fd,
                access_mask,
                &attr,
                &io,
                null,
                0,
                w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
                w.FILE_OPEN,
                w.FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE | w.FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | w.FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT | open_reparse_point,
                null,
                0,
            );
            switch (rc) {
                .SUCCESS => return result,
                .OBJECT_NAME_INVALID => unreachable,
                .OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
                .OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
                .NOT_A_DIRECTORY => return error.NotDir,
                // This can happen if the directory has 'List folder contents' permission set to 'Deny'

                // and the directory is trying to be opened for iteration.

                .ACCESS_DENIED => return error.AccessDenied,
                .INVALID_PARAMETER => unreachable,
                else => return w.unexpectedStatus(rc),
            }
        }

        pub const DeleteFileError = os.UnlinkError;

        /// Delete a file name and possibly the file it refers to, based on an open directory handle.
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn deleteFile(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) DeleteFileError!void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.deleteFileW(sub_path_w.span());
            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                os.unlinkat(self.fd, sub_path, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.DirNotEmpty => unreachable, // not passing AT.REMOVEDIR

                    else => |e| return e,
                };
            } else {
                const sub_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
                return self.deleteFileZ(&sub_path_c);
            }
        }

        /// Same as `deleteFile` except the parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn deleteFileZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8) DeleteFileError!void {
            os.unlinkatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.DirNotEmpty => unreachable, // not passing AT.REMOVEDIR

                error.AccessDenied => |e| switch (builtin.os.tag) {
                    // non-Linux POSIX systems return EPERM when trying to delete a directory, so

                    // we need to handle that case specifically and translate the error

                    .macos, .ios, .freebsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly, .openbsd, .solaris => {
                        // Don't follow symlinks to match unlinkat (which acts on symlinks rather than follows them)

                        const fstat = os.fstatatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os.AT.SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) catch return e;
                        const is_dir = fstat.mode & os.S.IFMT == os.S.IFDIR;
                        return if (is_dir) error.IsDir else e;
                    },
                    else => return e,
                },
                else => |e| return e,
            };
        }

        /// Same as `deleteFile` except the parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
        pub fn deleteFileW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: []const u16) DeleteFileError!void {
            os.unlinkatW(self.fd, sub_path_w, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.DirNotEmpty => unreachable, // not passing AT.REMOVEDIR

                else => |e| return e,
            };
        }

        pub const DeleteDirError = error{
            DirNotEmpty,
            FileNotFound,
            AccessDenied,
            FileBusy,
            FileSystem,
            SymLinkLoop,
            NameTooLong,
            NotDir,
            SystemResources,
            ReadOnlyFileSystem,
            InvalidUtf8,
            BadPathName,
            Unexpected,
        };

        /// Returns `error.DirNotEmpty` if the directory is not empty.
        /// To delete a directory recursively, see `deleteTree`.
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn deleteDir(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) DeleteDirError!void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.deleteDirW(sub_path_w.span());
            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                os.unlinkat(self.fd, sub_path, os.AT.REMOVEDIR) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.IsDir => unreachable, // not possible since we pass AT.REMOVEDIR

                    else => |e| return e,
                };
            } else {
                const sub_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
                return self.deleteDirZ(&sub_path_c);
            }
        }

        /// Same as `deleteDir` except the parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn deleteDirZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8) DeleteDirError!void {
            os.unlinkatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os.AT.REMOVEDIR) catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.IsDir => unreachable, // not possible since we pass AT.REMOVEDIR

                else => |e| return e,
            };
        }

        /// Same as `deleteDir` except the parameter is UTF16LE, NT prefixed.
        /// This function is Windows-only.
        pub fn deleteDirW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: []const u16) DeleteDirError!void {
            os.unlinkatW(self.fd, sub_path_w, os.AT.REMOVEDIR) catch |err| switch (err) {
                error.IsDir => unreachable, // not possible since we pass AT.REMOVEDIR

                else => |e| return e,
            };
        }

        pub const RenameError = os.RenameError;

        /// Change the name or location of a file or directory.
        /// If new_sub_path already exists, it will be replaced.
        /// Renaming a file over an existing directory or a directory
        /// over an existing file will fail with `error.IsDir` or `error.NotDir`
        pub fn rename(self: Dir, old_sub_path: []const u8, new_sub_path: []const u8) RenameError!void {
            return os.renameat(self.fd, old_sub_path, self.fd, new_sub_path);
        }

        /// Same as `rename` except the parameters are null-terminated.
        pub fn renameZ(self: Dir, old_sub_path_z: [*:0]const u8, new_sub_path_z: [*:0]const u8) RenameError!void {
            return os.renameatZ(self.fd, old_sub_path_z, self.fd, new_sub_path_z);
        }

        /// Same as `rename` except the parameters are UTF16LE, NT prefixed.
        /// This function is Windows-only.
        pub fn renameW(self: Dir, old_sub_path_w: []const u16, new_sub_path_w: []const u16) RenameError!void {
            return os.renameatW(self.fd, old_sub_path_w, self.fd, new_sub_path_w);
        }

        /// Creates a symbolic link named `sym_link_path` which contains the string `target_path`.
        /// A symbolic link (also known as a soft link) may point to an existing file or to a nonexistent
        /// one; the latter case is known as a dangling link.
        /// If `sym_link_path` exists, it will not be overwritten.
        pub fn symLink(
            self: Dir,
            target_path: []const u8,
            sym_link_path: []const u8,
            flags: SymLinkFlags,
        ) !void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return self.symLinkWasi(target_path, sym_link_path, flags);
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const target_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(target_path);
                const sym_link_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sym_link_path);
                return self.symLinkW(target_path_w.span(), sym_link_path_w.span(), flags);
            }
            const target_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(target_path);
            const sym_link_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sym_link_path);
            return self.symLinkZ(&target_path_c, &sym_link_path_c, flags);
        }

        /// WASI-only. Same as `symLink` except targeting WASI.
        pub fn symLinkWasi(
            self: Dir,
            target_path: []const u8,
            sym_link_path: []const u8,
            _: SymLinkFlags,
        ) !void {
            return os.symlinkat(target_path, self.fd, sym_link_path);
        }

        /// Same as `symLink`, except the pathname parameters are null-terminated.
        pub fn symLinkZ(
            self: Dir,
            target_path_c: [*:0]const u8,
            sym_link_path_c: [*:0]const u8,
            flags: SymLinkFlags,
        ) !void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const target_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(target_path_c);
                const sym_link_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sym_link_path_c);
                return self.symLinkW(target_path_w.span(), sym_link_path_w.span(), flags);
            }
            return os.symlinkatZ(target_path_c, self.fd, sym_link_path_c);
        }

        /// Windows-only. Same as `symLink` except the pathname parameters
        /// are null-terminated, WTF16 encoded.
        pub fn symLinkW(
            self: Dir,
            target_path_w: []const u16,
            sym_link_path_w: []const u16,
            flags: SymLinkFlags,
        ) !void {
            return os.windows.CreateSymbolicLink(self.fd, sym_link_path_w, target_path_w, flags.is_directory);
        }

        /// Read value of a symbolic link.
        /// The return value is a slice of `buffer`, from index `0`.
        /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
        pub fn readLink(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
                return self.readLinkWasi(sub_path, buffer);
            }
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.readLinkW(sub_path_w.span(), buffer);
            }
            const sub_path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
            return self.readLinkZ(&sub_path_c, buffer);
        }

        /// WASI-only. Same as `readLink` except targeting WASI.
        pub fn readLinkWasi(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            return os.readlinkat(self.fd, sub_path, buffer);
        }

        /// Same as `readLink`, except the `pathname` parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn readLinkZ(self: Dir, sub_path_c: [*:0]const u8, buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sub_path_c);
                return self.readLinkW(sub_path_w.span(), buffer);
            }
            return os.readlinkatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, buffer);
        }

        /// Windows-only. Same as `readLink` except the pathname parameter
        /// is null-terminated, WTF16 encoded.
        pub fn readLinkW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: []const u16, buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            return os.windows.ReadLink(self.fd, sub_path_w, buffer);
        }

        /// Read all of file contents using a preallocated buffer.
        /// The returned slice has the same pointer as `buffer`. If the length matches `buffer.len`
        /// the situation is ambiguous. It could either mean that the entire file was read, and
        /// it exactly fits the buffer, or it could mean the buffer was not big enough for the
        /// entire file.
        pub fn readFile(self: Dir, file_path: []const u8, buffer: []u8) ![]u8 {
            var file = try self.openFile(file_path, .{});
            defer file.close();

            const end_index = try file.readAll(buffer);
            return buffer[0..end_index];
        }

        /// On success, caller owns returned buffer.
        /// If the file is larger than `max_bytes`, returns `error.FileTooBig`.
        pub fn readFileAlloc(self: Dir, allocator: mem.Allocator, file_path: []const u8, max_bytes: usize) ![]u8 {
            return self.readFileAllocOptions(allocator, file_path, max_bytes, null, @alignOf(u8), null);
        }

        /// On success, caller owns returned buffer.
        /// If the file is larger than `max_bytes`, returns `error.FileTooBig`.
        /// If `size_hint` is specified the initial buffer size is calculated using
        /// that value, otherwise the effective file size is used instead.
        /// Allows specifying alignment and a sentinel value.
        pub fn readFileAllocOptions(
            self: Dir,
            allocator: mem.Allocator,
            file_path: []const u8,
            max_bytes: usize,
            size_hint: ?usize,
            comptime alignment: u29,
            comptime optional_sentinel: ?u8,
        ) !(if (optional_sentinel) |s| [:s]align(alignment) u8 else []align(alignment) u8) {
            var file = try self.openFile(file_path, .{});
            defer file.close();

            // If the file size doesn't fit a usize it'll be certainly greater than

            // `max_bytes`

            const stat_size = size_hint orelse math.cast(usize, try file.getEndPos()) orelse
                return error.FileTooBig;

            return file.readToEndAllocOptions(allocator, max_bytes, stat_size, alignment, optional_sentinel);
        }

        pub const DeleteTreeError = error{
            InvalidHandle,
            AccessDenied,
            FileTooBig,
            SymLinkLoop,
            ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
            NameTooLong,
            SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
            NoDevice,
            SystemResources,
            ReadOnlyFileSystem,
            FileSystem,
            FileBusy,
            DeviceBusy,

            /// One of the path components was not a directory.
            /// This error is unreachable if `sub_path` does not contain a path separator.
            NotDir,

            /// On Windows, file paths must be valid Unicode.
            InvalidUtf8,

            /// On Windows, file paths cannot contain these characters:
            /// '/', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|'
            BadPathName,
        } || os.UnexpectedError;

        /// Whether `full_path` describes a symlink, file, or directory, this function
        /// removes it. If it cannot be removed because it is a non-empty directory,
        /// this function recursively removes its entries and then tries again.
        /// This operation is not atomic on most file systems.
        pub fn deleteTree(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) DeleteTreeError!void {
            var initial_iterable_dir = (try self.deleteTreeOpenInitialSubpath(sub_path, .File)) orelse return;

            const StackItem = struct {
                name: []const u8,
                parent_dir: Dir,
                iter: IterableDir.Iterator,
            };

            var stack = std.BoundedArray(StackItem, 16){};
            defer {
                for (stack.slice()) |*item| {
                    item.iter.dir.close();
                }
            }

            stack.appendAssumeCapacity(StackItem{
                .name = sub_path,
                .parent_dir = self,
                .iter = initial_iterable_dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration(),
            });

            process_stack: while (stack.len != 0) {
                var top = &(stack.slice()[stack.len - 1]);
                while (try top.iter.next()) |entry| {
                    var treat_as_dir = entry.kind == .Directory;
                    handle_entry: while (true) {
                        if (treat_as_dir) {
                            if (stack.ensureUnusedCapacity(1)) {
                                var iterable_dir = top.iter.dir.openIterableDir(entry.name, .{ .no_follow = true }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                                    error.NotDir => {
                                        treat_as_dir = false;
                                        continue :handle_entry;
                                    },
                                    error.FileNotFound => {
                                        // That's fine, we were trying to remove this directory anyway.

                                        break :handle_entry;
                                    },

                                    error.InvalidHandle,
                                    error.AccessDenied,
                                    error.SymLinkLoop,
                                    error.ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NameTooLong,
                                    error.SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NoDevice,
                                    error.SystemResources,
                                    error.Unexpected,
                                    error.InvalidUtf8,
                                    error.BadPathName,
                                    error.DeviceBusy,
                                    => |e| return e,
                                };
                                stack.appendAssumeCapacity(StackItem{
                                    .name = entry.name,
                                    .parent_dir = top.iter.dir,
                                    .iter = iterable_dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration(),
                                });
                                continue :process_stack;
                            } else |_| {
                                try top.iter.dir.deleteTreeMinStackSizeWithKindHint(entry.name, entry.kind);
                                break :handle_entry;
                            }
                        } else {
                            if (top.iter.dir.deleteFile(entry.name)) {
                                break :handle_entry;
                            } else |err| switch (err) {
                                error.FileNotFound => break :handle_entry,

                                // Impossible because we do not pass any path separators.

                                error.NotDir => unreachable,

                                error.IsDir => {
                                    treat_as_dir = true;
                                    continue :handle_entry;
                                },

                                error.AccessDenied,
                                error.InvalidUtf8,
                                error.SymLinkLoop,
                                error.NameTooLong,
                                error.SystemResources,
                                error.ReadOnlyFileSystem,
                                error.FileSystem,
                                error.FileBusy,
                                error.BadPathName,
                                error.Unexpected,
                                => |e| return e,
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                // On Windows, we can't delete until the dir's handle has been closed, so

                // close it before we try to delete.

                top.iter.dir.close();

                // In order to avoid double-closing the directory when cleaning up

                // the stack in the case of an error, we save the relevant portions and

                // pop the value from the stack.

                const parent_dir = top.parent_dir;
                const name = top.name;
                _ = stack.pop();

                var need_to_retry: bool = false;
                parent_dir.deleteDir(name) catch |err| switch (err) {
                    error.FileNotFound => {},
                    error.DirNotEmpty => need_to_retry = false,
                    else => |e| return e,
                };

                if (need_to_retry) {
                    // Since we closed the handle that the previous iterator used, we

                    // need to re-open the dir and re-create the iterator.

                    var iterable_dir = iterable_dir: {
                        var treat_as_dir = true;
                        handle_entry: while (true) {
                            if (treat_as_dir) {
                                break :iterable_dir parent_dir.openIterableDir(name, .{ .no_follow = true }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                                    error.NotDir => {
                                        treat_as_dir = false;
                                        continue :handle_entry;
                                    },
                                    error.FileNotFound => {
                                        // That's fine, we were trying to remove this directory anyway.

                                        continue :process_stack;
                                    },

                                    error.InvalidHandle,
                                    error.AccessDenied,
                                    error.SymLinkLoop,
                                    error.ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NameTooLong,
                                    error.SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NoDevice,
                                    error.SystemResources,
                                    error.Unexpected,
                                    error.InvalidUtf8,
                                    error.BadPathName,
                                    error.DeviceBusy,
                                    => |e| return e,
                                };
                            } else {
                                if (parent_dir.deleteFile(name)) {
                                    continue :process_stack;
                                } else |err| switch (err) {
                                    error.FileNotFound => continue :process_stack,

                                    // Impossible because we do not pass any path separators.

                                    error.NotDir => unreachable,

                                    error.IsDir => {
                                        treat_as_dir = true;
                                        continue :handle_entry;
                                    },

                                    error.AccessDenied,
                                    error.InvalidUtf8,
                                    error.SymLinkLoop,
                                    error.NameTooLong,
                                    error.SystemResources,
                                    error.ReadOnlyFileSystem,
                                    error.FileSystem,
                                    error.FileBusy,
                                    error.BadPathName,
                                    error.Unexpected,
                                    => |e| return e,
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    };
                    // We know there is room on the stack since we are just re-adding

                    // the StackItem that we previously popped.

                    stack.appendAssumeCapacity(StackItem{
                        .name = name,
                        .parent_dir = parent_dir,
                        .iter = iterable_dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration(),
                    });
                    continue :process_stack;
                }
            }
        }

        /// Like `deleteTree`, but only keeps one `Iterator` active at a time to minimize the function's stack size.
        /// This is slower than `deleteTree` but uses less stack space.
        pub fn deleteTreeMinStackSize(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) DeleteTreeError!void {
            return self.deleteTreeMinStackSizeWithKindHint(sub_path, .File);
        }

        fn deleteTreeMinStackSizeWithKindHint(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, kind_hint: File.Kind) DeleteTreeError!void {
            start_over: while (true) {
                var iterable_dir = (try self.deleteTreeOpenInitialSubpath(sub_path, kind_hint)) orelse return;
                var cleanup_dir_parent: ?IterableDir = null;
                defer if (cleanup_dir_parent) |*d| d.close();

                var cleanup_dir = true;
                defer if (cleanup_dir) iterable_dir.close();

                // Valid use of MAX_PATH_BYTES because dir_name_buf will only

                // ever store a single path component that was returned from the

                // filesystem.

                var dir_name_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                var dir_name: []const u8 = sub_path;

                // Here we must avoid recursion, in order to provide O(1) memory guarantee of this function.

                // Go through each entry and if it is not a directory, delete it. If it is a directory,

                // open it, and close the original directory. Repeat. Then start the entire operation over.

                scan_dir: while (true) {
                    var dir_it = iterable_dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration();
                    dir_it: while (try dir_it.next()) |entry| {
                        var treat_as_dir = entry.kind == .Directory;
                        handle_entry: while (true) {
                            if (treat_as_dir) {
                                const new_dir = iterable_dir.dir.openIterableDir(entry.name, .{ .no_follow = true }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                                    error.NotDir => {
                                        treat_as_dir = false;
                                        continue :handle_entry;
                                    },
                                    error.FileNotFound => {
                                        // That's fine, we were trying to remove this directory anyway.

                                        continue :dir_it;
                                    },

                                    error.InvalidHandle,
                                    error.AccessDenied,
                                    error.SymLinkLoop,
                                    error.ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NameTooLong,
                                    error.SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
                                    error.NoDevice,
                                    error.SystemResources,
                                    error.Unexpected,
                                    error.InvalidUtf8,
                                    error.BadPathName,
                                    error.DeviceBusy,
                                    => |e| return e,
                                };
                                if (cleanup_dir_parent) |*d| d.close();
                                cleanup_dir_parent = iterable_dir;
                                iterable_dir = new_dir;
                                mem.copy(u8, &dir_name_buf, entry.name);
                                dir_name = dir_name_buf[0..entry.name.len];
                                continue :scan_dir;
                            } else {
                                if (iterable_dir.dir.deleteFile(entry.name)) {
                                    continue :dir_it;
                                } else |err| switch (err) {
                                    error.FileNotFound => continue :dir_it,

                                    // Impossible because we do not pass any path separators.

                                    error.NotDir => unreachable,

                                    error.IsDir => {
                                        treat_as_dir = true;
                                        continue :handle_entry;
                                    },

                                    error.AccessDenied,
                                    error.InvalidUtf8,
                                    error.SymLinkLoop,
                                    error.NameTooLong,
                                    error.SystemResources,
                                    error.ReadOnlyFileSystem,
                                    error.FileSystem,
                                    error.FileBusy,
                                    error.BadPathName,
                                    error.Unexpected,
                                    => |e| return e,
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    // Reached the end of the directory entries, which means we successfully deleted all of them.

                    // Now to remove the directory itself.

                    iterable_dir.close();
                    cleanup_dir = false;

                    if (cleanup_dir_parent) |d| {
                        d.dir.deleteDir(dir_name) catch |err| switch (err) {
                            // These two things can happen due to file system race conditions.

                            error.FileNotFound, error.DirNotEmpty => continue :start_over,
                            else => |e| return e,
                        };
                        continue :start_over;
                    } else {
                        self.deleteDir(sub_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
                            error.FileNotFound => return,
                            error.DirNotEmpty => continue :start_over,
                            else => |e| return e,
                        };
                        return;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// On successful delete, returns null.
        fn deleteTreeOpenInitialSubpath(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, kind_hint: File.Kind) !?IterableDir {
            return iterable_dir: {
                // Treat as a file by default

                var treat_as_dir = kind_hint == .Directory;

                handle_entry: while (true) {
                    if (treat_as_dir) {
                        break :iterable_dir self.openIterableDir(sub_path, .{ .no_follow = true }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                            error.NotDir => {
                                treat_as_dir = false;
                                continue :handle_entry;
                            },
                            error.FileNotFound => {
                                // That's fine, we were trying to remove this directory anyway.

                                return null;
                            },

                            error.InvalidHandle,
                            error.AccessDenied,
                            error.SymLinkLoop,
                            error.ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
                            error.NameTooLong,
                            error.SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
                            error.NoDevice,
                            error.SystemResources,
                            error.Unexpected,
                            error.InvalidUtf8,
                            error.BadPathName,
                            error.DeviceBusy,
                            => |e| return e,
                        };
                    } else {
                        if (self.deleteFile(sub_path)) {
                            return null;
                        } else |err| switch (err) {
                            error.FileNotFound => return null,

                            error.IsDir => {
                                treat_as_dir = true;
                                continue :handle_entry;
                            },

                            error.AccessDenied,
                            error.InvalidUtf8,
                            error.SymLinkLoop,
                            error.NameTooLong,
                            error.SystemResources,
                            error.ReadOnlyFileSystem,
                            error.NotDir,
                            error.FileSystem,
                            error.FileBusy,
                            error.BadPathName,
                            error.Unexpected,
                            => |e| return e,
                        }
                    }
                }
            };
        }

        /// Writes content to the file system, creating a new file if it does not exist, truncating
        /// if it already exists.
        pub fn writeFile(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, data: []const u8) !void {
            var file = try self.createFile(sub_path, .{});
            defer file.close();
            try file.writeAll(data);
        }

        pub const AccessError = os.AccessError;

        /// Test accessing `path`.
        /// `path` is UTF8-encoded.
        /// Be careful of Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use race conditions when using this function.
        /// For example, instead of testing if a file exists and then opening it, just
        /// open it and handle the error for file not found.
        pub fn access(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) AccessError!void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.accessW(sub_path_w.span().ptr, flags);
            }
            const path_c = try os.toPosixPath(sub_path);
            return self.accessZ(&path_c, flags);
        }

        /// Same as `access` except the path parameter is null-terminated.
        pub fn accessZ(self: Dir, sub_path: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) AccessError!void {
            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
                const sub_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(sub_path);
                return self.accessW(sub_path_w.span().ptr, flags);
            }
            const os_mode = switch (flags.mode) {
                .read_only => @as(u32, os.F_OK),
                .write_only => @as(u32, os.W_OK),
                .read_write => @as(u32, os.R_OK | os.W_OK),
            };
            const result = if (need_async_thread and flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
                std.event.Loop.instance.?.faccessatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_mode, 0)
            else
                os.faccessatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_mode, 0);
            return result;
        }

        /// Same as `access` except asserts the target OS is Windows and the path parameter is
        /// * WTF-16 encoded
        /// * null-terminated
        /// * NtDll prefixed
        /// TODO currently this ignores `flags`.
        pub fn accessW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: [*:0]const u16, flags: File.OpenFlags) AccessError!void {
            _ = flags;
            return os.faccessatW(self.fd, sub_path_w, 0, 0);
        }

        /// Check the file size, mtime, and mode of `source_path` and `dest_path`. If they are equal, does nothing.
        /// Otherwise, atomically copies `source_path` to `dest_path`. The destination file gains the mtime,
        /// atime, and mode of the source file so that the next call to `updateFile` will not need a copy.
        /// Returns the previous status of the file before updating.
        /// If any of the directories do not exist for dest_path, they are created.
        pub fn updateFile(
            source_dir: Dir,
            source_path: []const u8,
            dest_dir: Dir,
            dest_path: []const u8,
            options: CopyFileOptions,
        ) !PrevStatus {
            var src_file = try source_dir.openFile(source_path, .{});
            defer src_file.close();

            const src_stat = try src_file.stat();
            const actual_mode = options.override_mode orelse src_stat.mode;
            check_dest_stat: {
                const dest_stat = blk: {
                    var dest_file = dest_dir.openFile(dest_path, .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
                        error.FileNotFound => break :check_dest_stat,
                        else => |e| return e,
                    };
                    defer dest_file.close();

                    break :blk try dest_file.stat();
                };

                if (src_stat.size == dest_stat.size and
                    src_stat.mtime == dest_stat.mtime and
                    actual_mode == dest_stat.mode)
                {
                    return PrevStatus.fresh;
                }
            }

            if (path.dirname(dest_path)) |dirname| {
                try dest_dir.makePath(dirname);
            }

            var atomic_file = try dest_dir.atomicFile(dest_path, .{ .mode = actual_mode });
            defer atomic_file.deinit();

            try atomic_file.file.writeFileAll(src_file, .{ .in_len = src_stat.size });
            try atomic_file.file.updateTimes(src_stat.atime, src_stat.mtime);
            try atomic_file.finish();
            return PrevStatus.stale;
        }

        pub const CopyFileError = File.OpenError || File.StatError || AtomicFile.InitError || CopyFileRawError || AtomicFile.FinishError;

        /// Guaranteed to be atomic.
        /// On Linux, until https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9636735/ is merged and readily available,
        /// there is a possibility of power loss or application termination leaving temporary files present
        /// in the same directory as dest_path.
        pub fn copyFile(source_dir: Dir, source_path: []const u8, dest_dir: Dir, dest_path: []const u8, options: CopyFileOptions) CopyFileError!void {
            var in_file = try source_dir.openFile(source_path, .{});
            defer in_file.close();

            var size: ?u64 = null;
            const mode = options.override_mode orelse blk: {
                const st = try in_file.stat();
                size = st.size;
                break :blk st.mode;
            };

            var atomic_file = try dest_dir.atomicFile(dest_path, .{ .mode = mode });
            defer atomic_file.deinit();

            try copy_file(in_file.handle, atomic_file.file.handle, size);
            try atomic_file.finish();
        }

        pub const AtomicFileOptions = struct {
            mode: File.Mode = File.default_mode,
        };

        /// Directly access the `.file` field, and then call `AtomicFile.finish`
        /// to atomically replace `dest_path` with contents.
        /// Always call `AtomicFile.deinit` to clean up, regardless of whether `AtomicFile.finish` succeeded.
        /// `dest_path` must remain valid until `AtomicFile.deinit` is called.
        pub fn atomicFile(self: Dir, dest_path: []const u8, options: AtomicFileOptions) !AtomicFile {
            if (path.dirname(dest_path)) |dirname| {
                const dir = try self.openDir(dirname, .{});
                return AtomicFile.init(path.basename(dest_path), options.mode, dir, true);
            } else {
                return AtomicFile.init(dest_path, options.mode, self, false);
            }
        }

        pub const Stat = File.Stat;
        pub const StatError = File.StatError;

        pub fn stat(self: Dir) StatError!Stat {
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = self.fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
            };
            return file.stat();
        }

        pub const StatFileError = File.OpenError || StatError;

        // TODO: improve this to use the fstatat syscall instead of making 2 syscalls here.

        pub fn statFile(self: Dir, sub_path: []const u8) StatFileError!File.Stat {
            var file = try self.openFile(sub_path, .{});
            defer file.close();

            return file.stat();
        }

        const Permissions = File.Permissions;
        pub const SetPermissionsError = File.SetPermissionsError;

        /// Sets permissions according to the provided `Permissions` struct.
        /// This method is *NOT* available on WASI
        pub fn setPermissions(self: Dir, permissions: Permissions) SetPermissionsError!void {
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = self.fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
            };
            try file.setPermissions(permissions);
        }

        const Metadata = File.Metadata;
        pub const MetadataError = File.MetadataError;

        /// Returns a `Metadata` struct, representing the permissions on the directory
        pub fn metadata(self: Dir) MetadataError!Metadata {
            const file: File = .{
                .handle = self.fd,
                .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
            };
            return try file.metadata();
        }
    };

    /// Returns a handle to the current working directory. It is not opened with iteration capability.
    /// Closing the returned `Dir` is checked illegal behavior. Iterating over the result is illegal behavior.
    /// On POSIX targets, this function is comptime-callable.
    pub fn cwd() Dir {
        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
            return Dir{ .fd = os.windows.peb().ProcessParameters.CurrentDirectory.Handle };
        } else {
            return Dir{ .fd = os.AT.FDCWD };
        }
    }

    /// Opens a directory at the given path. The directory is a system resource that remains
    /// open until `close` is called on the result.
    /// See `openDirAbsoluteZ` for a function that accepts a null-terminated path.
    ///
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
    pub fn openDirAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!Dir {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return cwd().openDir(absolute_path, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `openDirAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn openDirAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!Dir {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c));
        return cwd().openDirZ(absolute_path_c, flags);
    }
    /// Same as `openDirAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn openDirAbsoluteW(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u16, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!Dir {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_c));
        return cwd().openDirW(absolute_path_c, flags);
    }

    /// Opens a directory at the given path. The directory is a system resource that remains
    /// open until `close` is called on the result.
    /// See `openIterableDirAbsoluteZ` for a function that accepts a null-terminated path.
    ///
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
    pub fn openIterableDirAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!IterableDir {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return cwd().openIterableDir(absolute_path, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `openIterableDirAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn openIterableDirAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!IterableDir {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c));
        return IterableDir{ .dir = try cwd().openDirZ(absolute_path_c, flags, true) };
    }
    /// Same as `openIterableDirAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn openIterableDirAbsoluteW(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u16, flags: Dir.OpenDirOptions) File.OpenError!IterableDir {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_c));
        return IterableDir{ .dir = try cwd().openDirW(absolute_path_c, flags, true) };
    }

    /// Opens a file for reading or writing, without attempting to create a new file, based on an absolute path.
    /// Call `File.close` to release the resource.
    /// Asserts that the path is absolute. See `Dir.openFile` for a function that
    /// operates on both absolute and relative paths.
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes. See `openFileAbsoluteZ` for a function
    /// that accepts a null-terminated path.
    pub fn openFileAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return cwd().openFile(absolute_path, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `openFileAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn openFileAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c));
        return cwd().openFileZ(absolute_path_c, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `openFileAbsolute` but the path parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
    pub fn openFileAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: []const u16, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsWTF16(absolute_path_w));
        return cwd().openFileW(absolute_path_w, flags);
    }

    /// Test accessing `path`.
    /// `path` is UTF8-encoded.
    /// Be careful of Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use race conditions when using this function.
    /// For example, instead of testing if a file exists and then opening it, just
    /// open it and handle the error for file not found.
    /// See `accessAbsoluteZ` for a function that accepts a null-terminated path.
    pub fn accessAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) Dir.AccessError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        try cwd().access(absolute_path, flags);
    }
    /// Same as `accessAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn accessAbsoluteZ(absolute_path: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags) Dir.AccessError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path));
        try cwd().accessZ(absolute_path, flags);
    }
    /// Same as `accessAbsolute` but the path parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
    pub fn accessAbsoluteW(absolute_path: [*:0]const 16, flags: File.OpenFlags) Dir.AccessError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path));
        try cwd().accessW(absolute_path, flags);
    }

    /// Creates, opens, or overwrites a file with write access, based on an absolute path.
    /// Call `File.close` to release the resource.
    /// Asserts that the path is absolute. See `Dir.createFile` for a function that
    /// operates on both absolute and relative paths.
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes. See `createFileAbsoluteC` for a function
    /// that accepts a null-terminated path.
    pub fn createFileAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return cwd().createFile(absolute_path, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `createFileAbsolute` but the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn createFileAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c));
        return cwd().createFileZ(absolute_path_c, flags);
    }

    /// Same as `createFileAbsolute` but the path parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
    pub fn createFileAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: [*:0]const u16, flags: File.CreateFlags) File.OpenError!File {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_w));
        return cwd().createFileW(absolute_path_w, flags);
    }

    /// Delete a file name and possibly the file it refers to, based on an absolute path.
    /// Asserts that the path is absolute. See `Dir.deleteFile` for a function that
    /// operates on both absolute and relative paths.
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
    pub fn deleteFileAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8) Dir.DeleteFileError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        return cwd().deleteFile(absolute_path);
    }

    /// Same as `deleteFileAbsolute` except the parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn deleteFileAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8) Dir.DeleteFileError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c));
        return cwd().deleteFileZ(absolute_path_c);
    }

    /// Same as `deleteFileAbsolute` except the parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
    pub fn deleteFileAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: [*:0]const u16) Dir.DeleteFileError!void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_w));
        return cwd().deleteFileW(absolute_path_w);
    }

    /// Removes a symlink, file, or directory.
    /// This is equivalent to `Dir.deleteTree` with the base directory.
    /// Asserts that the path is absolute. See `Dir.deleteTree` for a function that
    /// operates on both absolute and relative paths.
    /// Asserts that the path parameter has no null bytes.
    pub fn deleteTreeAbsolute(absolute_path: []const u8) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
        const dirname = path.dirname(absolute_path) orelse return error{
            /// Attempt to remove the root file system path.
            /// This error is unreachable if `absolute_path` is relative.
            CannotDeleteRootDirectory,
        }.CannotDeleteRootDirectory;

        var dir = try cwd().openDir(dirname, .{});
        defer dir.close();

        return dir.deleteTree(path.basename(absolute_path));
    }

    /// Same as `Dir.readLink`, except it asserts the path is absolute.
    pub fn readLinkAbsolute(pathname: []const u8, buffer: *[MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8) ![]u8 {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(pathname));
        return os.readlink(pathname, buffer);
    }

    /// Windows-only. Same as `readlinkW`, except the path parameter is null-terminated, WTF16
    /// encoded.
    pub fn readlinkAbsoluteW(pathname_w: [*:0]const u16, buffer: *[MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8) ![]u8 {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(pathname_w));
        return os.readlinkW(pathname_w, buffer);
    }

    /// Same as `readLink`, except the path parameter is null-terminated.
    pub fn readLinkAbsoluteZ(pathname_c: [*:0]const u8, buffer: *[MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8) ![]u8 {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(pathname_c));
        return os.readlinkZ(pathname_c, buffer);
    }

    /// Use with `Dir.symLink` and `symLinkAbsolute` to specify whether the symlink
    /// will point to a file or a directory. This value is ignored on all hosts
    /// except Windows where creating symlinks to different resource types, requires
    /// different flags. By default, `symLinkAbsolute` is assumed to point to a file.
    pub const SymLinkFlags = struct {
        is_directory: bool = false,
    };

    /// Creates a symbolic link named `sym_link_path` which contains the string `target_path`.
    /// A symbolic link (also known as a soft link) may point to an existing file or to a nonexistent
    /// one; the latter case is known as a dangling link.
    /// If `sym_link_path` exists, it will not be overwritten.
    /// See also `symLinkAbsoluteZ` and `symLinkAbsoluteW`.
    pub fn symLinkAbsolute(target_path: []const u8, sym_link_path: []const u8, flags: SymLinkFlags) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsolute(target_path));
        assert(path.isAbsolute(sym_link_path));
        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
            const target_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(target_path);
            const sym_link_path_w = try os.windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(sym_link_path);
            return os.windows.CreateSymbolicLink(null, sym_link_path_w.span(), target_path_w.span(), flags.is_directory);
        }
        return os.symlink(target_path, sym_link_path);
    }

    /// Windows-only. Same as `symLinkAbsolute` except the parameters are null-terminated, WTF16 encoded.
    /// Note that this function will by default try creating a symbolic link to a file. If you would
    /// like to create a symbolic link to a directory, specify this with `SymLinkFlags{ .is_directory = true }`.
    /// See also `symLinkAbsolute`, `symLinkAbsoluteZ`.
    pub fn symLinkAbsoluteW(target_path_w: []const u16, sym_link_path_w: []const u16, flags: SymLinkFlags) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsWTF16(target_path_w));
        assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsWTF16(sym_link_path_w));
        return os.windows.CreateSymbolicLink(null, sym_link_path_w, target_path_w, flags.is_directory);
    }

    /// Same as `symLinkAbsolute` except the parameters are null-terminated pointers.
    /// See also `symLinkAbsolute`.
    pub fn symLinkAbsoluteZ(target_path_c: [*:0]const u8, sym_link_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: SymLinkFlags) !void {
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(target_path_c));
        assert(path.isAbsoluteZ(sym_link_path_c));
        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
            const target_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToWin32PrefixedFileW(target_path_c);
            const sym_link_path_w = try os.windows.cStrToWin32PrefixedFileW(sym_link_path_c);
            return os.windows.CreateSymbolicLink(sym_link_path_w.span(), target_path_w.span(), flags.is_directory);
        }
        return os.symlinkZ(target_path_c, sym_link_path_c);
    }

    pub const OpenSelfExeError = error{
        SharingViolation,
        PathAlreadyExists,
        FileNotFound,
        AccessDenied,
        PipeBusy,
        NameTooLong,
        /// On Windows, file paths must be valid Unicode.
        InvalidUtf8,
        /// On Windows, file paths cannot contain these characters:
        /// '/', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|'
        BadPathName,
        Unexpected,
    } || os.OpenError || SelfExePathError || os.FlockError;

    pub fn openSelfExe(flags: File.OpenFlags) OpenSelfExeError!File {
        if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
            return openFileAbsoluteZ("/proc/self/exe", flags);
        }
        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
            const wide_slice = selfExePathW();
            const prefixed_path_w = try os.windows.wToPrefixedFileW(wide_slice);
            return cwd().openFileW(prefixed_path_w.span(), flags);
        }
        // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is valid as the resulting path is immediately

        // opened with no modification.

        var buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
        const self_exe_path = try selfExePath(&buf);
        buf[self_exe_path.len] = 0;
        return openFileAbsoluteZ(buf[0..self_exe_path.len :0].ptr, flags);
    }

    pub const SelfExePathError = os.ReadLinkError || os.SysCtlError || os.RealPathError;

    /// `selfExePath` except allocates the result on the heap.
    /// Caller owns returned memory.
    pub fn selfExePathAlloc(allocator: Allocator) ![]u8 {
        // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is justified as, at least on one tested Linux

        // system, readlink will completely fail to return a result larger than

        // PATH_MAX even if given a sufficiently large buffer. This makes it

        // fundamentally impossible to get the selfExePath of a program running in

        // a very deeply nested directory chain in this way.

        // TODO(#4812): Investigate other systems and whether it is possible to get

        // this path by trying larger and larger buffers until one succeeds.

        var buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
        return allocator.dupe(u8, try selfExePath(&buf));
    }

    /// Get the path to the current executable.
    /// If you only need the directory, use selfExeDirPath.
    /// If you only want an open file handle, use openSelfExe.
    /// This function may return an error if the current executable
    /// was deleted after spawning.
    /// Returned value is a slice of out_buffer.
    ///
    /// On Linux, depends on procfs being mounted. If the currently executing binary has
    /// been deleted, the file path looks something like `/a/b/c/exe (deleted)`.
    /// TODO make the return type of this a null terminated pointer
    pub fn selfExePath(out_buffer: []u8) SelfExePathError![]u8 {
        if (is_darwin) {
            // Note that _NSGetExecutablePath() will return "a path" to

            // the executable not a "real path" to the executable.

            var symlink_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES:0]u8 = undefined;
            var u32_len: u32 = MAX_PATH_BYTES + 1; // include the sentinel

            const rc = std.c._NSGetExecutablePath(&symlink_path_buf, &u32_len);
            if (rc != 0) return error.NameTooLong;

            var real_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
            const real_path = try std.os.realpathZ(&symlink_path_buf, &real_path_buf);
            if (real_path.len > out_buffer.len) return error.NameTooLong;
            std.mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, real_path);
            return out_buffer[0..real_path.len];
        }
        switch (builtin.os.tag) {
            .linux => return os.readlinkZ("/proc/self/exe", out_buffer),
            .solaris => return os.readlinkZ("/proc/self/path/a.out", out_buffer),
            .freebsd, .dragonfly => {
                var mib = [4]c_int{ os.CTL.KERN, os.KERN.PROC, os.KERN.PROC_PATHNAME, -1 };
                var out_len: usize = out_buffer.len;
                try os.sysctl(&mib, out_buffer.ptr, &out_len, null, 0);
                // TODO could this slice from 0 to out_len instead?

                return mem.sliceTo(std.meta.assumeSentinel(out_buffer.ptr, 0), 0);
            },
            .netbsd => {
                var mib = [4]c_int{ os.CTL.KERN, os.KERN.PROC_ARGS, -1, os.KERN.PROC_PATHNAME };
                var out_len: usize = out_buffer.len;
                try os.sysctl(&mib, out_buffer.ptr, &out_len, null, 0);
                // TODO could this slice from 0 to out_len instead?

                return mem.sliceTo(std.meta.assumeSentinel(out_buffer.ptr, 0), 0);
            },
            .openbsd, .haiku => {
                // OpenBSD doesn't support getting the path of a running process, so try to guess it

                if (os.argv.len == 0)
                    return error.FileNotFound;

                const argv0 = mem.span(os.argv[0]);
                if (mem.indexOf(u8, argv0, "/") != null) {
                    // argv[0] is a path (relative or absolute): use realpath(3) directly

                    var real_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                    const real_path = try os.realpathZ(os.argv[0], &real_path_buf);
                    if (real_path.len > out_buffer.len)
                        return error.NameTooLong;
                    mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, real_path);
                    return out_buffer[0..real_path.len];
                } else if (argv0.len != 0) {
                    // argv[0] is not empty (and not a path): search it inside PATH

                    const PATH = std.os.getenvZ("PATH") orelse return error.FileNotFound;
                    var path_it = mem.tokenize(u8, PATH, &[_]u8{path.delimiter});
                    while (path_it.next()) |a_path| {
                        var resolved_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES - 1:0]u8 = undefined;
                        const resolved_path = std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&resolved_path_buf, "{s}/{s}", .{
                            a_path,
                            os.argv[0],
                        }) catch continue;

                        var real_path_buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
                        if (os.realpathZ(resolved_path, &real_path_buf)) |real_path| {
                            // found a file, and hope it is the right file

                            if (real_path.len > out_buffer.len)
                                return error.NameTooLong;
                            mem.copy(u8, out_buffer, real_path);
                            return out_buffer[0..real_path.len];
                        } else |_| continue;
                    }
                }
                return error.FileNotFound;
            },
            .windows => {
                const utf16le_slice = selfExePathW();
                // Trust that Windows gives us valid UTF-16LE.

                const end_index = std.unicode.utf16leToUtf8(out_buffer, utf16le_slice) catch unreachable;
                return out_buffer[0..end_index];
            },
            .wasi => @compileError("std.fs.selfExePath not supported for WASI. Use std.fs.selfExePathAlloc instead."),
            else => @compileError("std.fs.selfExePath not supported for this target"),
        }
    }

    /// The result is UTF16LE-encoded.
    pub fn selfExePathW() [:0]const u16 {
        const image_path_name = &os.windows.peb().ProcessParameters.ImagePathName;
        return mem.sliceTo(std.meta.assumeSentinel(image_path_name.Buffer, 0), 0);
    }

    /// `selfExeDirPath` except allocates the result on the heap.
    /// Caller owns returned memory.
    pub fn selfExeDirPathAlloc(allocator: Allocator) ![]u8 {
        // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is justified as, at least on one tested Linux

        // system, readlink will completely fail to return a result larger than

        // PATH_MAX even if given a sufficiently large buffer. This makes it

        // fundamentally impossible to get the selfExeDirPath of a program running

        // in a very deeply nested directory chain in this way.

        // TODO(#4812): Investigate other systems and whether it is possible to get

        // this path by trying larger and larger buffers until one succeeds.

        var buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
        return allocator.dupe(u8, try selfExeDirPath(&buf));
    }

    /// Get the directory path that contains the current executable.
    /// Returned value is a slice of out_buffer.
    pub fn selfExeDirPath(out_buffer: []u8) SelfExePathError![]const u8 {
        const self_exe_path = try selfExePath(out_buffer);
        // Assume that the OS APIs return absolute paths, and therefore dirname

        // will not return null.

        return path.dirname(self_exe_path).?;
    }

    /// `realpath`, except caller must free the returned memory.
    /// See also `Dir.realpath`.
    pub fn realpathAlloc(allocator: Allocator, pathname: []const u8) ![]u8 {
        // Use of MAX_PATH_BYTES here is valid as the realpath function does not

        // have a variant that takes an arbitrary-size buffer.

        // TODO(#4812): Consider reimplementing realpath or using the POSIX.1-2008

        // NULL out parameter (GNU's canonicalize_file_name) to handle overelong

        // paths. musl supports passing NULL but restricts the output to PATH_MAX

        // anyway.

        var buf: [MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
        return allocator.dupe(u8, try os.realpath(pathname, &buf));
    }

    const CopyFileRawError = error{SystemResources} || os.CopyFileRangeError || os.SendFileError;

    // Transfer all the data between two file descriptors in the most efficient way.

    // The copy starts at offset 0, the initial offsets are preserved.

    // No metadata is transferred over.

    fn copy_file(fd_in: os.fd_t, fd_out: os.fd_t, maybe_size: ?u64) CopyFileRawError!void {
        if (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin()) {
            const rc = os.system.fcopyfile(fd_in, fd_out, null, os.system.COPYFILE_DATA);
            switch (os.errno(rc)) {
                .SUCCESS => return,
                .INVAL => unreachable,
                .NOMEM => return error.SystemResources,
                // The source file is not a directory, symbolic link, or regular file.

                // Try with the fallback path before giving up.

                .OPNOTSUPP => {},
                else => |err| return os.unexpectedErrno(err),
            }
        }

        if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
            // Try copy_file_range first as that works at the FS level and is the

            // most efficient method (if available).

            var offset: u64 = 0;
            cfr_loop: while (true) {
                // The kernel checks the u64 value `offset+count` for overflow, use

                // a 32 bit value so that the syscall won't return EINVAL except for

                // impossibly large files (> 2^64-1 - 2^32-1).

                const amt = try os.copy_file_range(fd_in, offset, fd_out, offset, math.maxInt(u32), 0);
                // Terminate as soon as we have copied size bytes or no bytes

                if (maybe_size) |s| {
                    if (s == amt) break :cfr_loop;
                }
                if (amt == 0) break :cfr_loop;
                offset += amt;
            }
            return;
        }

        // Sendfile is a zero-copy mechanism iff the OS supports it, otherwise the

        // fallback code will copy the contents chunk by chunk.

        const empty_iovec = [0]os.iovec_const{};
        var offset: u64 = 0;
        sendfile_loop: while (true) {
            const amt = try os.sendfile(fd_out, fd_in, offset, 0, &empty_iovec, &empty_iovec, 0);
            // Terminate as soon as we have copied size bytes or no bytes

            if (maybe_size) |s| {
                if (s == amt) break :sendfile_loop;
            }
            if (amt == 0) break :sendfile_loop;
            offset += amt;
        }
    }

    test {
        if (builtin.os.tag != .wasi) {
            _ = makeDirAbsolute;
            _ = makeDirAbsoluteZ;
            _ = copyFileAbsolute;
            _ = updateFileAbsolute;
        }
        _ = Dir.copyFile;
        _ = @import("fs/test.zig");
        _ = @import("fs/path.zig");
        _ = @import("fs/file.zig");
        _ = @import("fs/get_app_data_dir.zig");
        _ = @import("fs/watch.zig");
    }