Thank you Laszlo.

I'll check it out. :)

Thanks again.
Regards,
Keshava

On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 at 16:47 Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 09/27/16 12:46, GN Keshava wrote:
> > Hi Laszlo,
> >
> > Thank you for the answer. It was helpful.
> >
> > Considering option #1, can you give some more details (a small example
> > or any reference link would be helpful), how I can use Shell APIs in my
> > C file (which will compile to my .efi app)?
>
> Hmmm, I don't have hands-on experience with this, but you might want to
> try the ShellOpenFileByName() function, from
> "ShellPkg/Include/Library/ShellLib.h".
>
> You can find examples for UEFI applications that use the Shell library
> with:
>
>   git grep -w ShellLib -- '*inf'
>
> or just grep the tree for ShellOpenFileByName().
>
> See also "AppPkg/ReadMe.txt".
>
> > Considering option #2, How I can find device path programatically from
> > my C file?
>
> The EFI_SHELL_PROTOCOL.GetDevicePathFromMap() member function seems
> relevant -- it is specified in the UEFI Shell spec --, but I would
> definitely try ShellOpenFileByName() first.
>
> Thanks
> Laszlo
>
> > Thanks again for the help. :)
> > With regards,
> > Keshava
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 at 15:19 Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 09/27/16 11:25, GN Keshava wrote:
> >     > Hi Laszlo,
> >     >
> >     > Thanks for the reply. I meant I have complete file path. I believe
> the
> >     > "device path" is different. Is it possible to obtain DevicePath
> >     using my
> >     > full file path?
> >
> >     The pathname you seem to have (as "complete") is specific to a given
> >     simple FS, so system-wide it cannot be considered complete (there
> can be
> >     multiple filesystems).
> >
> >     In your original email I missed that you started with "FS1:".
> Andrew's
> >     answer covers that case.
> >
> >     In summary, you can do three things:
> >     - have a pathname that starts with FSx: (which is a shell-specific
> >     mapping), and use Andrew's recommendation,
> >     - have a complete UEFI device path, and then use what I recommended,
> >     - have no information for selecting the filesystem (from the many
> >     possible), and use your current iteration.
> >
> >     Options #1 and #2 actually correspond to each other, considering
> >     "expressive power" / information content (as long as you are in the
> >     shell); please see the MAP shell command.
> >
> >     Thanks
> >     Laszlo
> >
> >     > On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 at 14:46 Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>
> >     > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     On 09/27/16 11:03, GN Keshava wrote:
> >     >     > Hi all,
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I'm trying to open a file from my UEFI application. The path
> of
> >     >     file is
> >     >     >
> >     >     > fs1:/myfolder/myfile.txt
> >     >     >
> >     >     > The code :
> >     >     >
> >     >     > efiStatus = bs->LocateHandleBuffer(ByProtocol,
> >     >     >                                    &sfspGuid,
> >     >     >                                    NULL,
> >     >     >                                    &handleCount,
> >     >     >                                    &handles);
> >     >     >
> >     >     > for (index = 0; index < (int)handleCount; ++ index)
> >     >     > {
> >     >     >     EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL* fs = NULL;
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     efiStatus = bs->HandleProtocol(
> >     >     >         handles[index],
> >     >     >         &sfspGuid,
> >     >     >         (void**)&fs);
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     EFI_FILE_PROTOCOL* root = NULL;
> >     >     >     ...
> >     >     >     efiStatus = fs->OpenVolume(fs, &root);
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     EFI_FILE_PROTOCOL* token = NULL;
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     efiStatus = root->Open(
> >     >     >         root,
> >     >     >         &token,
> >     >     >         L"myfolder\\myfile.txt",
> >     >     >         EFI_FILE_MODE_READ,
> >     >     >         EFI_FILE_READ_ONLY | EFI_FILE_HIDDEN |
> EFI_FILE_SYSTEM);
> >     >     > }
> >     >     >
> >     >     > But using this method, I can only go through all the file
> system
> >     >     handles
> >     >     > and open each volume and try opening my file.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > But I want to give full path to my file and open it in it's
> >     volume.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > How can I acheive this?
> >     >     > Thanks.
> >     >
> >     >     If you have a complete device path, you can use
> >     gBS->LocateDevicePath()
> >     >     with gEfiSimpleFileSystemProtocolGuid, to locate the handle
> >     with the
> >     >     most specific device path (--> the longest device path prefix)
> >     with the
> >     >     simple FS protocol installed on it. Then you can check if the
> >     remaining
> >     >     device path (returned by the service) consist of nothing but
> >     one File
> >     >     Path Media Device Path node. If so, you can open the simple FS
> >     protocol
> >     >     on the handle found, then use that to open the file by
> pathname.
> >     >
> >     >     Laszlo
> >     >
> >
>
>
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