package opts import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "path" "strconv" "strings" "github.com/docker/docker/opts" flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag" "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount" "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/signal" "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/container" networktypes "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/network" "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/strslice" "github.com/docker/go-connections/nat" "github.com/docker/go-units" ) // Parse parses the specified args for the specified command and generates a Config, // a HostConfig and returns them with the specified command. // If the specified args are not valid, it will return an error. func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*container.Config, *container.HostConfig, *networktypes.NetworkingConfig, *flag.FlagSet, error) { var ( // FIXME: use utils.ListOpts for attach and volumes? flAttach = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateAttach) flVolumes = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flTmpfs = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flBlkioWeightDevice = NewWeightdeviceOpt(ValidateWeightDevice) flDeviceReadBps = NewThrottledeviceOpt(ValidateThrottleBpsDevice) flDeviceWriteBps = NewThrottledeviceOpt(ValidateThrottleBpsDevice) flLinks = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateLink) flDeviceReadIOps = NewThrottledeviceOpt(ValidateThrottleIOpsDevice) flDeviceWriteIOps = NewThrottledeviceOpt(ValidateThrottleIOpsDevice) flEnv = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateEnv) flLabels = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateEnv) flDevices = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateDevice) flUlimits = NewUlimitOpt(nil) flPublish = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flExpose = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flDNS = opts.NewListOpts(opts.ValidateIPAddress) flDNSSearch = opts.NewListOpts(opts.ValidateDNSSearch) flDNSOptions = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flExtraHosts = opts.NewListOpts(ValidateExtraHost) flVolumesFrom = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flEnvFile = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flCapAdd = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flCapDrop = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flGroupAdd = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flSecurityOpt = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flLabelsFile = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flLoggingOpts = opts.NewListOpts(nil) flPrivileged = cmd.Bool([]string{"-privileged"}, false, "Give extended privileges to this container") flPidMode = cmd.String([]string{"-pid"}, "", "PID namespace to use") flUTSMode = cmd.String([]string{"-uts"}, "", "UTS namespace to use") flPublishAll = cmd.Bool([]string{"P", "-publish-all"}, false, "Publish all exposed ports to random ports") flStdin = cmd.Bool([]string{"i", "-interactive"}, false, "Keep STDIN open even if not attached") flTty = cmd.Bool([]string{"t", "-tty"}, false, "Allocate a pseudo-TTY") flOomKillDisable = cmd.Bool([]string{"-oom-kill-disable"}, false, "Disable OOM Killer") flOomScoreAdj = cmd.Int([]string{"-oom-score-adj"}, 0, "Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)") flContainerIDFile = cmd.String([]string{"-cidfile"}, "", "Write the container ID to the file") flEntrypoint = cmd.String([]string{"-entrypoint"}, "", "Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image") flHostname = cmd.String([]string{"h", "-hostname"}, "", "Container host name") flMemoryString = cmd.String([]string{"m", "-memory"}, "", "Memory limit") flMemoryReservation = cmd.String([]string{"-memory-reservation"}, "", "Memory soft limit") flMemorySwap = cmd.String([]string{"-memory-swap"}, "", "Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap") flKernelMemory = cmd.String([]string{"-kernel-memory"}, "", "Kernel memory limit") flUser = cmd.String([]string{"u", "-user"}, "", "Username or UID (format: [:])") flWorkingDir = cmd.String([]string{"w", "-workdir"}, "", "Working directory inside the container") flCPUShares = cmd.Int64([]string{"#c", "-cpu-shares"}, 0, "CPU shares (relative weight)") flCPUPeriod = cmd.Int64([]string{"-cpu-period"}, 0, "Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period") flCPUQuota = cmd.Int64([]string{"-cpu-quota"}, 0, "Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota") flCpusetCpus = cmd.String([]string{"-cpuset-cpus"}, "", "CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)") flCpusetMems = cmd.String([]string{"-cpuset-mems"}, "", "MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)") flBlkioWeight = cmd.Uint16([]string{"-blkio-weight"}, 0, "Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000") flSwappiness = cmd.Int64([]string{"-memory-swappiness"}, -1, "Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)") flNetMode = cmd.String([]string{"-net"}, "default", "Connect a container to a network") flMacAddress = cmd.String([]string{"-mac-address"}, "", "Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)") flIPv4Address = cmd.String([]string{"-ip"}, "", "Container IPv4 address (e.g. 172.30.100.104)") flIPv6Address = cmd.String([]string{"-ip6"}, "", "Container IPv6 address (e.g. 2001:db8::33)") flIpcMode = cmd.String([]string{"-ipc"}, "", "IPC namespace to use") flRestartPolicy = cmd.String([]string{"-restart"}, "no", "Restart policy to apply when a container exits") flReadonlyRootfs = cmd.Bool([]string{"-read-only"}, false, "Mount the container's root filesystem as read only") flLoggingDriver = cmd.String([]string{"-log-driver"}, "", "Logging driver for container") flCgroupParent = cmd.String([]string{"-cgroup-parent"}, "", "Optional parent cgroup for the container") flVolumeDriver = cmd.String([]string{"-volume-driver"}, "", "Optional volume driver for the container") flStopSignal = cmd.String([]string{"-stop-signal"}, signal.DefaultStopSignal, fmt.Sprintf("Signal to stop a container, %v by default", signal.DefaultStopSignal)) flIsolation = cmd.String([]string{"-isolation"}, "", "Container isolation level") flShmSize = cmd.String([]string{"-shm-size"}, "", "Size of /dev/shm, default value is 64MB") ) cmd.Var(&flAttach, []string{"a", "-attach"}, "Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR") cmd.Var(&flBlkioWeightDevice, []string{"-blkio-weight-device"}, "Block IO weight (relative device weight)") cmd.Var(&flDeviceReadBps, []string{"-device-read-bps"}, "Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device") cmd.Var(&flDeviceWriteBps, []string{"-device-write-bps"}, "Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device") cmd.Var(&flDeviceReadIOps, []string{"-device-read-iops"}, "Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device") cmd.Var(&flDeviceWriteIOps, []string{"-device-write-iops"}, "Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device") cmd.Var(&flVolumes, []string{"v", "-volume"}, "Bind mount a volume") cmd.Var(&flTmpfs, []string{"-tmpfs"}, "Mount a tmpfs directory") cmd.Var(&flLinks, []string{"-link"}, "Add link to another container") cmd.Var(&flDevices, []string{"-device"}, "Add a host device to the container") cmd.Var(&flLabels, []string{"l", "-label"}, "Set meta data on a container") cmd.Var(&flLabelsFile, []string{"-label-file"}, "Read in a line delimited file of labels") cmd.Var(&flEnv, []string{"e", "-env"}, "Set environment variables") cmd.Var(&flEnvFile, []string{"-env-file"}, "Read in a file of environment variables") cmd.Var(&flPublish, []string{"p", "-publish"}, "Publish a container's port(s) to the host") cmd.Var(&flExpose, []string{"-expose"}, "Expose a port or a range of ports") cmd.Var(&flDNS, []string{"-dns"}, "Set custom DNS servers") cmd.Var(&flDNSSearch, []string{"-dns-search"}, "Set custom DNS search domains") cmd.Var(&flDNSOptions, []string{"-dns-opt"}, "Set DNS options") cmd.Var(&flExtraHosts, []string{"-add-host"}, "Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)") cmd.Var(&flVolumesFrom, []string{"-volumes-from"}, "Mount volumes from the specified container(s)") cmd.Var(&flCapAdd, []string{"-cap-add"}, "Add Linux capabilities") cmd.Var(&flCapDrop, []string{"-cap-drop"}, "Drop Linux capabilities") cmd.Var(&flGroupAdd, []string{"-group-add"}, "Add additional groups to join") cmd.Var(&flSecurityOpt, []string{"-security-opt"}, "Security Options") cmd.Var(flUlimits, []string{"-ulimit"}, "Ulimit options") cmd.Var(&flLoggingOpts, []string{"-log-opt"}, "Log driver options") cmd.Require(flag.Min, 1) if err := cmd.ParseFlags(args, true); err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } var ( attachStdin = flAttach.Get("stdin") attachStdout = flAttach.Get("stdout") attachStderr = flAttach.Get("stderr") ) // Validate the input mac address if *flMacAddress != "" { if _, err := ValidateMACAddress(*flMacAddress); err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid mac address", *flMacAddress) } } if *flStdin { attachStdin = true } // If -a is not set attach to the output stdio if flAttach.Len() == 0 { attachStdout = true attachStderr = true } var err error var flMemory int64 if *flMemoryString != "" { flMemory, err = units.RAMInBytes(*flMemoryString) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } } var MemoryReservation int64 if *flMemoryReservation != "" { MemoryReservation, err = units.RAMInBytes(*flMemoryReservation) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } } var memorySwap int64 if *flMemorySwap != "" { if *flMemorySwap == "-1" { memorySwap = -1 } else { memorySwap, err = units.RAMInBytes(*flMemorySwap) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } } } var KernelMemory int64 if *flKernelMemory != "" { KernelMemory, err = units.RAMInBytes(*flKernelMemory) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } } swappiness := *flSwappiness if swappiness != -1 && (swappiness < 0 || swappiness > 100) { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("Invalid value: %d. Valid memory swappiness range is 0-100", swappiness) } var shmSize int64 if *flShmSize != "" { shmSize, err = units.RAMInBytes(*flShmSize) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } } var binds []string // add any bind targets to the list of container volumes for bind := range flVolumes.GetMap() { if arr := volumeSplitN(bind, 2); len(arr) > 1 { // after creating the bind mount we want to delete it from the flVolumes values because // we do not want bind mounts being committed to image configs binds = append(binds, bind) flVolumes.Delete(bind) } } // Can't evaluate options passed into --tmpfs until we actually mount tmpfs := make(map[string]string) for _, t := range flTmpfs.GetAll() { if arr := strings.SplitN(t, ":", 2); len(arr) > 1 { if _, _, err := mount.ParseTmpfsOptions(arr[1]); err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } tmpfs[arr[0]] = arr[1] } else { tmpfs[arr[0]] = "" } } var ( parsedArgs = cmd.Args() runCmd *strslice.StrSlice entrypoint *strslice.StrSlice image = cmd.Arg(0) ) if len(parsedArgs) > 1 { runCmd = strslice.New(parsedArgs[1:]...) } if *flEntrypoint != "" { entrypoint = strslice.New(*flEntrypoint) } var ( domainname string hostname = *flHostname parts = strings.SplitN(hostname, ".", 2) ) if len(parts) > 1 { hostname = parts[0] domainname = parts[1] } ports, portBindings, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(flPublish.GetAll()) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } // Merge in exposed ports to the map of published ports for _, e := range flExpose.GetAll() { if strings.Contains(e, ":") { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("Invalid port format for --expose: %s", e) } //support two formats for expose, original format /[] or /[] proto, port := nat.SplitProtoPort(e) //parse the start and end port and create a sequence of ports to expose //if expose a port, the start and end port are the same start, end, err := nat.ParsePortRange(port) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("Invalid range format for --expose: %s, error: %s", e, err) } for i := start; i <= end; i++ { p, err := nat.NewPort(proto, strconv.FormatUint(i, 10)) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } if _, exists := ports[p]; !exists { ports[p] = struct{}{} } } } // parse device mappings deviceMappings := []container.DeviceMapping{} for _, device := range flDevices.GetAll() { deviceMapping, err := ParseDevice(device) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } deviceMappings = append(deviceMappings, deviceMapping) } // collect all the environment variables for the container envVariables, err := readKVStrings(flEnvFile.GetAll(), flEnv.GetAll()) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } // collect all the labels for the container labels, err := readKVStrings(flLabelsFile.GetAll(), flLabels.GetAll()) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } ipcMode := container.IpcMode(*flIpcMode) if !ipcMode.Valid() { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("--ipc: invalid IPC mode") } pidMode := container.PidMode(*flPidMode) if !pidMode.Valid() { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("--pid: invalid PID mode") } utsMode := container.UTSMode(*flUTSMode) if !utsMode.Valid() { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("--uts: invalid UTS mode") } restartPolicy, err := ParseRestartPolicy(*flRestartPolicy) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } loggingOpts, err := parseLoggingOpts(*flLoggingDriver, flLoggingOpts.GetAll()) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } securityOpts, err := parseSecurityOpts(flSecurityOpt.GetAll()) if err != nil { return nil, nil, nil, cmd, err } resources := container.Resources{ CgroupParent: *flCgroupParent, Memory: flMemory, MemoryReservation: MemoryReservation, MemorySwap: memorySwap, MemorySwappiness: flSwappiness, KernelMemory: KernelMemory, OomKillDisable: flOomKillDisable, CPUShares: *flCPUShares, CPUPeriod: *flCPUPeriod, CpusetCpus: *flCpusetCpus, CpusetMems: *flCpusetMems, CPUQuota: *flCPUQuota, BlkioWeight: *flBlkioWeight, BlkioWeightDevice: flBlkioWeightDevice.GetList(), BlkioDeviceReadBps: flDeviceReadBps.GetList(), BlkioDeviceWriteBps: flDeviceWriteBps.GetList(), BlkioDeviceReadIOps: flDeviceReadIOps.GetList(), BlkioDeviceWriteIOps: flDeviceWriteIOps.GetList(), Ulimits: flUlimits.GetList(), Devices: deviceMappings, } config := &container.Config{ Hostname: hostname, Domainname: domainname, ExposedPorts: ports, User: *flUser, Tty: *flTty, // TODO: deprecated, it comes from -n, --networking // it's still needed internally to set the network to disabled // if e.g. bridge is none in daemon opts, and in inspect NetworkDisabled: false, OpenStdin: *flStdin, AttachStdin: attachStdin, AttachStdout: attachStdout, AttachStderr: attachStderr, Env: envVariables, Cmd: runCmd, Image: image, Volumes: flVolumes.GetMap(), MacAddress: *flMacAddress, Entrypoint: entrypoint, WorkingDir: *flWorkingDir, Labels: ConvertKVStringsToMap(labels), StopSignal: *flStopSignal, } hostConfig := &container.HostConfig{ Binds: binds, ContainerIDFile: *flContainerIDFile, OomScoreAdj: *flOomScoreAdj, Privileged: *flPrivileged, PortBindings: portBindings, Links: flLinks.GetAll(), PublishAllPorts: *flPublishAll, // Make sure the dns fields are never nil. // New containers don't ever have those fields nil, // but pre created containers can still have those nil values. // See https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/17779 // for a more detailed explanation on why we don't want that. DNS: flDNS.GetAllOrEmpty(), DNSSearch: flDNSSearch.GetAllOrEmpty(), DNSOptions: flDNSOptions.GetAllOrEmpty(), ExtraHosts: flExtraHosts.GetAll(), VolumesFrom: flVolumesFrom.GetAll(), NetworkMode: container.NetworkMode(*flNetMode), IpcMode: ipcMode, PidMode: pidMode, UTSMode: utsMode, CapAdd: strslice.New(flCapAdd.GetAll()...), CapDrop: strslice.New(flCapDrop.GetAll()...), GroupAdd: flGroupAdd.GetAll(), RestartPolicy: restartPolicy, SecurityOpt: securityOpts, ReadonlyRootfs: *flReadonlyRootfs, LogConfig: container.LogConfig{Type: *flLoggingDriver, Config: loggingOpts}, VolumeDriver: *flVolumeDriver, Isolation: container.IsolationLevel(*flIsolation), ShmSize: shmSize, Resources: resources, Tmpfs: tmpfs, } // When allocating stdin in attached mode, close stdin at client disconnect if config.OpenStdin && config.AttachStdin { config.StdinOnce = true } var networkingConfig *networktypes.NetworkingConfig if *flIPv4Address != "" || *flIPv6Address != "" { networkingConfig = &networktypes.NetworkingConfig{ EndpointsConfig: make(map[string]*networktypes.EndpointSettings), } networkingConfig.EndpointsConfig[string(hostConfig.NetworkMode)] = &networktypes.EndpointSettings{ IPAMConfig: &networktypes.EndpointIPAMConfig{ IPv4Address: *flIPv4Address, IPv6Address: *flIPv6Address, }, } } return config, hostConfig, networkingConfig, cmd, nil } // reads a file of line terminated key=value pairs and override that with override parameter func readKVStrings(files []string, override []string) ([]string, error) { envVariables := []string{} for _, ef := range files { parsedVars, err := ParseEnvFile(ef) if err != nil { return nil, err } envVariables = append(envVariables, parsedVars...) } // parse the '-e' and '--env' after, to allow override envVariables = append(envVariables, override...) return envVariables, nil } // ConvertKVStringsToMap converts ["key=value"] to {"key":"value"} func ConvertKVStringsToMap(values []string) map[string]string { result := make(map[string]string, len(values)) for _, value := range values { kv := strings.SplitN(value, "=", 2) if len(kv) == 1 { result[kv[0]] = "" } else { result[kv[0]] = kv[1] } } return result } func parseLoggingOpts(loggingDriver string, loggingOpts []string) (map[string]string, error) { loggingOptsMap := ConvertKVStringsToMap(loggingOpts) if loggingDriver == "none" && len(loggingOpts) > 0 { return map[string]string{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid logging opts for driver %s", loggingDriver) } return loggingOptsMap, nil } // takes a local seccomp daemon, reads the file contents for sending to the daemon func parseSecurityOpts(securityOpts []string) ([]string, error) { for key, opt := range securityOpts { con := strings.SplitN(opt, ":", 2) if len(con) == 1 { return securityOpts, fmt.Errorf("Invalid --security-opt: %q", opt) } if con[0] == "seccomp" && con[1] != "unconfined" { f, err := ioutil.ReadFile(con[1]) if err != nil { return securityOpts, fmt.Errorf("Opening seccomp profile (%s) failed: %v", con[1], err) } b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil) if err := json.Compact(b, f); err != nil { return securityOpts, fmt.Errorf("Compacting json for seccomp profile (%s) failed: %v", con[1], err) } securityOpts[key] = fmt.Sprintf("seccomp:%s", b.Bytes()) } } return securityOpts, nil } // ParseRestartPolicy returns the parsed policy or an error indicating what is incorrect func ParseRestartPolicy(policy string) (container.RestartPolicy, error) { p := container.RestartPolicy{} if policy == "" { return p, nil } var ( parts = strings.Split(policy, ":") name = parts[0] ) p.Name = name switch name { case "always", "unless-stopped": if len(parts) > 1 { return p, fmt.Errorf("maximum restart count not valid with restart policy of \"%s\"", name) } case "no": // do nothing case "on-failure": if len(parts) > 2 { return p, fmt.Errorf("restart count format is not valid, usage: 'on-failure:N' or 'on-failure'") } if len(parts) == 2 { count, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[1]) if err != nil { return p, err } p.MaximumRetryCount = count } default: return p, fmt.Errorf("invalid restart policy %s", name) } return p, nil } // ParseDevice parses a device mapping string to a container.DeviceMapping struct func ParseDevice(device string) (container.DeviceMapping, error) { src := "" dst := "" permissions := "rwm" arr := strings.Split(device, ":") switch len(arr) { case 3: permissions = arr[2] fallthrough case 2: if ValidDeviceMode(arr[1]) { permissions = arr[1] } else { dst = arr[1] } fallthrough case 1: src = arr[0] default: return container.DeviceMapping{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid device specification: %s", device) } if dst == "" { dst = src } deviceMapping := container.DeviceMapping{ PathOnHost: src, PathInContainer: dst, CgroupPermissions: permissions, } return deviceMapping, nil } // ParseLink parses and validates the specified string as a link format (name:alias) func ParseLink(val string) (string, string, error) { if val == "" { return "", "", fmt.Errorf("empty string specified for links") } arr := strings.Split(val, ":") if len(arr) > 2 { return "", "", fmt.Errorf("bad format for links: %s", val) } if len(arr) == 1 { return val, val, nil } // This is kept because we can actually get an HostConfig with links // from an already created container and the format is not `foo:bar` // but `/foo:/c1/bar` if strings.HasPrefix(arr[0], "/") { _, alias := path.Split(arr[1]) return arr[0][1:], alias, nil } return arr[0], arr[1], nil } // ValidateLink validates that the specified string has a valid link format (containerName:alias). func ValidateLink(val string) (string, error) { if _, _, err := ParseLink(val); err != nil { return val, err } return val, nil } // ValidDeviceMode checks if the mode for device is valid or not. // Valid mode is a composition of r (read), w (write), and m (mknod). func ValidDeviceMode(mode string) bool { var legalDeviceMode = map[rune]bool{ 'r': true, 'w': true, 'm': true, } if mode == "" { return false } for _, c := range mode { if !legalDeviceMode[c] { return false } legalDeviceMode[c] = false } return true } // ValidateDevice validates a path for devices // It will make sure 'val' is in the form: // [host-dir:]container-path[:mode] // It also validates the device mode. func ValidateDevice(val string) (string, error) { return validatePath(val, ValidDeviceMode) } func validatePath(val string, validator func(string) bool) (string, error) { var containerPath string var mode string if strings.Count(val, ":") > 2 { return val, fmt.Errorf("bad format for path: %s", val) } split := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 3) if split[0] == "" { return val, fmt.Errorf("bad format for path: %s", val) } switch len(split) { case 1: containerPath = split[0] val = path.Clean(containerPath) case 2: if isValid := validator(split[1]); isValid { containerPath = split[0] mode = split[1] val = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", path.Clean(containerPath), mode) } else { containerPath = split[1] val = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", split[0], path.Clean(containerPath)) } case 3: containerPath = split[1] mode = split[2] if isValid := validator(split[2]); !isValid { return val, fmt.Errorf("bad mode specified: %s", mode) } val = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", split[0], containerPath, mode) } if !path.IsAbs(containerPath) { return val, fmt.Errorf("%s is not an absolute path", containerPath) } return val, nil } // SplitN splits raw into a maximum of n parts, separated by a separator colon. // A separator colon is the last `:` character in the regex `[/:\\]?[a-zA-Z]:` (note `\\` is `\` escaped). // This allows to correctly split strings such as `C:\foo:D:\:rw`. func volumeSplitN(raw string, n int) []string { var array []string if len(raw) == 0 || raw[0] == ':' { // invalid return nil } // numberOfParts counts the number of parts separated by a separator colon numberOfParts := 0 // left represents the left-most cursor in raw, updated at every `:` character considered as a separator. left := 0 // right represents the right-most cursor in raw incremented with the loop. Note this // starts at index 1 as index 0 is already handle above as a special case. for right := 1; right < len(raw); right++ { // stop parsing if reached maximum number of parts if n >= 0 && numberOfParts >= n { break } if raw[right] != ':' { continue } potentialDriveLetter := raw[right-1] if (potentialDriveLetter >= 'A' && potentialDriveLetter <= 'Z') || (potentialDriveLetter >= 'a' && potentialDriveLetter <= 'z') { if right > 1 { beforePotentialDriveLetter := raw[right-2] if beforePotentialDriveLetter != ':' && beforePotentialDriveLetter != '/' && beforePotentialDriveLetter != '\\' { // e.g. `C:` is not preceded by any delimiter, therefore it was not a drive letter but a path ending with `C:`. array = append(array, raw[left:right]) left = right + 1 numberOfParts++ } // else, `C:` is considered as a drive letter and not as a delimiter, so we continue parsing. } // if right == 1, then `C:` is the beginning of the raw string, therefore `:` is again not considered a delimiter and we continue parsing. } else { // if `:` is not preceded by a potential drive letter, then consider it as a delimiter. array = append(array, raw[left:right]) left = right + 1 numberOfParts++ } } // need to take care of the last part if left < len(raw) { if n >= 0 && numberOfParts >= n { // if the maximum number of parts is reached, just append the rest to the last part // left-1 is at the last `:` that needs to be included since not considered a separator. array[n-1] += raw[left-1:] } else { array = append(array, raw[left:]) } } return array }