filesystem.h File Reference

#include <string>
#include <vector>

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Enumerations
enum	fileTypes {   FILE_MISSING = 0, FILE_REGULAR = (1 << 0), FILE_DIR = (1 << 1), FILE_LINK = (1 << 2),   FILE_CHAR = (1 << 3), FILE_BLOCK = (1 << 4), FILE_FIFO = (1 << 5), FILE_SOCKET = (1 << 6) }
	File types. More...

Functions
std::string	absolutePath (const std::string &relative_path)
	Given a relative path, resolve the absolute path using the working directory. More...
std::string	locateFile (const std::string &path)
	Locate a file from common system locations. More...
std::string	locateFile (const std::string &path, std::vector< std::string > &locations)
	Locate a file from a set of locations provided by the user, in addition to common system locations such as "/opt" and "/usr/local". More...
std::string	readFile (const std::string &path)
	Read a text file into a string. More...
std::string	pathJoin (const std::string &a, const std::string &b)
	Join two paths, and properly include a path separator (/) as needed. More...
std::string	pathDir (const std::string &path)
	Return the parent directory of the specified path, removing the filename and extension. More...
std::string	pathFilename (const std::string &path)
	Return the filename from the path, including the file extension. More...
std::pair< std::string, std::string >	splitPath (const std::string &path)
	Split a path into directory and filename components. More...
bool	listDir (const std::string &path, std::vector< std::string > &list, uint32_t mask=0)
	Return a sorted list of the files in the specified directory. More...
bool	fileExists (const std::string &path, uint32_t mask=0)
	Return the directory /** Verify path and return true if the file exists. More...
bool	fileIsType (const std::string &path, uint32_t mask)
	Return true if the file is one of the types in the fileTypes mask. More...
uint32_t	fileType (const std::string &path)
	Return the file type, or FILE_MISSING if it doesn't exist. More...
size_t	fileSize (const std::string &path)
	Return the size (in bytes) of the specified file. More...
std::string	fileExtension (const std::string &path)
	Extract the file extension from the path. More...
bool	fileHasExtension (const std::string &path, const std::string &extension)
	Return true if the file has the given extension, otherwise false. More...
bool	fileHasExtension (const std::string &path, const std::vector< std::string > &extensions)
	Return true if the file has one of the given extensions, otherwise false. More...
bool	fileHasExtension (const std::string &path, const char **extensions)
	Return true if the file has one of the given extensions, otherwise false. More...
std::string	fileRemoveExtension (const std::string &filename)
	Return the input string with the file extension removed For example, fileRemoveExtension("~/workspace/somefile.xml") would return ~/user/somefile. More...
std::string	fileChangeExtension (const std::string &filename, const std::string &newExtension)
	Return the input string with a changed file extension For example, fileChangeExtension("~/workspace/somefile.xml", "zip") would return ~/user/somefile.zip. More...