file.h File Reference

#include "common/common.h"
#include <dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
#include <sys/file.h>

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Classes
class	smart_fd
	smart file descriptor -- only use this for low-level objects! You probably want to use nstream or iostreams instead. More...
class	smart_dir
	smart directory handle. More...
class	AdvisoryLock
	advisory locking object WARNING: has no effect in Windows More...
#define	THROW_ERROR(error, args)
	throws a (hopefully) descriptive error based on errno passed in
const char *	GetExtension (IN const char *filename) throw ()
bool	hasExtension (IN const char *filename, IN const char *extension) throw ()
	returns true if the given filename ends with the specified string (NOT case-sensitive)
void	GetFileRoot (IN const char *filename, OUT std::string &file_root)
void	GetParentDirectory (IN const char *filename, OUT std::string &directory) throw ()
const char *	getTopDirectory (IN const char *filename, OUT std::string &topDir)
	retrieves the highest known folder for the given file.
std::string	getPathRelativeTo (IN const char *startFilename, IN const char *relFilename)
	given a starting filename, and then a path relative to that, return the full path of the file.
void	appendPath (IN const char *parentDirectory, IN const char *nextPath, OUT std::string &path)
	given a starting path (directory), append another piece of the path
const char *	GetFilename (IN const char *path) throw ()
void	getTempfile (IN const char *path, OUT std::string &tempfile) throw ()
void	getUserHomePath (OUT std::string &path)
bool	ContainsWhitespace (IN const char *test) throw ()
bool	doesPathExist (IN const char *path) throw ()
void	createEmptyFileIfDoesNotExist (IN const char *path) throw ()
void	walkDirectoryTree (IN const char *rootDirectory, IN const char *matchExtension, OUT VecString &paths)
	does a recursive directory walk, and returns all paths relative to root