Set of useful functions to manipulate files and directories. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static std::vector< std::string >	basename (const std::vector< std::string > &paths, const std::string &suffix="")
	Strips directory and suffix from filenames. More...

static std::string	basename (const std::string &path, const std::string &suffix="")
	Strips directory and suffix from filename. More...

static std::string	fileExtension (const std::string &filename)
	Retrieves file's extension. More...

static std::string	normalizePath (const std::string &path, bool with_backslash=false)
	Fixes path separators and ".." parts. More...

static u64	readFile (const char filename, char *text)
	loads contents from file More...

static std::vector< unsigned char >	readBinaryFile (const Path &filename)
	loads binary content from file More...

static std::vector< std::string >	readLines (const Path &path)
	Read file's contents separated by line breaks. More...

static std::string	readFile (const Path &filename)
	Read ascii contents from file. More...

static bool	touch (const Path &path_to_file)
	Creates an empty file or access it. More...

static u64	writeFile (const Path &path, const std::vector< char > &content, bool is_binary=false)
	Writes content to file. More...

static u64	writeFile (const Path &path, const std::string &content, bool is_binary=false)
	Writes content to file. More...

static u64	writeLine (const Path &path, const std::string &line, bool is_binary=false)
	Writes line to path. More...

static u64	appendToFile (const Path &path, const std::vector< char > &content, bool is_binary=false)
	Appends content to file. More...

static u64	appendToFile (const Path &path, const std::string &content, bool is_binary=false)
	Appends content to file. More...

static u64	appendLine (const Path &path, const std::string &line, bool is_binary=false)
	Appends line to file. More...

static bool	fileExists (const Path &path)
	Checks if file exists. More...

static bool	isFile (const Path &path)
	Checks if filename corresponds to a file. More...

static bool	isDirectory (const Path &dir_name)
	Checks if dir_name corresponds to a directory. More...

static std::vector< Path >	ls (const Path &path, ls_options options=ls_options::none)
	Lists files inside a directory. More...

static bool	mkdir (const Path &path)
	Recursively creates the path of directories. More...

static bool	copyFile (const Path &source, const Path &destination)
	Copy file's contents to destination file. More...

static std::vector< Path >	find (const Path &path, const std::string &pattern, find_options options=find_options::none)
	Search for files in a directory hierarchy. More...

Detailed Description

Set of useful functions to manipulate files and directories.

Member Function Documentation

◆ appendLine()

u64 hermes::FileSystem::appendLine	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::string &	line,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Appends line to file.

Parameters

path
line
is_binary

Returns

◆ appendToFile() [1/2]

u64 hermes::FileSystem::appendToFile	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::string &	content,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Appends content to file.

Parameters

path	[in] path/to/file.ext
content
is_binary	[in \| default = false] write in binary mode

Returns: number of bytes successfully written.

◆ appendToFile() [2/2]

u64 hermes::FileSystem::appendToFile	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::vector< char > &	content,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Appends content to file.

Parameters

path	[in] path/to/file.ext
content
is_binary	[in \| default = false] write in binary mode

Returns: number of bytes successfully written.

◆ basename() [1/2]

std::string hermes::FileSystem::basename	(	const std::string &	path,
		const std::string &	suffix = `""`
	)

static

Strips directory and suffix from filename.

Parameters

path	[in] /path/to/filename<suffix>
suffix	[in \| optional]

Returns: filename

◆ basename() [2/2]

std::vector< std::string > hermes::FileSystem::basename	(	const std::vector< std::string > &	paths,
		const std::string &	suffix = `""`
	)

static

Strips directory and suffix from filenames.

Parameters

paths	[in] {/path/to/filename1suffix,...}
suffix	[in \| optional]

Returns: {filename1, filename2, ...}

◆ copyFile()

bool hermes::FileSystem::copyFile	(	const Path &	source,
		const Path &	destination
	)

static

Copy file's contents to destination file.

Parameters

source
destination

Returns

◆ fileExists()

bool hermes::FileSystem::fileExists ( const Path & path )

static

Checks if file exists.

Parameters

path	/path/to/file.ext

Returns: true if file exists

◆ fileExtension()

std::string hermes::FileSystem::fileExtension ( const std::string & filename )

static

Retrieves file's extension.

Parameters

filename path/to/filename.extension

Returns: file's extension, if any (after last '.')

◆ find()

std::vector< Path > hermes::FileSystem::find	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::string &	pattern,
		find_options	options = `find_options::none`
	)

static

Search for files in a directory hierarchy.

Parameters

path	root directory
pattern	[in \| ""] regular expression
options	[in \| find_options::none] none = default behaviour; recursive = recursively search on directories bellow path

Returns

◆ isDirectory()

bool hermes::FileSystem::isDirectory ( const Path & dir_name )

static

Checks if dir_name corresponds to a directory.

Parameters

dir_name [in] /path/to/directory

Returns: true if dir_name points to a directory.

◆ isFile()

bool hermes::FileSystem::isFile ( const Path & path )

static

Checks if filename corresponds to a file.

Parameters

path	/path/to/file.ext

Returns: true if filename points to a file.

◆ ls()

std::vector< Path > hermes::FileSystem::ls	(	const Path &	path,
		ls_options	options = `ls_options::none`
	)

static

Lists files inside a directory.

Parameters

path	[in] path/to/directory
options	[in \| ls_options::none] options_ based on ls command: none = the default behaviour; sort = sort paths following lexicographical order; reverse_sort = sort in reverse order; directories = list only directories; files = list only files; group_directories_first = directories come first in sorting; recursive = list directories contents;

Returns: list of paths

◆ mkdir()

bool hermes::FileSystem::mkdir ( const Path & path )

static

Recursively creates the path of directories.

Parameters

path	path/to/directory

Returns: true on success success

◆ normalizePath()

std::string hermes::FileSystem::normalizePath	(	const std::string &	path,
		bool	with_backslash = `false`
	)

static

Fixes path separators and ".." parts.

Parameters

path
with_backslash

Returns

◆ readBinaryFile()

std::vector< unsigned char > hermes::FileSystem::readBinaryFile ( const Path & filename )

static

loads binary content from file

Parameters

filename [in] path/to/file.ext

Returns: vector of bytes read

◆ readFile() [1/2]

u64 hermes::FileSystem::readFile	(	const char *	filename,
		char **	text
	)

static

loads contents from file

Parameters

filename	[in] path/to/file.
text	[out] receives file content.

Returns: number of bytes successfully read.

◆ readFile() [2/2]

std::string hermes::FileSystem::readFile ( const Path & filename )

static

Read ascii contents from file.

Parameters

filename path/to/file.ext

Returns: file's content

◆ readLines()

std::vector< std::string > hermes::FileSystem::readLines ( const Path & path )

static

Read file's contents separated by line breaks.

Parameters

path

Returns

◆ touch()

bool hermes::FileSystem::touch ( const Path & path_to_file )

static

Creates an empty file or access it.

Parameters

path_to_file valid file path

Returns: true if success

◆ writeFile() [1/2]

u64 hermes::FileSystem::writeFile	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::string &	content,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Writes content to file.

Parameters

path	[in] path/to/file.ext
content
is_binary	[in \| default = false] write in binary mode

Returns: number of bytes successfully written.

◆ writeFile() [2/2]

u64 hermes::FileSystem::writeFile	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::vector< char > &	content,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Writes content to file.

Parameters

path	[in] path/to/file.ext
content
is_binary	[in \| default = false] write in binary mode

Returns: number of bytes successfully written.

◆ writeLine()

u64 hermes::FileSystem::writeLine	(	const Path &	path,
		const std::string &	line,
		bool	is_binary = `false`
	)

static

Writes line to path.

Parameters

path
line
is_binary

Returns

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

hermes/common/file_system.h
hermes/common/file_system.cpp

Static Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ appendLine()

◆ appendToFile() [1/2]

◆ appendToFile() [2/2]

◆ basename() [1/2]

◆ basename() [2/2]

◆ copyFile()

◆ fileExists()

◆ fileExtension()

◆ find()

◆ isDirectory()

◆ isFile()

◆ ls()

◆ mkdir()

◆ normalizePath()

◆ readBinaryFile()

◆ readFile() [1/2]

◆ readFile() [2/2]

◆ readLines()

◆ touch()

◆ writeFile() [1/2]

◆ writeFile() [2/2]

◆ writeLine()