Description

Functions for dealing with files.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	splitPath (string path, string &dir, string &file, string &extension)
	Splits `path` into its directory, file name, and file extension.

static string	makeTmpFile (string file, string extension, string directory="/tmp")
	Creates a new temporary file, avoiding any name conflicts with existing files.

static string	makeTmpDir (string dir)
	Creates a new temporary directory, avoiding any name conflicts with existing files.

static FILE *	stringToCFile (const char *string)
	Writes the contents of the input `string` to a C file.

static set< string >	findFilesInDirectory (string dirPath)
	Searches a directory for files.

static set< string >	findFilesInDirectory (string dirPath, string extension)
	Searches a directory for files with a given extension.

Member Function Documentation

set< string > VuoFileUtilities::findFilesInDirectory ( string dirPath )

static

Searches a directory for files.

Parameters

dirPath The directory to search in.

set< string > VuoFileUtilities::findFilesInDirectory	(	string	dirPath,
		string	extension
	)

static

Searches a directory for files with a given extension.

Parameters

dirPath	The directory to search in.
extension	The file extension to match on, without the '.' character (e.g. "bc" not ".bc").

string VuoFileUtilities::makeTmpDir ( string dir )

static

Creates a new temporary directory, avoiding any name conflicts with existing files.

Returns the path of the directory.

string VuoFileUtilities::makeTmpFile	(	string	file,
		string	extension,
		string	directory = `"/tmp"`
	)

static

Creates a new temporary file, avoiding any name conflicts with existing files.

Creates the file in the specified directory if one is provided, or in "/tmp" otherwise.

Returns the path of the file.

void VuoFileUtilities::splitPath	(	string	path,
		string &	dir,
		string &	file,
		string &	extension
	)

static

Splits path into its directory, file name, and file extension.

Parameters

[in]	path	The path to split.
[out]	dir	The directory in `path`, if any. Ends with a file separator (e.g. '/') if there was one in `path`.
[out]	file	The file name in `path`, if any.
[out]	extension	The file extension in `path`, if any. Does not include the '.' character.

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