// file : build/filesystem -*- C++ -*- // copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Code Synthesis Ltd // license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file #ifndef BUILD_FILESYSTEM #define BUILD_FILESYSTEM #include // mode_t #include namespace build { // Return true if the path is to an existing directory. Note that // this function resolves symlinks. // bool dir_exists (const path&); // Return true if the path is to an existing regular file. Note that // this function resolves symlinks. // bool file_exists (const path&); // Try to create a directory unless it already exists. If you expect // the directory to exist and performance is important, then you // should first call dir_exists() above since that's what this // implementation will do to make sure the path is actually a // directory. // // You should also probably use the default mode 0777 and let the // umask mechanism adjust it to the user's preferences. // // Errors are reported by throwing std::system_error. // enum class mkdir_status {success, already_exists}; mkdir_status try_mkdir (const path&, mode_t = 0777); // Try to remove the directory returning not_exist if it does not // exist and not_empty if it is not empty. All other errors are // reported by throwing std::system_error. // enum class rmdir_status {success, not_exist, not_empty}; rmdir_status try_rmdir (const path&); // Try to remove the file (or symbolic link) returning not_exist if // it does not exist. All other errors are reported by throwing // std::system_error. // enum class rmfile_status {success, not_exist}; rmfile_status try_rmfile (const path&); } #endif // BUILD_FILESYSTEM