# namespace fs

## Overview

An essential interface for manipulation with files and directories. Wraps file managing system calls. More…

    namespace fs {

    // structs

    struct FileDirContent;

    // global functions

    bool FileExists(const char* filename);
    bool FileExists(const std::string& filename);
    bool FileCopy(const std::string& src, const std::string& dest);
    bool FileRename(const std::string& src_file, const std::string& new_name);
    bool FileRemove(const std::string& file);
    bool DirectoryExists(const std::string& dir_path);
    bool CreateDir(const std::string& dir_path);
    bool CreateDirHierarchy(const std::string& dir_path);
    bool RemoveDir(const std::string& dir_path, bool recursive = true);
    std::string GetExtension(const std::string& filename);
    bool HasExtenstion(const std::string& filename, const std::string& extenstion);
    bool IsFileType(const std::string& filename, const file_types::Type type);
    bool IsFileType(const std::string& filename, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& types);
    std::string FileToString(const std::string& file_name);
    bool StringToFile(const std::string& file_name, const std::string& str);

    template <typename T>
    std::vector<T> FileToVector(const std::string& file_name);

    std::vector<FileDirContent> ListDirectoryContents(std::string direcory_path, const bool recursive = false);
    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::string& extension = "");
    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const file_types::Type file_type);
    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& file_types);
    bool DirectoryContainsAny(const std::string& direcory_path, const file_types::Type file_type);
    bool DirectoryContainsAny(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& file_types);
    std::string GetDirectoryPathOfFile(const std::string& file_name_with_path);
    std::string GetFileName(const std::string& file_name_with_path, bool strip_extension = false);
    std::string GetAbsolutePath(const std::string& local_path);
    std::string Execute(const char* command, const size_t buffer_size = 128);
    int RunExe(const std::string& exe_path, const std::string& cmd_arguments = "");
    std::string StripExtension(const std::string& file_name_with_extension);
    bool FileExistsInDirectory(const std::string& dir_path, const std::string& filename, bool strip_extension = false);

    } // namespace fs

## Detailed Documentation

An essential interface for manipulation with files and directories. Wraps file managing system calls.

### Global Functions

    bool FileExists(const char* filename)

Checks if the specified file exist.

    bool FileExists(const std::string& filename)

Checks if the specified file exist.

    bool FileCopy(const std::string& src, const std::string& dest)

Makes a copy of a source file to a destination file. Destination directory must exist.

    bool FileRename(const std::string& src_file, const std::string& new_name)

Changes name of a source file to a new name.

    bool FileRemove(const std::string& file)

Deletes a specified file from the system. Deleted file will not appear in recycle bin.

    bool DirectoryExists(const std::string& dir_path)

Checks whether a specified directory exists. May contain the last slash but is not required.

    bool CreateDir(const std::string& dir_path)

Creates a specified directory.

This function does not create directory hierarchies. If you wish to create hierarchy, use CreateDirHierarchy function instead.

Parameters:

dir_path | Specifies path and name of directory. May contain the last slash but is not required.

    bool CreateDirHierarchy(const std::string& dir_path)

Creates a specified directory hierarchy.

This function creates directory hierarchies. If parent folder does not exists, function creates it recursively.

Parameters:

file_path | Specifies path and name of directory. May contain the last slash but is not required.

    bool RemoveDir(const std::string& dir_path, bool recursive = true)

Removes input directory if it is empty or if recursive is set to true.

    std::string GetExtension(const std::string& filename)

Returns string representing file extension, in lower case with no dot.

    bool HasExtenstion(const std::string& filename, const std::string& extenstion)

Checks whether the file has a specific extension. An extension parameter is case sensitive and can be specified with or without a dot.

    bool IsFileType(const std::string& filename, const file_types::Type type)

Checks whether the file is of a specified type.

    bool IsFileType(const std::string& filename, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& types)

Checks whether the file is any of the specified types.

    std::string FileToString(const std::string& file_name)

Loads contents of a text-based file and stores it in a string.

    bool StringToFile(const std::string& file_name, const std::string& str)

Exports the string to a text file.

    template <typename T>
    std::vector<T> FileToVector(const std::string& file_name)

Loads contents of a text-based file and stores it in a vector. The file must contain only elements of templated type.

    std::vector<FileDirContent> ListDirectoryContents(std::string direcory_path, const bool recursive = false)

Returns list of all contents in a specified directory.

    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::string& extension = "")

Returns list of all file contents in a specified directory (ignores directories). Providing extension parameter returns only files with specified extension.

    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const file_types::Type file_type)

Returns a list of all file contents in a specified directory (ignores directories) with extension of the specified file type.

    std::vector<std::string> ListDirectoryFileNames(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& file_types)

Returns a list of all file contents in a specified directory (ignores directories) with any of the extensions of the specified file types.

    bool DirectoryContainsAny(const std::string& direcory_path, const file_types::Type file_type)

Checks specified directory if it contains file(s) of specified type.

    bool DirectoryContainsAny(const std::string& direcory_path, const std::vector<file_types::Type>& file_types)

Checks specified directory if it contains file(s) of any of the specified types.

    std::string GetDirectoryPathOfFile(const std::string& file_name_with_path)

Takes specified file path and strips everything after the last directory separator (including the separator).

    std::string GetFileName(const std::string& file_name_with_path, bool strip_extension = false)

Strips everything before the last directory separator, including the separator. If parameter strip_extension is true, strips also extension from resulting file name.

    std::string GetAbsolutePath(const std::string& local_path)

Retrieves full system path to a specified local file or directory. Specified local path may contain non existing directories and files.

    std::string Execute(const char* command, const size_t buffer_size = 128)

Executes command as if it was called from the command line.

Parameters:

command | Command to be called.
buffer_size | Determines size of temporal buffer used to obtain output.

Returns:

Standard output generated by the executed command.

    int RunExe(const std::string& exe_path, const std::string& cmd_arguments = "")

Runs executable in command line.

    std::string StripExtension(const std::string& file_name_with_extension)

Strips the extension from a file name.

Parameters:

file_name_with_extension | Specifies name of the file.

    bool FileExistsInDirectory(const std::string& dir_path, const std::string& filename, bool strip_extension = false)

Checks whether a specified file exists in directory.

Parameters:

dir_path | Specifies path and name of directory. May contain the last slash but is not required.
filename | Specifies name of file. May contain the extension.
strip_extension | If it is true, strips also extension from file name. Default is false.