FilePath represents a path to a file or directory name. More...

#include <filepath.h>

Public Member Functions
bool	exists () const

FilePath	filename () const
	Returns filename of the FilePath object by pruning the path off. More...

	FilePath (const string &path="", bool check_exists=false)
	Constructor. More...

bool	isBlockSpecial () const

bool	isCharSpecial () const

bool	isDirectory () const

bool	isFifo () const

bool	isRegular () const

bool	isSocket () const

	operator string () const

FilePath	operator+ (const FilePath &name) const
	Concatenates FilePath objects. More...

FilePath &	operator= (const string &rhs)

Protected Member Functions
void	check () const
	This function sets _checked to true, stats the path, to see if it exists and to determine what type of file it is. More...

void	pruneTrailingSeparator ()
	Prunes the trailing separator of a specified path. More...

Detailed Description

FilePath represents a path to a file or directory name.

FilePath has member functions to check if the file path is a valid file system entity, and to check what kind of file system entity it is, e.g. is it a file, a directory, a pipe etc.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ FilePath()

zipios::FilePath::FilePath	(	const string &	path = `""`,
		bool	check_exists = `false`
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

path	A string representation of the path.
check_exists	If true is specified the constructor will check the existence and type of the path immidiately, instead of deferring that task until it is needed.

References exists(), and pruneTrailingSeparator().

Member Function Documentation

◆ check()

void zipios::FilePath::check ( ) const

protected

This function sets _checked to true, stats the path, to see if it exists and to determine what type of file it is.

All the query functions check if _checked is true, and if it isn't they call check(). This means stat'ing is deferred until it becomes necessary.

◆ exists()

bool zipios::FilePath::exists ( ) const

Returns: true If the path is a valid file system entity.

Referenced by FilePath().

◆ filename()

FilePath zipios::FilePath::filename ( ) const

Returns filename of the FilePath object by pruning the path off.

◆ isBlockSpecial()

bool zipios::FilePath::isBlockSpecial ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is block special (a block device file).

◆ isCharSpecial()

bool zipios::FilePath::isCharSpecial ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is character special (a character device file).

◆ isDirectory()

bool zipios::FilePath::isDirectory ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is a directory.

◆ isFifo()

bool zipios::FilePath::isFifo ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is a Fifo (a pipe).

◆ isRegular()

bool zipios::FilePath::isRegular ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is a regular file.

◆ isSocket()

bool zipios::FilePath::isSocket ( ) const

Returns: true if the path is a socket.

◆ operator string()

zipios::FilePath::operator string ( ) const

◆ operator+()

FilePath zipios::FilePath::operator+ ( const FilePath & name ) const

Concatenates FilePath objects.

A file separator is inserted if appropriate.

◆ operator=()

FilePath & zipios::FilePath::operator= ( const string & rhs )

◆ pruneTrailingSeparator()

void zipios::FilePath::pruneTrailingSeparator ( )