tools::dir Namespace Reference

Functions
bool	pwd (std::string &a_pwd)
bool	cd (const std::string &a_path)
bool	create (const std::string &a_name)
bool	home (std::string &a_s)
bool	cd_home ()
bool	in_fs (const std::string &a_path)
bool	is_a (const std::string &a_path, bool &a_value)
bool	is_a (const std::string &a_path)
bool	is_dot (const std::string &a_path)
bool	mkdir (const std::string &a_name)
bool	mkcd (const std::string &a_name)

Function Documentation

cd()

bool tools::dir::cd ( const std::string &  a_path )

inline

Definition at line 48 of file dir.

                                       {
  if(::chdir(a_path.c_str())!=0) return false;
  return true;
}

cd_home()

bool tools::dir::cd_home ( )

inline

Definition at line 74 of file dir.

                      {
  std::string s;
  home(s);
  if(s.empty()) return false;
  return cd(s);
}

create()

bool tools::dir::create ( const std::string &  a_name )

inline

Definition at line 53 of file dir.

                                           {
  // a_name should be a single directory name, and not a file system path.
  // Then it must not contain : ., .., /, \ etc...
#ifdef _MSC_VER
  return (::mkdir(a_name.c_str())==0 ? true : false);
#else
  return (::mkdir(a_name.c_str(), 0755)==0 ? true : false);
#endif
}

home()

bool tools::dir::home ( std::string &  a_s )

inline

Definition at line 63 of file dir.

                                 {
#ifdef _WIN32
  const char* env = ::getenv("USERPROFILE");
#else
  const char* env = ::getenv("HOME");
#endif
  if(!env) {a_s.clear();return false;}
  a_s = env;
  return true;
}

in_fs()

bool tools::dir::in_fs ( const std::string &  a_path )

inline

Definition at line 83 of file dir.

                                          {
  struct stat finfo;
  if (::stat(a_path.c_str(),&finfo) < 0) return false;
  return true;
}

is_a() [1/2]

bool tools::dir::is_a ( const std::string &  a_path )

inline

Definition at line 98 of file dir.

                                          {
  bool _is;
  if(!is_a(a_path,_is)) return false;
  return _is;
}

is_a() [2/2]

bool tools::dir::is_a ( const std::string &  a_path, bool &  a_value  )

inline

Definition at line 90 of file dir.

                                                        {
  a_value = false;
  struct stat finfo;
  if (::stat(a_path.c_str(),&finfo) < 0) return false;
  a_value = ( ((finfo.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) ? true : false);
  return true;
}

is_dot()

bool tools::dir::is_dot ( const std::string &  a_path )

inline

Definition at line 104 of file dir.

                                            {
#ifdef _WIN32
  char sep = '\\';
#else
  char sep = '/';
#endif
  size_t l = a_path.size();
  if((l==1) && (a_path[0]=='.') ) return true;
  if((l==2) && (a_path[0]=='.') && (a_path[l]=='.') ) return true;
  if((l>=2) && (a_path[l-1]=='.') && (a_path[l-2]==sep) ) return true;
  if((l>=3) && (a_path[l-1]=='.') && (a_path[l-2]=='.') && (a_path[l-3]==sep) )
    return true;
  return false;
}

mkcd()

bool tools::dir::mkcd ( const std::string &  a_name )

inline

Definition at line 131 of file dir.

                                          {
  // a_name should be a single directory name, and not a file system path.
  // Then it must not contain : ., .., /, \ etc...
  if(!mkdir(a_name)) return false;
  return cd(a_name);
}

mkdir()

bool tools::dir::mkdir ( const std::string &  a_name )

inline

Definition at line 119 of file dir.

                                           {
  // a_name should be a single directory name, and not a file system path.
  // Then it must not contain : ., .., /, \ etc...
  bool is;
  if(!is_a(a_name,is)) { //a_name does not exist as a file or dir.
    if(!create(a_name)) return false;
  } else {
    if(!is) return false; //a_name exists but is not a directory.
  }
  return true;
}

pwd()

bool tools::dir::pwd ( std::string &  a_pwd )

inline

Definition at line 25 of file dir.

                                  {
  // Return current directory.
  unsigned int mx_path_len = 2048;
  char* cwd = new char[mx_path_len];
#ifdef _MSC_VER
  //  driveletter = 0 means return the working directory for the default drive.
  if(::_getdcwd(0,cwd,mx_path_len)==NULL) {
    delete [] cwd;
    a_pwd.clear();
    return false;
  }
#else
  if(::getcwd(cwd,mx_path_len)==NULL) {
    delete [] cwd;
    a_pwd.clear();
    return false;
  }
#endif
  a_pwd = cwd;
  delete [] cwd;
  return true;
}