Standard Library

class SystemFileSystem

The real file system behind the IFileSystem interface.

since 0.1.0-alpha.1linuxwindows

bases

IFileSystem

Examples

IFileSystem fs = SystemFileSystem();
console.writeln(fs.exists("/definitely/not/here.txt"));

false

Methods

exists

exists(string path) -> bool

Check whether a real path exists.

Parameters

path

The path to look up.

Returns

true when something exists at the path.

Examples

SystemFileSystem fs = SystemFileSystem();
console.writeln(fs.exists("/definitely/not/here.txt"));

false

open

open(string path, OpenMode mode) -> File

Open a real file.

Parameters

path

The path of the file.

mode

How to open it, such as std::read or std::write.

Returns

The opened file.

Throws

FileException

when the file cannot be opened.

Examples

SystemFileSystem fs = SystemFileSystem();
try {
    fs.open("/definitely/not/here.txt", std::read);
} catch (FileException e) {
    console.writeln("open failed");
}

open failed

See also

• IFileSystem — What a program may do with the file system: open files and check whether a path exists.
• File — An open file.