pdal::FileUtils

namespace pdal::FileUtils

Functions

std::istream *openFile(std::string const &filename, bool asBinary = true)

Open an existing file for reading.

Return

Pointer to opened stream.

Parameters

  • filename: Filename.

  • asBinary: Read as binary file (don’t convert /r/n to /n)

std::ostream *createFile(std::string const &filename, bool asBinary = true)

Create a file and open for writing.

Return

Point to opened stream.

Parameters

  • filename: Filename.

  • asBinary: Write as binary file (don’t convert /n to /r/n)

bool directoryExists(const std::string &dirname)

Determine if a directory exists.

Return

Whether a directory exists.

Parameters

  • dirname: Name of directory.

bool createDirectory(const std::string &dirname)

Create a directory.

Return

Whether the directory was created.

Parameters

  • dirname: Directory name.

bool createDirectories(const std::string &path)

Create all directories in the provided path.

Return

on failure

Parameters

  • dirname: Path name.

void deleteDirectory(const std::string &dirname)

Delete a directory and its contents.

Parameters

  • dirname: Directory name.

std::vector<std::string> directoryList(const std::string &dirname)

List the contents of a directory.

Return

List of entries in the directory.

Parameters

  • dirname: Name of directory to list.

void closeFile(std::ostream *ofs)

Close a file created with createFile.

Parameters

  • ofs: Pointer to stream to close.

void closeFile(std::istream *ifs)

Close a file created with openFile.

Parameters

  • ifs: Pointer to stream to close.

bool deleteFile(const std::string &filename)

Delete a file.

Return

true if successful, false otherwise

Parameters

  • filename: Name of file to delete.

void renameFile(const std::string &dest, const std::string &src)

Rename a file.

Parameters

  • dest: Desired filename.

  • src: Source filename.

bool fileExists(const std::string &filename)

Determine if a file exists.

Return

Whether the file exists.

Parameters

  • Filename.:

uintmax_t fileSize(const std::string &filename)

Get the size of a file.

Return

Size of file.

Parameters

  • filename: Filename.

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

Read a file into a string.

Return

File contents as a string

Parameters

  • filename: Filename.

std::string getcwd()

Get the current working directory with trailing separator.

Return

The current working directory.

std::string toCanonicalPath(std::string filename)

Return the path with all “.”, “..” and symbolic links removed.

The file must exist.

Return

Canonical version of provided filename, or empty string.

Parameters

  • filename: Name of file to convert to canonical path.

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

If the filename is an absolute path, just return it otherwise, make it absolute (relative to current working dir) and return it.

Return

Absolute version of provided filename.

Parameters

  • filename: Name of file to convert to absolute path.

std::string toAbsolutePath(const std::string &filename, const std::string base)

If the filename is an absolute path, just return it otherwise, make it absolute (relative to base dir) and return that.

Return

Absolute version of provided filename relative to base.

Parameters

  • filename: Name of file to convert to absolute path.

  • base: Base name to use.

std::string getFilename(const std::string &path)

Return the file component of the given path, e.g.

“d:/foo/bar/a.c” -> “a.c”

Return

File part of path.

Parameters

  • path: Path from which to extract file component.

std::string getDirectory(const std::string &path)

Return the directory component of the given path, e.g.

“d:/foo/bar/a.c” -> “d:/foo/bar/”

Return

Directory part of path.

Parameters

  • path: Path from which to extract directory component.

std::string stem(const std::string &path)

Return the filename stripped of the extension.

. and .. are returned unchanged.

Return

Stem of filename.

Parameters

  • path: File path from which to extract file stem.

bool isDirectory(const std::string &path)

Determine if path is a directory.

Return

Whether the path represents a directory.

Parameters

  • path: Directory to check.

bool isAbsolutePath(const std::string &path)

Determine if the path is an absolute path.

Return

Whether the path is absolute.

Parameters

  • path: Path to test.

void fileTimes(const std::string &filename, struct tm *createTime, struct tm *modTime)

Get the file creation and modification times.

Parameters

  • filename: Filename.

  • createTime: Pointer to creation time structure.

  • modTime: Pointer to modification time structure.

std::string extension(const std::string &path)

Return the extension of the filename, including the separator (.).

Return

Extension of filename.

Parameters

  • path: File path from which to extract extension.

std::vector<std::string> glob(std::string filespec)

Expand a filespec to a list of files.

Return

List of files that correspond to provided file specification.

Parameters

  • filespec: File specification to expand.

MapContext mapFile(const std::string &filename, bool readOnly, size_t pos, size_t size)

Map a file to memory.

Return

MapContext. addr() gets the mapped address. what() gets any error message. addr() returns nullptr on error.

Parameters

  • filename: Filename to map.

  • readOnly: Must be true at this time.

  • pos: Starting position of file to map.

  • size: Number of bytes in file to map.

MapContext unmapFile(MapContext ctx)

Unmap a previously mapped file.

Return

MapContext indicating current state of the file mapping.

Parameters

struct MapContext
#include <FileUtils.hpp>