ccgl::utils_filesystem Namespace Reference

File Input and output related functions. More...

Functions
bool	DirectoryExists (const string &dirpath)
	Check the given directory path (not regular file!) is exists or not.
bool	MakeDirectory (const string &dirpath)
	Make directory if not exists.
bool	CleanDirectory (const string &dirpath)
	Clean a directory if exists, otherwise create it.
bool	DeleteDirectory (const string &dirpath, bool del_subdirs=true)
	Delete a directory if exists. More...
string	GetAppPath ()
	Get the root path of the current executable file. More...
string	GetAbsolutePath (string const &full_filename)
	Return the absolute file path from a given file path. More...
string	GetCoreFileName (string const &full_filename)
	Return the file name from a given file's path. More...
string	GetSuffix (string const &full_filename)
	Return the suffix of a given file's path without dot, e.g., "tif", "asc". More...
string	ReplaceSuffix (string const &full_filename, string const &new_suffix)
	Replace the suffix by a given suffix. More...
string	AppendCoreFileName (string const &full_filename, string const &endstr, char deli='_')
	Append a given string to the core filename. More...
string	AppendCoreFileName (string const &full_filename, vint endint, char deli='_')
	Append a given integer to the core filename.
string	PrefixCoreFileName (string const &full_filename, string const &prestr, char deli='_')
	Add a prefix to the core filename. More...
string	PrefixCoreFileName (string const &full_filename, vint preint, char deli='_')
	Add a prefix to the core filename.
string	GetPathFromFullName (string const &full_filename)
	Get Path From full file path string. More...
string	ConcatFullName (string const &fdir, string const &corename, string const &suffix=std::string())
	Concatenate directory, core file name, and suffix.
bool	FileExists (string const &filename)
	Return a flag indicating if the given file exists. More...
bool	FilesExist (vector< string > &filenames)
	Return a flag indicating if given files exist. More...
bool	PathExists (string const &path)
	Return a flag indicating if the given path (directory or file) exists. More...
int	DeleteExistedFile (const string &filepath)
	Delete the given file if existed. More...
int	FindFiles (const char *lp_path, const char *expression, vector< string > &vec_files)
	Find files in given paths. More...
bool	LoadPlainTextFile (const string &filepath, vector< string > &content_strs)
	Load short plain text file as string vector, ignore comments begin with '#' and empty lines. More...

Detailed Description

File Input and output related functions.

Function Documentation

AppendCoreFileName()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::AppendCoreFileName	(	string const &	full_filename,
		string const &	endstr,
		char	deli = '_'
	)

Append a given string to the core filename.

Parameters

[in]	full_filename	Full file path
[in]	endstr	End string
[in]	deli	(Optional) Delimiter

Returns

new full_filename

DeleteDirectory()

bool ccgl::utils_filesystem::DeleteDirectory	(	const string &	dirpath,
		bool	del_subdirs = true
	)

Delete a directory if exists.

Reference:

• 1. Windows: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/734717/how-to-delete-a-folder-in-c
• 2. Linux: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/deleting-a-directory-using-c-in-linux-248696/

DeleteExistedFile()

int ccgl::utils_filesystem::DeleteExistedFile

(

const string &

filepath

)

Delete the given file if existed.

Parameters

[in]

filepath

string File path, full path or relative path

Returns

0 if deleted successful, else return nonzero value, e.g. -1.

FileExists()

bool ccgl::utils_filesystem::FileExists

(

string const &

filename

)

Return a flag indicating if the given file exists.

Parameters

[in]

filename

String path of file

Returns

True if Exists, and false if not.

FilesExist()

bool ccgl::utils_filesystem::FilesExist

(

vector< string > &

filenames

)

Return a flag indicating if given files exist.

Parameters

[in]

filenames

Vector of full file paths

Returns

True if all existed, else false

FindFiles()

int ccgl::utils_filesystem::FindFiles	(	const char *	lp_path,
		const char *	expression,
		vector< string > &	vec_files
	)

Find files in given paths.

Parameters

[in]	lp_path	Directory path
[in]	expression	Wildcard characters, e.g., "*.*" means any filename with any suffix
[out]	vec_files	Vector of full file paths

Returns

0 means success

GetAbsolutePath()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::GetAbsolutePath

(

string const &

full_filename

)

Return the absolute file path from a given file path.

Parameters

[in]

full_filename

Full file path

See also

GetPathFromFullName

GetAppPath()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::GetAppPath

(

)

Get the root path of the current executable file.

Returns

string root path

GetCoreFileName()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::GetCoreFileName

(

string const &

full_filename

)

Return the file name from a given file's path.

Parameters

[in]

full_filename

Full file path

See also

GetPathFromFullName

GetPathFromFullName()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::GetPathFromFullName

(

string const &

full_filename

)

Get Path From full file path string.

Parameters

[in]

full_filename

Full file path

See also

GetCoreFileName

GetSuffix()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::GetSuffix

(

string const &

full_filename

)

Return the suffix of a given file's path without dot, e.g., "tif", "asc".

Parameters

[in]

full_filename

Full file path

See also

GetPathFromFullName

LoadPlainTextFile()

bool ccgl::utils_filesystem::LoadPlainTextFile	(	const string &	filepath,
		vector< string > &	content_strs
	)

Load short plain text file as string vector, ignore comments begin with '#' and empty lines.

Parameters

[in]	filepath	Plain text file path
[out]	content_strs	Each line without CRLF or LF stored in vector

Returns

True when read successfully, and false with empty content_strs when failed

PathExists()

bool ccgl::utils_filesystem::PathExists

(

string const &

path

)

Return a flag indicating if the given path (directory or file) exists.

Parameters

[in]

path

String path

Returns

True if Exists, and false if not.

PrefixCoreFileName()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::PrefixCoreFileName	(	string const &	full_filename,
		string const &	prestr,
		char	deli = '_'
	)

Add a prefix to the core filename.

Parameters

[in]	full_filename	Full file path
[in]	prestr	Start string
[in]	deli	(Optional) Delimiter

Returns

new full_filename

ReplaceSuffix()

string ccgl::utils_filesystem::ReplaceSuffix	(	string const &	full_filename,
		string const &	new_suffix
	)

Replace the suffix by a given suffix.

Parameters

[in]	full_filename	Full file path
[in]	new_suffix	New suffix without dot, e.g., "tif", "asc"