package fileutils

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API to manipulate files (POSIX like) and filenames

Install

Dune Dependency

Authors

Maintainers

Sources

fileutils-v0.6.3.tbz
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Description

This library provides an API to perform POSIX like operations on files like:

  • mv
  • cp
  • rm
  • mkdir
  • touch
  • which...

It also providesa module to manipulate abstract filenames:

  • classification
  • make_relative: made a filename relative to another
  • make_absolute

Published: 12 Jul 2020

README

Fileutils - OCaml API to manipulate real files (POSIX like) and filenames

Features of the project:

  • pure OCaml

  • file functions inspired from GNU fileutils (aiming to be POSIX compatible)

    • cp: copy files and directories

    • mv: rename files and directories

    • rm: remove files and directories

    • test: check file types and compare values

    • find: find files that match certain criteria

    • mkdir: create directory and its parents

    • ls: list content of a directory

    • touch: change file timestamps

    • which: locate a command

    • readlink: resolve symlink

    • du: compute disk usage

    • stat: abstract of Unix.stat

    • cmp: compare files

    • chmod: change permissions of a file

  • filename functions support Win32/Unix/MacOS and Cygwin filenames:

    • Compare: is_subdir, is_updir, compare

    • Transform: make_absolute, make_relative, reduce

    • Extension: chop_extension, check_extension

Installation

The recommended way to install fileutils is via the opam package manager:

$ opam install fileutils

Documentation

API documentation is available online.