pfile.h File Reference

File operations. More...

#include <pmacros.h>
#include <ptypes.h>
#include <perror.h>

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Macros
#define	P_DIR_SEPARATOR   "/"
	A directory separator.

Functions
P_LIB_API pboolean	p_file_is_exists (const pchar *file)
	Checks whether a file exists or not. More...
P_LIB_API pboolean	p_file_remove (const pchar *file, PError **error)
	Removes a file from the disk. More...

Detailed Description

File operations.

Author

Alexander Saprykin

To check file existance use p_file_is_exists(). To remove an exisiting file use p_file_remove().

P_DIR_SEPARATOR provides a platform independent directory separator symbol which you can use to form file or directory path.

Definition in file pfile.h.

Function Documentation

p_file_is_exists()

P_LIB_API pboolean p_file_is_exists

(

const pchar *

file

)

Checks whether a file exists or not.

Parameters

file	File name to check.

Returns

TRUE if the file exists, FALSE otherwise.

Since

0.0.1

On Windows this call doesn't resolve symbolic links, while on UNIX systems does.

p_file_remove()

P_LIB_API pboolean p_file_remove	(	const pchar *	file,
		PError **	error
	)

Removes a file from the disk.

Parameters

	file	File name to remove.
[out]	error	Error report object, NULL to ignore.

Returns

TRUE if the file was successully removed, FALSE otherwise.

Since

0.0.1

This call doesn't resolve symbolic links and remove a symbolic link if the given path points to it.