lazarus/lcl/fileutil.pas

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                               fileutil.pas
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}
unit FileUtil;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

interface

uses
  // For Smart Linking: Do not use the LCL!
  Classes, SysUtils, LCLStrConsts;

// file attributes and states
function CompareFilenames(const Filename1, Filename2: string): integer;
function CompareFilenames(const Filename1, Filename2: string;
                          ResolveLinks: boolean): integer;
function CompareFilenames(Filename1: PChar; Len1: integer;
  Filename2: PChar; Len2: integer; ResolveLinks: boolean): integer;
function FilenameIsAbsolute(const TheFilename: string):boolean;
function FilenameIsWinAbsolute(const TheFilename: string):boolean;
function FilenameIsUnixAbsolute(const TheFilename: string):boolean;
procedure CheckIfFileIsExecutable(const AFilename: string);
procedure CheckIfFileIsSymlink(const AFilename: string);
function FileIsReadable(const AFilename: string): boolean;
function FileIsWritable(const AFilename: string): boolean;
function FileIsText(const AFilename: string): boolean;
function FileIsText(const AFilename: string; out FileReadable: boolean): boolean;
function FileIsExecutable(const AFilename: string): boolean;
function FileIsSymlink(const AFilename: string): boolean;
function FileSize(const Filename: string): int64;
function GetFileDescription(const AFilename: string): string;
function ReadAllLinks(const Filename: string;
                      ExceptionOnError: boolean): string;

// directories
function DirPathExists(const FileName: String): Boolean;
function ForceDirectory(DirectoryName: string): boolean;
function DeleteDirectory(const DirectoryName: string;
  OnlyChilds: boolean): boolean;
function ProgramDirectory: string;
function DirectoryIsWritable(const DirectoryName: string): boolean;

// filename parts
const
  PascalFileExt: array[1..3] of string = ('.pas','.pp','.p');

function ExtractFileNameOnly(const AFilename: string): string;
function ExtractFileNameWithoutExt(const AFilename: string): string;
function CompareFileExt(const Filename, Ext: string;
                        CaseSensitive: boolean): integer;
function CompareFileExt(const Filename, Ext: string): integer;
function FilenameIsPascalUnit(const Filename: string): boolean;
function AppendPathDelim(const Path: string): string;
function ChompPathDelim(const Path: string): string;
function TrimFilename(const AFilename: string): string;
function CleanAndExpandFilename(const Filename: string): string;
function CleanAndExpandDirectory(const Filename: string): string;
function CreateAbsoluteSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string): string;
function CreateRelativePath(const Filename, BaseDirectory: string): string;
function FileIsInPath(const Filename, Path: string): boolean;
function FileIsInDirectory(const Filename, Directory: string): boolean;

// file search
type
  TSearchFileInPathFlag = (
    sffDontSearchInBasePath,
    sffSearchLoUpCase
    );
  TSearchFileInPathFlags = set of TSearchFileInPathFlag;

const
  AllDirectoryEntriesMask = '*';
  
function GetAllFilesMask: string;
function GetExeExt: string;
function SearchFileInPath(const Filename, BasePath, SearchPath,
  Delimiter: string; Flags: TSearchFileInPathFlags): string;
function SearchAllFilesInPath(const Filename, BasePath, SearchPath,
  Delimiter: string; Flags: TSearchFileInPathFlags): TStrings;
function FindDiskFilename(const Filename: string): string;
function FindDiskFileCaseInsensitive(const Filename: string): string;
function FindDefaultExecutablePath(const Executable: string): string;

// file actions
function ReadFileToString(const Filename: string): string;
function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string): boolean;
function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; PreserveTime: boolean): boolean;
function GetTempFilename(const Directory, Prefix: string): string;

implementation

{$IFNDEF windows}
uses
  Unix, BaseUnix;
{$ENDIF}

var
  UpChars: array[char] of char;


{$I fileutil.inc}

procedure InternalInit;
var
  c: char;
begin
  for c:=Low(char) to High(char) do begin
    UpChars[c]:=upcase(c);
  end;
end;

initialization
  InternalInit;

end.