[OpendTect_Developers] namespace File

[Nanne Hemstra]

Dear all,

In the source code of OpendTect you'll find the File namespace
($WORK/include/Basic/file.h). Within this namespace we have developed a
bunch of very handy static functions, related to (how surprisingly) files.
As you probably know, file handling is quite different on each OS, and
luckily Qt has implemented a cross-platform solution for this. Our File
functions can be seen as an isolating layer on top of Qt's services.

To give a few examples of what to expect here. You can check for a file's
existence using File::exists(), and remove a file using File::remove().
There are also a couple of directory related functions, so to know if a
path is a directory, you can call File::isDirectory(), create a directory
with File::createDir(), or if you want to copy one File::copyDir().

The File namespace also has a few 'information' functions. You can get
permission information using File::isWritable(), the file size from
File::getFileSize(), and the last modification time from
File::timeLastModified(). To know how much disk space is left, use
File::getKbSize().

There's more, so please have a look in file.h, to see what's available.

Best regards,
Nanne


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Nanne Hemstra
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