1.74.9 FilePath: file operations

contents

Open a read-only FileStream on the receiver, read its contents, close the stream and answer the contents

fileIn

File in the receiver

open: mode

Open the receiver in the given mode (as answered by FileStream's class constant methods)

open: mode ifFail: aBlock

Open the receiver in the given mode (as answered by FileStream's class constant methods). Upon failure, evaluate aBlock.

open: class mode: mode ifFail: aBlock

Open the receiver in the given mode (as answered by FileStream's class constant methods)

openDescriptor: mode

Open the receiver in the given mode (as answered by FileStream's class constant methods)

openDescriptor: mode ifFail: aBlock

Open the receiver in the given mode (as answered by FileStream's class constant methods). Upon failure, evaluate aBlock.

pathFrom: dirName

Compute the relative path from the directory dirName to the receiver

readStream

Open a read-only FileStream on the receiver

remove

Remove the file identified by the receiver

renameTo: newName

Rename the file identified by the receiver to newName

symlinkAs: destName

Create destName as a symbolic link of the receiver. The appropriate relative path is computed automatically.

symlinkFrom: srcName

Create the receiver as a symbolic link from srcName (relative to the path of the receiver).

touch

Update the timestamp of the file corresponding to the receiver.

withReadStreamDo: aBlock

Invoke aBlock with a reading stream open on me, closing it when the dynamic extent of aBlock ends.

withWriteStreamDo: aBlock

Invoke aBlock with a writing stream open on me, closing it when the dynamic extent of aBlock ends.

writeStream

Open a write-only FileStream on the receiver