Types
PathComponent = enum pcFile, ## path refers to a file pcLinkToFile, ## path refers to a symbolic link to a file pcDir, ## path refers to a directory pcLinkToDir ## path refers to a symbolic link to a directory
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Enumeration specifying a path component.
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Source Edit ReadDirEffect = object of ReadIOEffect
- Effect that denotes a read operation from the directory structure. Source Edit
WriteDirEffect = object of WriteIOEffect
- Effect that denotes a write operation to the directory structure. Source Edit
Consts
weirdTarget = false
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Procs
proc fileExists(filename: string): bool {....gcsafe, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadDirEffect], sideEffect, ...raises: [], forbids: [].}
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Returns true if filename exists and is a regular file or symlink.
Directories, device files, named pipes and sockets return false.
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Source Edit proc findFirstFile(a: string; b: var WIN32_FIND_DATA): Handle {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc openHandle(path: string; followSymlink = true; writeAccess = false): Handle {. ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc skipFindData(f: WIN32_FIND_DATA): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc symlinkExists(link: string): bool {....gcsafe, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadDirEffect], sideEffect, ...raises: [], forbids: [].}
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Returns true if the symlink link exists. Will return true regardless of whether the link points to a directory or file.
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Source Edit proc tryMoveFSObject(source, dest: string; isDir: bool): bool {. ...raises: [OSError], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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Moves a file (or directory if isDir is true) from source to dest.
Returns false in case of EXDEV error or AccessDeniedError on Windows (if isDir is true). In case of other errors OSError is raised. Returns true in case of success.
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