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Page Updated: March 11, 2005 Latest Version: 0.1.362

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JS Directory Class API

Function List

• initPath(aPath);
• Initialize or reinitialize the dir object
• exists(aPath);
• does the dir exist?
• leaf;
• returns directory leafname
• parent;
• returns dir parent as a new dir initialized object
• permissons;
• returns the dir permissions
• dateModified;
• returns the last modified date object
• create(aPermissions);
• creates a new dir
• remove();
• removes a file, the instance remains unchanged
• readDir();
• returns an array of file and/or dir objects depending what the contents are
• move(aDest);
• moves a dir to a new destination and dir object 'this' is reinitialized to reflect this move
• append(aLeaf);
• appends a leaf on the the curent file object
• appendRelativePath(aRelPath);
• appends a relative path the the current file instance
• isDir();
• bool returns true if the file is a directory
• isFile();
• bool returns true if the file is a file
• isExec();
• bool returns true if the file is executible
• isSymlink();
• bool returns true if the file is symbolic link

help;

• currently dumps a list of available functions

Examples: (using xpcshell) js> load('chrome/jslib/jslib.js'); ********************* JS_LIB DEBUG IS ON ********************* js> include('chrome://jslib/content/io/dir.js'); *** load: filesystem.js OK *** load: dir.js OK true js> var d=new Dir('/tmp'); js> d.help; Function and Attribute List: initPath(aPath); path; exists(); leaf; parent; permissions; dateModified; nsIFile; move(aDest); append(aLeaf); appendRelativePath(aRelPath); isDir(); isFile(); isExec(); isSymlink(); create(aPermissions); remove(aRecursive); readDir(aDirPath); js> d.path; /tmp js> d.exists(); true js> d.leaf; tmp js> d.permissions; 777 js> d.isDir(); true js> d.isFile(); false js> d.append('PETE'); /tmp/PETE js> d.exists(); false js> d.create(); js> d.isDir(); true d.move('/tmp/PETE_MOVED'); PETE_MOVED filesystem.js:move successful! true js> d.path; /tmp/PETE_MOVED js> d.remove(true); js> d.initPath('/tmp'); /tmp js> d.path; /tmp js> var contents=d.readDir(); js> contents[0].path; /tmp/.X11-unix js> contents[0].isFile(); false js> contents[0].isDir(); true js> contents.length; 117 js> contents[116].path; /tmp/someNewFile.dat js> contents[116].size; 0 js> quit();