alice
library
manual.
signature OS_FILE_SYS
structure FileSys : OS_FILE_SYS
An extended version of the Standard ML Basis' OS.FileSys structure.
See also: OS
Imported implicitly.
signature OS_FILE_SYS =
sig
type dirstream
eqtype file_id
datatype access_mode = A_READ | A_WRITE | A_EXEC
val openDir : string -> dirstream
val readDir : dirstream -> string option
val rewindDir : dirstream -> unit
val closeDir : dirstream -> unit
val chDir : string -> unit
val getDir : unit -> string
val mkDir : string -> unit
val rmDir : string -> unit
val isDir : string -> bool
val fileSize : string -> Position.int
val modTime : string -> Time.time
val remove : string -> unit
val tmpName : unit -> string
val getHomeDir : unit -> string
val getApplicationConfigDir : string -> string
end
Items not described here are as in the Standard ML Basis' OS.FileSys structure.
Limitations: The following functions are currently missing:
Returns the path of the home directory of the current user. Under Windows, it typically maps to the language-specific equivalent of "c:/Documents And Settings/user/My Documents".
Returns the canonical directory path where an Alice ML application of Name name can store its (user-specific) configurations. This is regardless of whether the directory actually exists, i.e. an application has to create it itself.
Under Unix-like systems, the delivered path will typically be $HOME/.alice/name, under Windows it is usually something like "c:/Documents And Settings/user/Application Data/Alice/name".