factor/core/io/pathnames/pathnames-docs.factor

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USING: help.markup help.syntax io.backend io.files
io.directories strings system sequences io.pathnames.private ;
IN: io.pathnames
HELP: path-separator?
{ $values { "ch" "a code point" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests if the code point is a platform-specific path separator." }
{ $examples
"On Unix:"
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "CHAR: / path-separator? ." "t" }
} ;
HELP: parent-directory
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "parent" "a pathname string" } }
{ $description "Strips the last component off a pathname." }
{ $examples { $example "USING: io io.pathnames ;" "\"/etc/passwd\" parent-directory print" "/etc/" } } ;
HELP: file-name
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "string" string } }
{ $description "Outputs the last component of a pathname string." }
{ $examples
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/usr/bin/gcc\" file-name ." "\"gcc\"" }
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/usr/libexec/awk/\" file-name ." "\"awk\"" }
} ;
HELP: file-extension
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "extension" string } }
{ $description "Outputs the extension of " { $snippet "path" } ", or " { $link f } " if the filename has no extension." }
{ $examples
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/usr/bin/gcc\" file-extension ." "f" }
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/home/csi/gui.vbs\" file-extension ." "\"vbs\"" }
} ;
HELP: file-stem
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "stem" string } }
{ $description "Outputs the " { $link file-name } " of " { $snippet "filename" } " with the file extension removed, if any." }
{ $examples
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/usr/bin/gcc\" file-stem ." "\"gcc\"" }
{ $example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;" "\"/home/csi/gui.vbs\" file-stem ." "\"gui\"" }
} ;
{ file-name file-stem file-extension } related-words
HELP: path-components
{ $values { "path" "a pathnames string" } { "seq" sequence } }
{ $description "Splits a pathname on the " { $link path-separator } " into its its component strings." } ;
HELP: append-path
{ $values { "path1" "a pathname string" } { "path2" "a pathname string" } { "path" "a pathname string" } }
{ $description "Appends " { $snippet "path1" } " and " { $snippet "path2" } " to form a pathname." }
{ $examples
{ $unchecked-example """USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;
"first" "second.txt" append-path ."""
"first/second.txt"
}
} ;
HELP: prepend-path
{ $values { "path1" "a pathname string" } { "path2" "a pathname string" } { "path" "a pathname string" } }
{ $description "Appends " { $snippet "path2" } " and " { $snippet "path1" } " to form a pathname." }
{ $examples
{ $unchecked-example """USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;
"second.txt" "first" prepend-path ."""
"first/second.txt"
}
} ;
{ append-path prepend-path } related-words
HELP: absolute-path?
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests if a pathname is absolute. Examples of absolute pathnames are " { $snippet "/foo/bar" } " on Unix and " { $snippet "c:\\foo\\bar" } " on Windows." } ;
HELP: windows-absolute-path?
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests if a pathname is absolute on Windows. Examples of absolute pathnames on Windows are " { $snippet "c:\\foo\\bar" } " and " { $snippet "\\\\?\\c:\\foo\\bar" } " for absolute Unicode pathnames." } ;
HELP: root-directory?
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests if a pathname is a root directory. Examples of root directory pathnames are " { $snippet "/" } " on Unix and " { $snippet "c:\\" } " on Windows." } ;
{ absolute-path? windows-absolute-path? root-directory? } related-words
HELP: resource-path
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "newpath" "a pathname string" } }
{ $description "Resolve a path relative to the Factor source code location." } ;
HELP: pathname
{ $class-description "Class of path name objects. Path name objects can be created by calling " { $link <pathname> } "." } ;
HELP: normalize-path
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "path'" "a new pathname string" } }
{ $description "Prepends the " { $link current-directory } " to the pathname, resolves a " { $snippet "resource:" } " or " { $snippet "vocab:" } " prefix, if present (see " { $link "io.pathnames.special" } "). Also converts the path into a UNC path on Windows." }
{ $notes "High-level words, such as " { $link <file-reader> } " and " { $link delete-file } " call this word for you. It only needs to be called directly when passing pathnames to C functions or external processes. This is because Factor does not use the operating system's notion of a current directory, and instead maintains its own dynamically-scoped " { $link current-directory } " variable." }
{ $notes "On Windows NT platforms, this word prepends the Unicode path prefix." }
{ $examples
"For example, if you create a file named " { $snippet "data.txt" } " in the current directory, and wish to pass it to a process, you must normalize it:"
{ $code
"\"1 2 3\" \"data.txt\" ascii set-file-contents"
"\"munge\" \"data.txt\" normalize-path 2array run-process"
}
} ;
HELP: absolute-path
{ $values
{ "path" "a pathname string" }
{ "path'" "a pathname string" }
}
{ $description "Prepends the " { $link current-directory } " to the pathname and resolves a " { $snippet "resource:" } " or " { $snippet "voacb:" } " prefix, if present (see " { $link "io.pathnames.special" } ")." }
{ $notes "This word is exaclty the same as " { $link normalize-path } ", except on Windows NT platforms, where it does not prepend the Unicode path prefix. Most code should call " { $link normalize-path } " instead." } ;
HELP: resolve-symlinks
{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "path'" "a new pathname string" } }
{ $description "Outputs a path where none of the path components are symlinks. This word is useful for determining the actual path on disk where a file is stored; the root of this absolute path is a mount point in the file-system." }
{ $notes "Most code should not need to call this word except in very special circumstances. One use case is finding the actual file-system on which a file is stored." } ;
HELP: <pathname>
{ $values { "string" "a pathname string" } { "pathname" pathname } }
{ $description "Creates a new " { $link pathname } "." } ;
HELP: home
{ $values { "dir" string } }
{ $description "Outputs the user's home directory." }
{ $examples
{ $unchecked-example "USING: io.pathnames prettyprint ;"
"home ."
"/home/factor-user"
}
} ;
ARTICLE: "io.pathnames.special" "Special pathnames"
"If a pathname begins with " { $snippet "resource:" } ", it is resolved relative to the directory containing the current image (see " { $link image } ")."
$nl
"If a pathname begins with " { $snippet "vocab:" } ", then it will be searched for in all current vocabulary roots (see " { $link "add-vocab-roots" } ")." ;
ARTICLE: "io.pathnames.presentations" "Pathname presentations"
"Pathname presentations are objects that wrap a pathname string. Clicking a pathname presentation in the UI brings up the file in one of the supported editors. See " { $link "editor" } " for more details."
{ $subsections
pathname
<pathname>
}
"Literal pathname presentations:"
{ $subsections POSTPONE: P" }
"Many words that accept pathname strings can also work on pathname presentations." ;
ARTICLE: "io.pathnames" "Pathnames"
"Pathnames are strings that refer to a file on disk. Pathname semantics are platform-specific, and Factor makes no attempt to abstract away the differences. Note that on Windows, both forward and backward slashes are accepted as directory separators."
$nl
"Pathname introspection:"
{ $subsections
parent-directory
file-name
file-stem
file-extension
path-components
}
"Appending pathnames:"
{ $subsections
prepend-path
append-path
}
"Normalizing pathnames:"
{ $subsections normalize-path absolute-path resolve-symlinks }
"Additional topics:"
{ $subsections "io.pathnames.presentations" "io.pathnames.special" } ;
ABOUT: "io.pathnames"