org.fedoraproject.maven.utils

Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object

org.fedoraproject.maven.utils.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object

Various utilities related to file and path manipulation.

Author:

Mikolaj Izdebski

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static File	BIT_BUCKET Bit bucket.
static File	CWD Current working directory.
static File	ROOT Root directory of the file system.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	chmod(Path path, int mode) Set file permissions, just like chmod(2).
static Path	createAnonymousSymlink(Path target) Create a temporary symbolic link pointing to specified target path
static File	followSymlink(File file) Follow every symlink in every component of given file recursively, just like readlink -f does.
static File	getCwd() Return process current working directory.
static void	linkOrCopy(Path source, Path target) Create hard link or copy file if creating hard link is not possible.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CWD

public static final File CWD

Current working directory.

ROOT

public static final File ROOT

Root directory of the file system.

BIT_BUCKET

public static final File BIT_BUCKET

Bit bucket. Any data written to this file is discarded.

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils()

Method Detail

followSymlink

public static File followSymlink(File file)

Follow every symlink in every component of given file recursively, just like readlink -f does.

Parameters:

file - path in which symlinks are to be followed

Returns:

canonical file

getCwd

public static File getCwd()

Return process current working directory.

Returns:

current working directory

linkOrCopy

public static void linkOrCopy(Path source,
              Path target)
                       throws IOException

Create hard link or copy file if creating hard link is not possible.

Parameters:

source - source file

target - link target or destination file

Throws:

IOException - if any I/O exception occurs

createAnonymousSymlink

public static Path createAnonymousSymlink(Path target)
                                   throws IOException

Create a temporary symbolic link pointing to specified target path

Parameters:

target - target of the symbolic link

Returns:

path to created symlink

Throws:

IOException - if any I/O exception occurs

chmod

public static void chmod(Path path,
         int mode)
                  throws IOException

Set file permissions, just like chmod(2).

Parameters:

path - path to file to change permissions of

mode - permissions in integer format

Throws:

IOException - in an I/O exception occurs