filesystem 1.0.1

filesystem

The filesystem package is a @nogc D library for use in context where you can't use Phobos. It is a nulib-based, DUB package that provides a ranges of services related to filesystem:

Its design is 95% the one in std::filesystem, who did a lot of semantic work, only most of the API was D-ified and will for example expose ranges instead of iterators.

Licence

MIT + BSL-1.0.

Features

• @nogc
• POSIX, macOS, Windows.
• Path manipulation with the Path struct type.
  • Path.native().toUTF16().ptr can be used in Win32 functions.
  • Path.native().ptr can be used in POSIX functions that accept zero-terminated UTF-8.
• File type.
• File size, in bytes.
• File last write time, in seconds.
• File copy, rename, and removal.
• Recursive directory creation, listing and deletion.
• Disc usage information.
• Get and set environment variables.
• Getting standard paths, such as app data, XDG config (fork of standardpaths and xdgpaths and isfreedesktop).

Documentation

See the std::filesystem documentation here: https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/filesystem

Bugs and limitations

• Windows UNC path, \\?\ and \\.\ root pathes aren't yet supported. Windows path can't exceed MAX_PATH yet.

Dependencies

• libc (bindings in druntime)
• POSIX (bindings in druntime)
• Win32 (bindings in druntime)
• DUB packages numem, nulib, nulib:io