load system.filesystem

This module provides tools to manage the file system informations.

• System

This enum represent a standard path type that can be used to query a standard path to the file system.

| Constant | Value | Description ||----------|-------|-------------|

| Applications | 8 | An application location like '/usr/bin' or 'C:/Program Files' | | Cache | 11 | A cache location like '~/.cache' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Cache' | | Config | 16 | A configuration location like '~/.config' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/???' | | Data | 13 | A data location like '~/???' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming' | | Desktop | 2 | A desktop location like '~/Desktop' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Desktop' | | Documents | 3 | A document location like '~/Documents' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Documents' | | Download | 7 | A download location like '~/Downloads' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Downloads' | | Fonts | 10 | A font location like '/usr/share/fonts' or 'C:/Windows/Fonts' | | GlobalCache | 12 | A global cache location like '/var/cache' or 'C:/ProgramData/???' | | GlobalConfig | 17 | A global configuration location like '/???' or 'C:/ProgramData/???' | | GlobalData | 15 | A global data location like '/usr/share' or 'C:/ProgramData' | | Home | 1 | An home location like '~' or 'C:/Users/<user>' | | LocalData | 14 | A local data location like '~/.local/share' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local' | | Movies | 5 | A document location like '~/Movies' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Movies' | | Musics | 4 | A music location like '~/Musics' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Musics' | | Pictures | 6 | A picture location like '~/Pictures' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Pictures' | | Root | 0 | The system root location like '/' or 'C:' | | Temporary | 9 | A temporary location like '/tmp' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Temp' |

This class provides an interface to interact with the file system and access standard locations.

Modifiers	Member	Description
@ const	Separator	Native path separator: "/" under Unix and "" under Windows.
@ const	SeparatorPattern	Pattern used to search for a separator in a path.
const	findStandardPath	Returns the most significant existing path under a root that matches the given ``...
const	findStandardPaths	Returns an array of each existing path under a root that matches the given type...
const	getStandardPath	Returns the most significant path that matches the given type. The type param...
const	getStandardPaths	Returns an array of each path that matches the given type. The type parameter...

Modifiers	Member	Description
const	new	Internal constructor.

Modifiers	Member	Description
@ const	g_lib	Global library handle.

• System.FS

System.FileSystem ()

Global file system instance

none

Native path separator: "/" under Unix and "" under Windows.

none

Pattern used to search for a separator in a path.

def (const self, % type, path)

Returns the most significant existing path under a root that matches the given type. The type parameter must be a value from System.StandardPath.

def (const self, % type, path)

Returns an array of each existing path under a root that matches the given type. The type parameter must be a value from System.StandardPath.

lib ('libmint-system')

Global library handle.

def (const self, % type)

Returns the most significant path that matches the given type. The type parameter must be a value from System.StandardPath.

def (const self, % type, path)

Returns the most significant path with a root that matches the given type. The type parameter must be a value from System.StandardPath.

def (const self, % type)

Returns an array of each path that matches the given type. The type parameter must be a value from System.StandardPath.

none

Internal constructor.

8

An application location like '/usr/bin' or 'C:/Program Files'

11

A cache location like '~/.cache' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Cache'

16

A configuration location like '~/.config' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/???'

13

A data location like '~/???' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming'

2

A desktop location like '~/Desktop' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Desktop'

3

A document location like '~/Documents' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Documents'

7

A download location like '~/Downloads' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Downloads'

10

A font location like '/usr/share/fonts' or 'C:/Windows/Fonts'

12

A global cache location like '/var/cache' or 'C:/ProgramData/???'

17

A global configuration location like '/???' or 'C:/ProgramData/???'

15

A global data location like '/usr/share' or 'C:/ProgramData'

1

An home location like '~' or 'C:/Users/<user>'

14

A local data location like '~/.local/share' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local'

5

A document location like '~/Movies' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Movies'

4

A music location like '~/Musics' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Musics'

6

A picture location like '~/Pictures' or 'C:/Users/<user>/Pictures'

0

The system root location like '/' or 'C:'

9

A temporary location like '/tmp' or 'C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Temp'