4 * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
5 * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
7 * A selection of useful system functions made
10 * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
12 * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
18 #include "support/FileName.h"
26 /// get the current working directory
27 FileName const getcwd();
30 * rename a file, returns false if it fails.
31 * It can handle renames across partitions.
33 bool rename(FileName const & from, FileName const & to);
34 /// copy a file, returns false it it fails
35 bool copy(FileName const & from, FileName const & to,
36 unsigned long int mode = (unsigned long int)-1);
37 /// FIXME: some point to this hmm ?
38 int kill(int pid, int sig);
41 /// create the given directory with the given mode
42 /// \ret return 0 if the directory is successfully created
43 int mkdir(FileName const & pathname, unsigned long int mode);
44 /// create the given directory with the given mode, create all
45 /// intermediate directories if necessary
46 /// \ret return 0 if the directory is successfully created
47 int makedir(char * pathname, unsigned long int mode=0755);
48 /// (securely) create a temporary file in the given dir with the given mask
49 /// \p mask must be in filesystem encoding
50 FileName const tempName(FileName const & dir = FileName(),
51 std::string const & mask = std::string());
55 * Returns true if var is approximately equal to number with allowed error
58 * Usage: if (float_equal(var, number, 0.0001)) { }
60 * This will check if 'var' is approx. equal to 'number' with error of 1/1000
62 inline bool float_equal(double var, double number, double error)
64 return (number - error <= var && var <= number + error);
67 } // namespace support
70 #endif /* LYX_LIB_H */