Module api

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std::fs-like high-level filesystem manipulation operations.

Structs§

DirBuilder: A builder used to create directories in various manners.
DirEntry: Entries returned by the ReadDir iterator.
File: An object providing access to an open file on the filesystem.
Metadata: Metadata information about a file.
OpenOptions: Options and flags which can be used to configure how a file is opened.
ReadDir: Iterator over the entries in a directory.

canonicalize: Returns the canonical, absolute form of a path with all intermediate components normalized.
create_dir: Creates a new, empty directory at the provided path.
create_dir_all: Recursively create a directory and all of its parent components if they are missing.
current_dir: Returns the current working directory as a String.
metadata: Given a path, query the file system to get information about a file, directory, etc.
read: Read the entire contents of a file into a bytes vector.
read_dir: Returns an iterator over the entries within a directory.
read_to_string: Read the entire contents of a file into a string.
remove_dir: Removes an empty directory.
remove_file: Removes a file from the filesystem.
rename: Rename a file or directory to a new name. Delete the original file if old already exists.
set_current_dir: Changes the current working directory to the specified path.
write: Write a slice as the entire contents of a file.

FileType: A structure representing a type of file with accessors for each file type. It is returned by Metadata::file_type method.
Permissions: Representation of the various permissions on a file.