Filesystem

Base.Filesystem.pwdFunction 

pwd() -> AbstractString

Get the current working directory.

Examples

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser"

julia> cd("/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia")

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia"
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Base.Filesystem.cdMethod 

cd(dir::AbstractString=homedir())

Set the current working directory.

Examples

julia> cd("/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia")

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia"

julia> cd()

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser"
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Base.Filesystem.cdMethod 

cd(f::Function, dir::AbstractString=homedir())

Temporarily change the current working directory to dir, apply function f and finally return to the original directory.

Examples

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser"

julia> cd(readdir, "/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia")
34-element Array{String,1}:
 ".circleci"
 ".freebsdci.sh"
 ".git"
 ".gitattributes"
 ".github"
 ⋮
 "test"
 "ui"
 "usr"
 "usr-staging"

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser"
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Base.Filesystem.readdirFunction 

readdir(dir::AbstractString=".") -> Vector{String}

Return the files and directories in the directory dir (or the current working directory if not given).

Examples

julia> readdir("/home/JuliaUser/Projects/julia")
34-element Array{String,1}:
 ".circleci"
 ".freebsdci.sh"
 ".git"
 ".gitattributes"
 ".github"
 ⋮
 "test"
 "ui"
 "usr"
 "usr-staging"
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Base.Filesystem.walkdirFunction 

walkdir(dir; topdown=true, follow_symlinks=false, onerror=throw)

Return an iterator that walks the directory tree of a directory. The iterator returns a tuple containing (rootpath, dirs, files). The directory tree can be traversed top-down or bottom-up. If walkdir encounters a SystemError it will rethrow the error by default. A custom error handling function can be provided through onerror keyword argument. onerror is called with a SystemError as argument.

Examples

for (root, dirs, files) in walkdir(".")
    println("Directories in $root")
    for dir in dirs
        println(joinpath(root, dir)) # path to directories
    end
    println("Files in $root")
    for file in files
        println(joinpath(root, file)) # path to files
    end
end
julia> mkpath("my/test/dir");

julia> itr = walkdir("my");

julia> (root, dirs, files) = first(itr)
("my", ["test"], String[])

julia> (root, dirs, files) = first(itr)
("my/test", ["dir"], String[])

julia> (root, dirs, files) = first(itr)
("my/test/dir", String[], String[])
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Base.Filesystem.mkdirFunction 

mkdir(path::AbstractString; mode::Unsigned = 0o777)

Make a new directory with name path and permissions mode. mode defaults to 0o777, modified by the current file creation mask. This function never creates more than one directory. If the directory already exists, or some intermediate directories do not exist, this function throws an error. See mkpath for a function which creates all required intermediate directories. Return path.

Examples

julia> mkdir("testingdir")
"testingdir"

julia> cd("testingdir")

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser/testingdir"
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Base.Filesystem.mkpathFunction 

mkpath(path::AbstractString; mode::Unsigned = 0o777)

Create all directories in the given path, with permissions mode. mode defaults to 0o777, modified by the current file creation mask. Return path.

Examples

julia> mkdir("testingdir")
"testingdir"

julia> cd("testingdir")

julia> pwd()
"/home/JuliaUser/testingdir"

julia> mkpath("my/test/dir")
"my/test/dir"

julia> readdir()
1-element Array{String,1}:
 "my"

julia> cd("my")

julia> readdir()
1-element Array{String,1}:
 "test"

julia> readdir("test")
1-element Array{String,1}:
 "dir"
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symlink(target::AbstractString, link::AbstractString)

Creates a symbolic link to target with the name link.

Note

This function raises an error under operating systems that do not support soft symbolic links, such as Windows XP.

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readlink(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Return the target location a symbolic link path points to.

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Base.Filesystem.chmodFunction 

chmod(path::AbstractString, mode::Integer; recursive::Bool=false)

Change the permissions mode of path to mode. Only integer modes (e.g. 0o777) are currently supported. If recursive=true and the path is a directory all permissions in that directory will be recursively changed. Return path.

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Base.Filesystem.chownFunction 

chown(path::AbstractString, owner::Integer, group::Integer=-1)

Change the owner and/or group of path to owner and/or group. If the value entered for owner or group is -1 the corresponding ID will not change. Only integer owners and groups are currently supported. Return path.

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Base.Libc.RawFDType 

RawFD

Primitive type which wraps the native OS file descriptor. RawFDs can be passed to methods like stat to discover information about the underlying file, and can also be used to open streams, with the RawFD describing the OS file backing the stream.

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Base.statFunction 

stat(file)

Returns a structure whose fields contain information about the file. The fields of the structure are:

Name Description
size The size (in bytes) of the file
device ID of the device that contains the file
inode The inode number of the file
mode The protection mode of the file
nlink The number of hard links to the file
uid The user id of the owner of the file
gid The group id of the file owner
rdev If this file refers to a device, the ID of the device it refers to
blksize The file-system preferred block size for the file
blocks The number of such blocks allocated
mtime Unix timestamp of when the file was last modified
ctime Unix timestamp of when the file was created
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Base.Filesystem.lstatFunction 

lstat(file)

Like stat, but for symbolic links gets the info for the link itself rather than the file it refers to. This function must be called on a file path rather than a file object or a file descriptor.

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Base.Filesystem.ctimeFunction 

ctime(file)

Equivalent to stat(file).ctime.

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Base.Filesystem.mtimeFunction 

mtime(file)

Equivalent to stat(file).mtime.

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Base.Filesystem.filemodeFunction 

filemode(file)

Equivalent to stat(file).mode.

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Base.Filesystem.filesizeFunction 

filesize(path...)

Equivalent to stat(file).size.

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Base.Filesystem.upermFunction 

uperm(file)

Get the permissions of the owner of the file as a bitfield of

Value Description
01 Execute Permission
02 Write Permission
04 Read Permission

For allowed arguments, see stat.

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Base.Filesystem.gpermFunction 

gperm(file)

Like uperm but gets the permissions of the group owning the file.

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Base.Filesystem.opermFunction 

operm(file)

Like uperm but gets the permissions for people who neither own the file nor are a member of the group owning the file

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Base.Filesystem.cpFunction 

cp(src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString; force::Bool=false, follow_symlinks::Bool=false)

Copy the file, link, or directory from src to dst. force=true will first remove an existing dst.

If follow_symlinks=false, and src is a symbolic link, dst will be created as a symbolic link. If follow_symlinks=true and src is a symbolic link, dst will be a copy of the file or directory src refers to. Return dst.

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Base.downloadFunction 

download(url::AbstractString, [localfile::AbstractString])

Download a file from the given url, optionally renaming it to the given local file name. If no filename is given this will download into a randomly-named file in your temp directory. Note that this function relies on the availability of external tools such as curl, wget or fetch to download the file and is provided for convenience. For production use or situations in which more options are needed, please use a package that provides the desired functionality instead.

Returns the filename of the downloaded file.

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Base.Filesystem.mvFunction 

mv(src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString; force::Bool=false)

Move the file, link, or directory from src to dst. force=true will first remove an existing dst. Return dst.

Examples

julia> write("hello.txt", "world");

julia> mv("hello.txt", "goodbye.txt")
"goodbye.txt"

julia> "hello.txt" in readdir()
false

julia> readline("goodbye.txt")
"world"

julia> write("hello.txt", "world2");

julia> mv("hello.txt", "goodbye.txt")
ERROR: ArgumentError: 'goodbye.txt' exists. `force=true` is required to remove 'goodbye.txt' before moving.
Stacktrace:
 [1] #checkfor_mv_cp_cptree#10(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::String, ::String) at ./file.jl:293
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julia> mv("hello.txt", "goodbye.txt", force=true)
"goodbye.txt"

julia> rm("goodbye.txt");
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Base.Filesystem.rmFunction 

rm(path::AbstractString; force::Bool=false, recursive::Bool=false)

Delete the file, link, or empty directory at the given path. If force=true is passed, a non-existing path is not treated as error. If recursive=true is passed and the path is a directory, then all contents are removed recursively.

Examples

julia> mkpath("my/test/dir");

julia> rm("my", recursive=true)

julia> rm("this_file_does_not_exist", force=true)

julia> rm("this_file_does_not_exist")
ERROR: IOError: unlink: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Stacktrace:
[...]
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Base.Filesystem.touchFunction 

touch(path::AbstractString)

Update the last-modified timestamp on a file to the current time. Return path.

Examples

julia> write("my_little_file", 2);

julia> mtime("my_little_file")
1.5273815391135583e9

julia> touch("my_little_file");

julia> mtime("my_little_file")
1.527381559163435e9

We can see the mtime has been modified by touch.

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Base.Filesystem.tempnameFunction 

tempname()

Generate a temporary file path. This function only returns a path; no file is created. The path is likely to be unique, but this cannot be guaranteed.

Warning

This can lead to security holes if another process obtains the same file name and creates the file before you are able to. Open the file with JL_O_EXCL if this is a concern. Using mktemp() is also recommended instead.

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Base.Filesystem.tempdirFunction 

tempdir()

Gets the path of the temporary directory. On Windows, tempdir() uses the first environment variable found in the ordered list TMP, TEMP, USERPROFILE. On all other operating systems, tempdir() uses the first environment variable found in the ordered list TMPDIR, TMP, TEMP, and TEMPDIR. If none of these are found, the path "/tmp" is used.

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Base.Filesystem.mktempMethod 

mktemp(parent=tempdir(); cleanup=true) -> (path, io)

Return (path, io), where path is the path of a new temporary file in parent and io is an open file object for this path. The cleanup option controls whether the temporary file is automatically deleted when the process exits.

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Base.Filesystem.mktempMethod 

mktemp(f::Function, parent=tempdir())

Apply the function f to the result of mktemp(parent) and remove the temporary file upon completion.

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Base.Filesystem.mktempdirMethod 

mktempdir(parent=tempdir(); prefix="jl_", cleanup=true) -> path

Create a temporary directory in the parent directory with a name constructed from the given prefix and a random suffix, and return its path. Additionally, any trailing X characters may be replaced with random characters. If parent does not exist, throw an error. The cleanup option controls whether the temporary directory is automatically deleted when the process exits.

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Base.Filesystem.mktempdirMethod 

mktempdir(f::Function, parent=tempdir(); prefix="jl_")

Apply the function f to the result of mktempdir(parent; prefix) and remove the temporary directory all of its contents upon completion.

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Base.Filesystem.isblockdevFunction 

isblockdev(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a block device, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.ischardevFunction 

ischardev(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a character device, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.isdirFunction 

isdir(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a directory, false otherwise.

Examples

julia> isdir(homedir())
true

julia> isdir("not/a/directory")
false

See also: isfile and ispath.

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Base.Filesystem.isfifoFunction 

isfifo(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a FIFO, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.isfileFunction 

isfile(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a regular file, false otherwise.

Examples

julia> isfile(homedir())
false

julia> f = open("test_file.txt", "w");

julia> isfile(f)
true

julia> close(f); rm("test_file.txt")

See also: isdir and ispath.

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islink(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a symbolic link, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.ismountFunction 

ismount(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a mount point, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.ispathFunction 

ispath(path) -> Bool

Return true if a valid filesystem entity exists at path, otherwise returns false. This is the generalization of isfile, isdir etc.

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Base.Filesystem.issetgidFunction 

issetgid(path) -> Bool

Return true if path has the setgid flag set, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.issetuidFunction 

issetuid(path) -> Bool

Return true if path has the setuid flag set, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.issocketFunction 

issocket(path) -> Bool

Return true if path is a socket, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.isstickyFunction 

issticky(path) -> Bool

Return true if path has the sticky bit set, false otherwise.

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Base.Filesystem.homedirFunction 

homedir() -> AbstractString

Return the current user's home directory.

Note

homedir determines the home directory via libuv's uv_os_homedir. For details (for example on how to specify the home directory via environment variables), see the uv_os_homedir documentation.

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Base.Filesystem.dirnameFunction 

dirname(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Get the directory part of a path. Trailing characters ('/' or '\') in the path are counted as part of the path.

Examples

julia> dirname("/home/myuser")
"/home"

julia> dirname("/home/myuser/")
"/home/myuser"

See also: basename

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Base.Filesystem.basenameFunction 

basename(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Get the file name part of a path.

Examples

julia> basename("/home/myuser/example.jl")
"example.jl"

See also: dirname

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Base.@__FILE__Macro 

@__FILE__ -> AbstractString

Expand to a string with the path to the file containing the macrocall, or an empty string if evaluated by julia -e <expr>. Return nothing if the macro was missing parser source information. Alternatively see PROGRAM_FILE.

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Base.@__DIR__Macro 

@__DIR__ -> AbstractString

Expand to a string with the absolute path to the directory of the file containing the macrocall. Return the current working directory if run from a REPL or if evaluated by julia -e <expr>.

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Base.@__LINE__Macro 

@__LINE__ -> Int

Expand to the line number of the location of the macrocall. Return 0 if the line number could not be determined.

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Base.Filesystem.isabspathFunction 

isabspath(path::AbstractString) -> Bool

Determine whether a path is absolute (begins at the root directory).

Examples

julia> isabspath("/home")
true

julia> isabspath("home")
false
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Base.Filesystem.isdirpathFunction 

isdirpath(path::AbstractString) -> Bool

Determine whether a path refers to a directory (for example, ends with a path separator).

Examples

julia> isdirpath("/home")
false

julia> isdirpath("/home/")
true
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Base.Filesystem.joinpathFunction 

joinpath(parts...) -> AbstractString

Join path components into a full path. If some argument is an absolute path or (on Windows) has a drive specification that doesn't match the drive computed for the join of the preceding paths, then prior components are dropped.

Examples

julia> joinpath("/home/myuser", "example.jl")
"/home/myuser/example.jl"
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Base.Filesystem.abspathFunction 

abspath(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Convert a path to an absolute path by adding the current directory if necessary. Also normalizes the path as in normpath.

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abspath(path::AbstractString, paths::AbstractString...) -> AbstractString

Convert a set of paths to an absolute path by joining them together and adding the current directory if necessary. Equivalent to abspath(joinpath(path, paths...)).

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Base.Filesystem.normpathFunction 

normpath(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Normalize a path, removing "." and ".." entries.

Examples

julia> normpath("/home/myuser/../example.jl")
"/home/example.jl"
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Base.Filesystem.realpathFunction 

realpath(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Canonicalize a path by expanding symbolic links and removing "." and ".." entries. On case-insensitive case-preserving filesystems (typically Mac and Windows), the filesystem's stored case for the path is returned.

(This function throws an exception if path does not exist in the filesystem.)

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Base.Filesystem.relpathFunction 

relpath(path::AbstractString, startpath::AbstractString = ".") -> AbstractString

Return a relative filepath to path either from the current directory or from an optional start directory. This is a path computation: the filesystem is not accessed to confirm the existence or nature of path or startpath.

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Base.Filesystem.expanduserFunction 

expanduser(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

On Unix systems, replace a tilde character at the start of a path with the current user's home directory.

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Base.Filesystem.splitdirFunction 

splitdir(path::AbstractString) -> (AbstractString, AbstractString)

Split a path into a tuple of the directory name and file name.

Examples

julia> splitdir("/home/myuser")
("/home", "myuser")
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Base.Filesystem.splitdriveFunction 

splitdrive(path::AbstractString) -> (AbstractString, AbstractString)

On Windows, split a path into the drive letter part and the path part. On Unix systems, the first component is always the empty string.

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Base.Filesystem.splitextFunction 

splitext(path::AbstractString) -> (AbstractString, AbstractString)

If the last component of a path contains a dot, split the path into everything before the dot and everything including and after the dot. Otherwise, return a tuple of the argument unmodified and the empty string.

Examples

julia> splitext("/home/myuser/example.jl")
("/home/myuser/example", ".jl")

julia> splitext("/home/myuser/example")
("/home/myuser/example", "")
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Base.Filesystem.splitpathFunction 

splitpath(path::AbstractString) -> Vector{String}

Split a file path into all its path components. This is the opposite of joinpath. Returns an array of substrings, one for each directory or file in the path, including the root directory if present.

Julia 1.1

This function requires at least Julia 1.1.

Examples

julia> splitpath("/home/myuser/example.jl")
4-element Array{String,1}:
 "/"
 "home"
 "myuser"
 "example.jl"
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Licensed under the MIT License.
https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.3.1/base/file/