/**********************************************************************
 *
 * fileutil.h -- a few useful file utilities
 * Copyright (C) 1999  The New Zealand Digital Library Project
 *
 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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#ifndef FILEUTIL_H
#define FILEUTIL_H

#include "text_t.h"


// returns the proper concatenation of the two paths
text_t filename_cat (text_t path1, text_t path2);
text_t filename_cat (text_t path1, text_t path2, text_t path3);
text_t filename_cat (text_t path1, text_t path2, text_t path3, text_t path4);
text_t filename_cat (text_t path1, text_t path2, text_t path3, text_t path4, 
		     text_t path5);
text_t filename_cat (text_t path1, text_t path2, text_t path3, text_t path4, 
		     text_t path5, text_t path6);

// returns true if filename can be opened
bool file_exists (const text_t &filename);

// returns true if filename can be written to
bool file_writable (const text_t &filename);

// returns true if directory exists
bool directory_exists (const text_t &dirname);

// note that read_dir appends to filelist, it doesn't clear
// it first
bool read_dir (const text_t &dirname, text_tarray &filelist);
bool read_dir (const text_t &dirname, text_tset &filelist);

bool file_copy (const text_t &fromfile, const text_t &tofile);

text_t file_tail (const text_t &filename, int numlines, int linelength);

// returns true if directory created successfully
bool mk_dir (const text_t &dirname);

bool read_file (const text_t &filename, text_t &content);

#endif