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| = Dealing with Files and Directories = {{{WinFile}}} is part of the CategoryAplApl project. |
= OS: Interface to the Operating system = {{{OS}}} is part of the CategoryAplTree project. |
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| Nowadays if there is a need to deal with directories and files, there is .NET, isn't it? Well, some companies have decided against .NET, so there is still the need for a .NET-free solution to this. This is what the WinFile class is designed for. | This class offers methods that return the same result under Windows, Linux (without the PI) and Mac OS. |
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| But there is more to say to this: try to get a DirectoryInfo for a directory with, say, 100,000 files. Then compare with this class. | Examples are `GetPID` and `KillPID`. |
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| See the list of methods (generated with [[ADOC]]): | Exceptions are the functions `ShellExecute` (Linux/Mac only) and `WinExecute` (Windows only). They perform very similar tasks but with very different parameters and results, so they were separated. |
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| == Methods == | == List of methods == |
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| *** WinFile (Class) *** Shared Methods: Cd CheckPath CopyTo DateOf Delete Dir DirX DoesExistDir DoesExistFile GetAllDrives GetDriveAndType GetTempFileName GetTempPath History IsDirEmpty ListDirsOnly MkDir MoveTo ReadAnsiFile RmDir Version WriteAnsiFile YoungerThan |
Shared Methods: CreateParms_WinExecute GetPID GetSharedLib KillPID ShellExecute Version WinExecute |
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| Find out more by looking into the documentation [[attachment:WinFileDocumentation.html]] == History == For a full version history: [[WinFile/History|History]] == Version Information == ||Original author: ||KaiJaeger || ||Responsible: ||KaiJaeger || ||Email: || kai@aplteam.com || ||Current state: ||1.3.1 || |
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| == Download == You have two options: you can either download the script for usage: |
`OS` needs version 15.0 Unicode of Dyalog APL. |
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| [[http://aplwiki.com/WinFile?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=WinFile.ZIP|Download WinFile script right now]] or get the whole thing from the AplWikiRepository, including the development workspace and the script and maybe more for any development or for running the test cases: {{{ svn list svn://aplteam.com/os/dyalog/WinFile/tags }}} If you plan to contribute please note that all stuff published as part of the APLAPL project must follow certain [[AplAplStandards|APLAPL-specific standards]]. |
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OS: Interface to the Operating system
OS is part of the CategoryAplTree project.
Overview
This class offers methods that return the same result under Windows, Linux (without the PI) and Mac OS.
Examples are GetPID and KillPID.
Exceptions are the functions ShellExecute (Linux/Mac only) and WinExecute (Windows only). They perform very similar tasks but with very different parameters and results, so they were separated.
List of methods
Shared Methods: CreateParms_WinExecute GetPID GetSharedLib KillPID ShellExecute Version WinExecute
OS needs version 15.0 Unicode of Dyalog APL.