Differences between revisions 1 and 2

WinFile versus FilesAndDirs

In order to make the move from WinFiles to FilesAndDirs as smooth as possible this page compares the two classes.

(Almost) unchanged functions

WinFile	FilesAndDirs	Remarks
`Cd`	`Cd`
`CheckPath`	`CheckPath`
`CopyToWithRC`	`CopyTo`
`Delete`	`DeleteFile`
`Dir`, `DirTree`, `DirX`	`Dir`	Syntax change
`DoesExist`	`Exists`
`DoesExistDir`	`IsDir`
`DoesExistFile`	`IsFile`
`ExpandPath`	`Normalize`	Check syntax; see also `EnforceBackSlash`
`GetTempFileName`	`GetTempFilename`	Notice change in spelling
`GetTempPath`	`GetTempPath`
`ListDirsOnly`	`ListDirs`
`ListFilesOnly`	`ListFiles`
`MkDir`	`MkDir`
`MoveToWithRC`	`MoveTo`
`PWD`	`PWD`
`PolishCurrentDir`	`PolishCurrentDir`
`RmDir`	`RmDir`	"Recursive" is now the default

Functions added to FilesAndDirs

Function name	Remarks
`GetNewLineCharsFor`	Operating system dependent
`IsSymbolicLink`	Completes `IsDir` and `IsFile`
`CopyTree`	Copy directory with all its contents
`MoveTree`	Move directory with all its contents

Removed functions

WinFile	Remarks
`CopyTo`	Signalled errors.
`CreateDirParms`
`CreateDirXParms`
`CreateListFilesOnlyParms`
`DateOf`
`DirTree`
`ExpandEnv`	Never belonged to `WinFile`
`GetAllDrives`	Never belonged to `WinFile`
`GetDriveAndType`	Never belonged to `WinFile`
`HasSubDirs`
`IsDirEmpty`
`IsFilenameOkay`
`IsFoldernameOkay`
`IsValidWin32Filename`
`ListDirXIndices`
`ListFileAttributes`
`MoveTo`	Signalled errors
`ReadAnsiFile`
`ReadBytesAs8BitSignedIntegersFromFile`	See `⎕NGET`
`WriteAnsiFile`	See `⎕NPUT`
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-|| `Dir`, `DirTree`, `DirX` ||`Dir`               ||  ||
+|| `Dir`, `DirTree`, `DirX` ||`Dir`               || Syntax change ||
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-|| `ExpandPath`             ||`Normalize`         || See also `EnforceBackSlash` ||
+|| `ExpandPath`             ||`Normalize`         || Check syntax; see also `EnforceBackSlash` ||
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-|| `RmDir`                  ||`RmDir`             || `(Recursive' 1)` is now the default ||
+|| `RmDir`                  ||`RmDir`             || "Recursive" is now the default ||
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-|| `GetNewLineCharsFor`  ||  ||
|| `IsSymbolicLink`      ||  ||
|| `CopyTree`            ||  ||
|| `MoveTree`            ||  ||
+|| `GetNewLineCharsFor`  || Operating system dependent ||
|| `IsSymbolicLink`      || Completes `IsDir` and `IsFile` ||
|| `CopyTree`            || Copy directory with all its contents ||
|| `MoveTree`            || Move directory with all its contents  ||
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-|| `CopyTo`                                ||  ||
+|| `CopyTo`                                || Signalled errors. ||
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-|| `ExpandEnv`                             ||  ||
|| `GetAllDrives`                          ||  ||
|| `GetDriveAndType`                       ||  ||
+|| `ExpandEnv`                             || Never belonged to `WinFile` ||
|| `GetAllDrives`                          || Never belonged to `WinFile` ||
|| `GetDriveAndType`                       || Never belonged to `WinFile` ||
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-|| `MoveTo`                                ||  ||
+|| `MoveTo`                                || Signalled errors ||
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-|| `ReadBytesAs8BitSignedIntegersFromFile` ||  ||
|| `WriteAnsiFile`                         ||  ||
+|| `ReadBytesAs8BitSignedIntegersFromFile` || See `⎕NGET` ||
|| `WriteAnsiFile`                         || See `⎕NPUT` ||