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1fc4cb55 1package File::Path;
fed7345c 2
3=head1 NAME
4
1fc4cb55 5File::Path - create or remove a series of directories
fed7345c 6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
1fc4cb55 9C<use File::Path>
fed7345c 10
11C<mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);>
12
13C<rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);>
14
15=head1 DESCRIPTION
16
17The C<mkpath> function provides a convenient way to create directories, even if
18your C<mkdir> kernel call won't create more than one level of directory at a
19time. C<mkpath> takes three arguments:
20
21=over 4
22
23=item *
24
25the name of the path to create, or a reference
26to a list of paths to create,
27
28=item *
29
30a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<mkpath>
31to print the name of each directory as it is created
32(defaults to FALSE), and
33
34=item *
35
36the numeric mode to use when creating the directories
37(defaults to 0777)
38
39=back
40
41It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined using
42the Unix '/' separator) created.
43
44Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
45subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
46C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
47
48=over 4
49
50=item *
51
52the root of the subtree to delete, or a reference to
53a list of roots. All of the files and directories
54below each root, as well as the roots themselves,
567d72c2 55will be deleted.
fed7345c 56
57=item *
58
59a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 60print a message each time it examines a file, giving the
61name of the file, and indicating whether it's using C<rmdir>
62or C<unlink> to remove it, or that it's skipping it.
fed7345c 63(defaults to FALSE)
64
65=item *
66
67a boolean value, which if TRUE will cause C<rmtree> to
748a9306 68skip any files to which you do not have delete access
69(if running under VMS) or write access (if running
70under another OS). This will change in the future when
71a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other
72than VMS is settled. (defaults to FALSE)
fed7345c 73
74=back
75
76It returns the number of files successfully deleted.
77
78=head1 AUTHORS
79
80Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
81Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>
82
83=head1 REVISION
84
567d72c2 85This document was last revised 25-Aug-1995, for perl 5.002
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87=cut
88
89require 5.000;
90use Config;
91use Carp;
92require Exporter;
93@ISA = qw( Exporter );
94@EXPORT = qw( mkpath rmtree );
95
748a9306 96$Is_VMS = $Config{'osname'} eq 'VMS';
97
fed7345c 98sub mkpath{
99 my($paths, $verbose, $mode) = @_;
100 # $paths -- either a path string or ref to list of paths
101 # $verbose -- optional print "mkdir $path" for each directory created
102 # $mode -- optional permissions, defaults to 0777
103 local($")="/";
104 $mode = 0777 unless defined($mode);
105 $paths = [$paths] unless ref $paths;
106 my(@created);
107 foreach $path (@$paths){
748a9306 108 next if -d $path;
fed7345c 109 my(@p);
110 foreach(split(/\//, $path)){
111 push(@p, $_);
112 next if -d "@p/";
113 print "mkdir @p\n" if $verbose;
114 mkdir("@p",$mode) || croak "mkdir @p: $!";
115 push(@created, "@p");
116 }
117 }
118 @created;
119}
120
121sub rmtree {
122 my($roots, $verbose, $safe) = @_;
123 my(@files,$count);
124 $roots = [$roots] unless ref $roots;
125
126 foreach $root (@{$roots}) {
127 $root =~ s#/$##;
128 if (-d $root) {
129 opendir(D,$root);
567d72c2 130 ($root = VMS::Filespec::unixify($root)) =~ s#\.dir$## if $Is_VMS;
fed7345c 131 @files = map("$root/$_", grep $_!~/^\.{1,2}$/, readdir(D));
132 closedir(D);
133 $count += rmtree(\@files,$verbose,$safe);
748a9306 134 if ($safe &&
135 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
136 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
137 next;
138 }
fed7345c 139 print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
140 (rmdir $root && ++$count) or carp "Can't remove directory $root: $!";
141 }
142 else {
748a9306 143 if ($safe &&
144 ($Is_VMS ? !&VMS::Filespec::candelete($root) : !-w $root)) {
145 print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
146 next;
147 }
fed7345c 148 print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;
4633a7c4 149 while (-e $root) { # delete all versions under VMS
150 (unlink($root) && ++$count)
151 or carp "Can't unlink file $root: $!";
152 }
fed7345c 153 }
154 }
155
156 $count;
157}
158
1591;
160
161__END__