Functions¶

set_file_rights(%parameters)

Sets owner and/or access rights on a file.

Returns true value if setting rights succeeded. Otherwise returns false value.

Note: If superuser was specified as owner, this function will die.

copy_dir($dir1, $dir2)

Copy a directory and its content

del_dir($dir)

Delete a directory and its content

mk_parent_dir($file)

To be used before creating a file in a directory that may not exist already.

mkdir_all($path, $mode)

Recursively create directory and all parent directories

shift_file($file, $count)

Shift file renaming it with date. If count is defined, keep $count file and unlink others

get_mtime ( $file )

Gets modification time of the file.

Parameter:

list_dir($dir, $all, $original_encoding)

DEPRECATED.

Recursively list the content of a directory Return an array of hash, each entry with directory + filename + encoding

get_dir_size($dir)

TBD.

qencode_hierarchy()

DEPRECATED.

Q-encodes a complete file hierarchy. Useful to Q-encode subshared documents.

ToDo: See a comment on "qencode_filename" in Sympa::Tools::Text.

remove_dir(@directories)

Function for Removing a non-empty directory. It takes a variable number of arguments: It can be a list of directory or few directory paths.