File Manager Functions

The file manager functions can create, open and close files, write data to files, and read data from files. In addition, file manager routines can create directories, determine characteristics of files and directories, and copy files.

The file manager defines the Path data type for use in describing paths to files and directories. The data structure for the Path data type is private. Use file manager routines to create and manipulate the Path data type.

You must include the appropriate header and library files to use these functions in a shared library.

You can perform the following operations by using the functions listed.

Current position mark, positioning
- FMSeek
- FMTell
Default access rights information, getting
- FGetDefGroup
Directory contents, creating and determining
- FListDir
- FNewDir
End-of-file mark, positioning
- FGetEOF
- FSetEOF
File data to disk, flushing
- FFlush
File operations, performing basic
- FCreate
- FCreateAlways
- FMClose
- FMOpen
- FMRead
- FMWrite
File range, locking
- FLockOrUnlockRange
File refnums, manipulating
File, directory, and volume information determination
Filenames and patterns, matching
- FStrFitsPat
Files and directories, moving and deleting
- FMove
- FRemove
Files, copying
- FCopy
Path type, determining
Path, extracting information
- FDepth
- FDirName
- FName
- FNamePtr
- FVolName
Paths, comparing
Paths, converting to and from other representations
Paths, creating
- FAddPath
- FAppendName
- FAppPath
- FEmptyPath
- FMakePath
- FNotAPath
- FRelPath
Paths, disposing
- FDestroyPath
Paths, duplicating
- FPathCpy
- FPathToPath