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FILE OBJECT TYPE
NAME: file
SHORTCUT: dir
DESCRIPTION
Reference to a file or folder (directory) on disk.
The string value of the file object is the path and name
of the file.
CHILDREN
None.
MESSAGES
read <into.obj> - Read file and put data in the specified object.
If the <into.obj> is not specified, the data will be in <it>.
write <from.obj> - Write the data in the <from.object> into
the file.
show - Show the contents of the file.
page - Show the contents of the file, paginated
open - Open the file with the default application for the type.
check_exists - Check to see if the file exists.
<It> will be true or false.
check_is_file - Check to see if the file specified is a
regular file. <It> will be true or false.
check_is_dir - Check to see if the file specified is a
diretory. <It> will be true or false.
find_match - Look for the existence of a file matching
the file's pattern. <It> will be true or false.
EXAMPLE
exists [can] :
f [file] : /Users/me/tmp
on_load [script] :
show "Checking to see if file exists: " + exists.f
tell exists.f to check_exists
show it
tell exists.f to check_is_dir
show "is a directory? " + it
tell exists.f to check_is_file
show "is a file? " + it
f [file] : /Users/me/gloo/*.gemspec
pattern [script] :
tell f to find_match
show it
SEE ALSO
Version data entries
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