Changes the current working directory of the process to the given string path.

require "file_utils"

FileUtils.cd("/tmp")

NOTE Alias of Dir.cd

Changes the current working directory of the process to the given string path and invoked the block, restoring the original working directory when the block exits.

FileUtils.cd("/tmp") { Dir.current } # => "/tmp"

NOTE Alias of Dir.cd with block

Compares two files filename1 to filename2 to determine if they are identical. Returns true if content are the same, false otherwise.

File.write("file.cr", "1")
File.write("bar.cr", "1")
FileUtils.cmp("file.cr", "bar.cr") # => true

Compares two streams stream1 to stream2 to determine if they are identical. Returns true if content are the same, false otherwise.

File.write("afile", "123")
stream1 = File.open("afile")
stream2 = IO::Memory.new("123")
FileUtils.cmp(stream1, stream2) # => true

Copies the file src_path to the file or directory dest. If dest is a directory, a file with the same basename as src_path is created in dest Permission bits are copied too.

File.chmod("afile", 0o600)
FileUtils.cp("afile", "afile_copy")
File.stat("afile_copy").perm # => 0o600

Copies a list of files src to dest. dest must be an existing directory.

Dir.mkdir("files")
FileUtils.cp({"bar.cr", "afile"}, "files")

Copies a file or directory src_path to dest_path. If src_path is a directory, this method copies all its contents recursively.

FileUtils.cp_r("files", "dir")

Creates a new directory at the given path. The linux-style permission mode can be specified, with a default of 777 (0o777).

FileUtils.mkdir("src")

NOTE Alias of Dir.mkdir

Creates a new directory at the given paths. The linux-style permission mode can be specified, with a default of 777 (0o777).

FileUtils.mkdir(["foo", "bar"])

Creates a new directory at the given paths, including any non-existing intermediate directories. The linux-style permission mode can be specified, with a default of 777 (0o777).

FileUtils.mkdir_p(["foo", "bar", "baz", "dir1", "dir2", "dir3"])

Creates a new directory at the given path, including any non-existing intermediate directories. The linux-style permission mode can be specified, with a default of 777 (0o777).

FileUtils.mkdir_p("foo")

NOTE Alias of Dir.mkdir_p

Moves src_path to dest_path.

FileUtils.mv("afile", "afile.cr")

NOTE Alias of File.rename

Moves every srcs to dest.

FileUtils.mv(["foo", "bar"], "src")

Returns the current working directory.

FileUtils.pwd

NOTE Alias of Dir.current

Deletes the path file given.

FileUtils.rm("afile.cr")

NOTE Alias of File.delete

Deletes all paths file given.

FileUtils.rm(["dir/afile", "afile_copy"])

Deletes a file or directory path. If path is a directory, this method removes all its contents recursively.

FileUtils.rm_r("dir")
FileUtils.rm_r("file.cr")

Deletes a list of files or directories paths. If one path is a directory, this method removes all its contents recursively.

FileUtils.rm_r(["files", "bar.cr"])

Deletes a file or directory path. If path is a directory, this method removes all its contents recursively. Ignore all errors.

FileUtils.rm_rf("dir")
FileUtils.rm_rf("file.cr")
FileUtils.rm_rf("non_existent_file")

Deletes a list of files or directories paths. If one path is a directory, this method removes all its contents recursively. Ignore all errors.

FileUtils.rm_rf(["dir", "file.cr", "non_existent_file"])

Removes the directory at the given path.

FileUtils.rmdir("baz")

NOTE Alias of Dir.rmdir

Removes all directories at the given paths.

FileUtils.rmdir(["dir1", "dir2", "dir3"])

Attempts to set the access and modification times of each file given in the paths parameter to the value given in time.

If the file does not exist, it will be created.

FileUtils.touch(["foo", "bar"])

Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the path parameter to the value given in time.

If the file does not exist, it will be created.

FileUtils.touch("afile.cr")

NOTE Alias of File.touch