Merge branch 'dir1'

examples/directories/directories.go

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+// Go has several useful functions for working with
+// *directories* in the file system.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+func check(e error) {
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	// Create a new sub-directory in the current working
+	// directory.
+	err := os.Mkdir("subdir", 0755)
+	check(err)
+
+	// When creating temporary directories, it's good
+	// practice to `defer` their removal. `os.RemoveAll`
+	// will delete a whole directory tree (similarly to
+	// `rm -rf`).
+	defer os.RemoveAll("subdir")
+
+	// Helper function to create a new empty file.
+	createEmptyFile := func(name string) {
+		d := []byte("")
+		check(ioutil.WriteFile(name, d, 0644))
+	}
+
+	createEmptyFile("subdir/file1")
+
+	// We can create a hierarchy of directories, including
+	// parents with `MkdirAll`. This is similar to the
+	// command-line `mkdir -p`.
+	err = os.MkdirAll("subdir/parent/child", 0755)
+	check(err)
+
+	createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/file2")
+	createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/file3")
+	createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/child/file4")
+
+	// `ReadDir` lists directory contents, returning a
+	// slice of `os.FileInfo` objects.
+	c, err := ioutil.ReadDir("subdir/parent")
+	check(err)
+
+	fmt.Println("Listing subdir/parent")
+	for _, entry := range c {
+		fmt.Println(" ", entry.Name(), entry.IsDir())
+	}
+
+	// `Chdir` lets us change the current working directory,
+	// similarly to `cd`.
+	err = os.Chdir("subdir/parent/child")
+	check(err)
+
+	// Now we'll see the contents of `subdir/parent/child`
+	// when listing the *current* directory.
+	c, err = ioutil.ReadDir(".")
+	check(err)
+
+	fmt.Println("Listing subdir/parent/child")
+	for _, entry := range c {
+		fmt.Println(" ", entry.Name(), entry.IsDir())
+	}
+
+	// `cd` back to where we started.
+	err = os.Chdir("../../..")
+	check(err)
+
+	// We can also visit a directory *recursively*,
+	// including all its sub-directories. `Walk` accepts
+	// a callback function to handle every file or
+	// directory visited.
+	fmt.Println("Visiting subdir")
+	err = filepath.Walk("subdir", visit)
+}
+
+// `visit` is called for every file or directory found
+// recursively by `filepath.Walk`.
+func visit(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(" ", p, info.IsDir())
+	return nil
+}

examples/directories/directories.hash

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examples/directories/directories.sh

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+$ go run directories.go
+Listing subdir/parent
+  child true
+  file2 false
+  file3 false
+Listing subdir/parent/child
+  file4 false
+Visiting subdir
+  subdir true
+  subdir/file1 false
+  subdir/parent true
+  subdir/parent/child true
+  subdir/parent/child/file4 false
+  subdir/parent/file2 false
+  subdir/parent/file3 false