File

Simple filesystem helpers.

These functions are not intended for optimized IO or large files, they are convenience functions that simplify common filesystem operations.

Functions

Name	Brief
MTY_ReadFile	Read the entire contents of a file.
MTY_WriteFile	Write a buffer to a file.
MTY_WriteTextFile	Write formatted text to a file.
MTY_AppendTextToFile	Append formatted text to a file.
MTY_DeleteFile	Delete a file.
MTY_FileExists	Check if a file exists.
MTY_Mkdir	Create a directory with subdirectories.
MTY_JoinPath	Join two components of a path using the appropriate delimiter.
MTY_CopyFile	Copy a file.
MTY_MoveFile	Move a file.
MTY_GetDir	Get a special directory on the filesystem.
MTY_GetFileName	Parse a path and extract the file name with or without the extension.
MTY_GetFileExtension	Parse a path and extract the file extension.
MTY_GetPathPrefix	Get all but the final component of a path.
MTY_LockFileCreate	Create an MTY_LockFile for signaling resource ownership across processes.
MTY_LockFileDestroy	Destroy an MTY_LockFile.
MTY_GetFileList	Get a list of all files and directories contained in a path.
MTY_FreeFileList	Free a file list returned by MTY_GetFileList.

Structures

Name	Brief
MTY_FileDesc	File properties.
MTY_FileList	A list of files.

Enumerations

Name	Brief
MTY_Dir	Special directories on the filesystem.
MTY_FileMode	File shared access modes.

Literals

Name	Value	Details
MTY_PATH_MAX	1280	Maximum size of a full path used internally by libmatoya.
MTY_FILE_MAX	0x40000000	Maximum size of a file that can be read by libmatoya.