From: sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org
To: Sebastien Ferre <sbf@aber.ac.uk>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] file copy
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:21:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040623192107.GD2856@gallu.homelinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40D9A7E7.2060703@aber.ac.uk>
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 03:55:19PM +0000, Sebastien Ferre wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there any function in OCaml for copying a file
> like with the Unix command 'cp' ? I wish to avoid
> using the function Sys.command to keep platform
> independency.
> I could not find any neither in the standard library,
> nor in the Unix library.
>
Hello,
You can use the library i am developping : ocaml-fileutils.
It allows you to do 'cp' and a lot of other operation ( 'mv', 'ls', 'find', 'rm'... )
Moreover, you can do cp ~recurse:true to copy whole directory.
Least but not last, all the function should be platform independent,
regarding filename, because it use filePath which is a wrapper for
filename of the platform ( support : Unix, MacOs, Win32, Cygwin style ).
Actually, i am writing unitary test in order to release version 0.3,
which comes with operation on file size ( 'du', + test for find ), loop
prevention ( if you have a symlink from 'x' to '.', it won't recurse ).
It also changes some prototype : rm, cp will now use list as argument.
It also fixes some bugs. This new version will be available friday or
saturday.
Anyway, the current version should be enough for your usage ( and for
two days ).
Kind regard
Sylvain Le Gall
ps : http://www.carva.org/sylvain.le-gall/
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-23 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-23 15:55 Sebastien Ferre
2004-06-23 15:06 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-06-23 15:20 ` skaller
2004-06-23 16:37 ` padiolea
2004-06-23 19:21 ` sylvain.le-gall [this message]
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