fileutil.h

//
// Author: Lorenzo Bettini <http://www.lorenzobettini.it>, (C) 2004-2008
//
// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
//

#ifndef _FILEUTIL_H
#define _FILEUTIL_H

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "ioexception.h"

using std::istream;
using std::string;

namespace srchilite {

extern std::string start_path;

string readFile(const string &fileName) throw (IOException);

//char *read_file(const string &fileName);

string createOutputFileName(const string &inputFileName,
        const string &outputDir, const string &ext);

unsigned int get_line_count(istream &input);

string get_file_extension(const string &filename);

FILE * open_file_stream(const string &input_file_name);
istream * open_file_istream(const string &filename);
istream * open_file_istream_or_error(const string &filename);
istream * open_data_file_istream(const string &path, const string &filename,
        const string &start = start_path);
FILE * open_data_file_stream(const string &path, const string &filename,
        const string &start = start_path);
bool read_line(istream *in, string &line);
string get_file_path(const string &s);
bool contains_path(const string &);
string strip_file_path(const string &);
string get_input_file_name(const string &file_name);

}

#endif //_FILEUTIL_H

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