Group "System Support"

Function and classes supporting OS and environment.

This group of functions and classes is meant to provide OS and environmental basic support to Falcon scripts.

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DirectorySpecial iterator to access directory listings.
Directory.closeCloses the directory object.
Directory.descendDescends into subdirectories, iteratively calling a function.
Directory.errorReturns the last system error code that the directory operation causes.
Directory.readReturns the next entry in the directory.
FileStatClass holding informations on system files.
FileStat.readFills the data in this instance reading them from a system file.
IOStreamCreates a stream for input and output.
InputStreamOpen a system file for reading.
OutputStreamCreates a stream for output only.
StreamStream oriented I/O class.
dirChangeChanges the current working directory.
dirCurrentReturns the current working directory.
dirMakeCreates a directory.
dirMakeLinkCreates a soft link to a file.
dirReadLinkOn systems supporting symbolic links, returns the linked file.
dirRemoveRemoves an empty directory.
exitRequires immediate termination of the program.
fileChgroupChanges UNIX group to a directory entry.
fileChmodChanges UNIX access right to a directory entry.
fileChownChanges UNIX owner to a directory entry.
fileCopyCopies a whole file from one position to another.
fileExtReturn the extension in a complete filename.
fileMoveRenames a file locally.
fileNameDetermines the name of a file in a complete path.
fileNameMergeMerges a filename split up in four elements.
filePathReturn the path specification part in a complete filename.
fileRemoveRemoves a file from the system.
fileTypeDeterimnes the type of a file.
fileUnitReturn the unit specificator in a complete filename.
getEnvironReturn a dictionary containing all the environment variables.
getenvGet environment variable value.
setenvSet environment variable value.
stdErrCreates an object mapped to the standard error of the Virtual Machine.
stdErrRawCreates a stream that interfaces the standard error stream of the host process.
stdInCreates an object mapped to the standard input of the Virtual Machine.
stdInRawCreates a stream that interfaces the standard input stream of the host process.
stdOutCreates an object mapped to the standard output of the Virtual Machine.
stdOutRawCreates a stream that interfaces the standard output stream of the host process.
unsetenvClear environment variable value.

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