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+<h1>Class <code>nixio.fs</code></h1>
+
+<p>
+ Low-level and high-level filesystem manipulation library.</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Functions</h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.access">access</a>&nbsp;(path, mode1, ...)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Check user's permission on a file.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.basename">basename</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Strip the directory part from a path.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.chmod">chmod</a>&nbsp;(path, mode)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Change the file mode.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.chown">chown</a>&nbsp;(path, user, group)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.copy">copy</a>&nbsp;(src, dest)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Copy a file, directory or symlink non-recursively preserving file mode,
+ timestamps, owner and group.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.copyr">copyr</a>&nbsp;(src, dest)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Copy a file, directory or symlink recursively preserving file mode,
+ timestamps, owner and group.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.datacopy">datacopy</a>&nbsp;(src, dest, limit)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Copy data between files.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.dir">dir</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Iterate over the entries of a directory.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.dirname">dirname</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Strip the base from a path.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.glob">glob</a>&nbsp;(pattern)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Find pathnames matching a pattern.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.lchown">lchown</a>&nbsp;(path, user, group)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file and do not resolve
+ if target is a symlink.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.link">link</a>&nbsp;(oldpath, newpath)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Create a hard link.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.lstat">lstat</a>&nbsp;(path, field)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Get file status and attributes and do not resolve if target is a symlink.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.mkdir">mkdir</a>&nbsp;(path, mode)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Create a new directory.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.mkdirr">mkdirr</a>&nbsp;(dest, mode)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Create a directory and all needed parent directories recursively.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.mkfifo">mkfifo</a>&nbsp;(path, mode)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Create a FIFO (named pipe).</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.move">move</a>&nbsp;(src, dest)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Rename a file, directory or symlink non-recursively across filesystems.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.mover">mover</a>&nbsp;(src, dest)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Rename a file, directory or symlink recursively across filesystems.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.readfile">readfile</a>&nbsp;(path, limit)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Read the contents of a file into a buffer.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.readlink">readlink</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Read the target of a symbolic link.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.realpath">realpath</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Return the cannonicalized absolute pathname.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.remove">remove</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Remove a file or directory.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.rename">rename</a>&nbsp;(src, dest)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Renames a file or directory.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.rmdir">rmdir</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Remove an empty directory.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.stat">stat</a>&nbsp;(path, field)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Get file status and attributes.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.statvfs">statvfs</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Get filesystem statistics.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.symlink">symlink</a>&nbsp;(oldpath, newpath)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ (POSIX) Create a symbolic link.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.unlink">unlink</a>&nbsp;(path)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Delete a name and - if no links are left - the associated file.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.utimes">utimes</a>&nbsp;(path, actime, mtime)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Change file last access and last modification time.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#nixio.fs.writefile">writefile</a>&nbsp;(path, data)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+ Write a buffer into a file truncating the file first.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+</table>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+
+<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<dl class="function">
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.access"></a><strong>access</strong>&nbsp;(path, mode1, ...)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Check user's permission on a file.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mode1: First Mode to check ["f", "r", "w", "x"]
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ ...: More Modes to check [-"-]
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.basename"></a><strong>basename</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Strip the directory part from a path.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+This function cannot fail and will never return nil.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+basename
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.chmod"></a><strong>chmod</strong>&nbsp;(path, mode)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Change the file mode.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mode: File mode
+ [decimal mode number, "[-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xtT]"]
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Windows only supports setting the write-protection through the
+ "Writable to others" bit.
+
+ <li><strong>Notice:</strong> The mode-flag for the functions
+ open, mkdir, mkfifo are affected by the umask.
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="">
+ umask
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.chown"></a><strong>chown</strong>&nbsp;(path, user, group)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ user: User ID or Username (optional)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ group: Group ID or Groupname (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.copy"></a><strong>copy</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Copy a file, directory or symlink non-recursively preserving file mode,
+ timestamps, owner and group.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+ omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.copyr"></a><strong>copyr</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Copy a file, directory or symlink recursively preserving file mode,
+ timestamps, owner and group.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+ omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.datacopy"></a><strong>datacopy</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest, limit)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Copy data between files.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source file path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination file path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ limit: Maximum bytes to copy (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.dir"></a><strong>dir</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Iterate over the entries of a directory.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+The special entries "." and ".." are omitted.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+directory iterator returning one entry per call
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.dirname"></a><strong>dirname</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Strip the base from a path.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+This function cannot fail and will never return nil.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+dirname
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.glob"></a><strong>glob</strong>&nbsp;(pattern)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Find pathnames matching a pattern.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ pattern: Pattern
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return values:</h3>
+<ol>
+
+ <li>path iterator
+
+ <li>number of matches
+
+</ol>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.lchown"></a><strong>lchown</strong>&nbsp;(path, user, group)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file and do not resolve
+ if target is a symlink.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ user: User ID or Username (optional)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ group: Group ID or Groupname (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.link"></a><strong>link</strong>&nbsp;(oldpath, newpath)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Create a hard link.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ oldpath: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ newpath: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+This function calls link() on POSIX and CreateHardLink() on Windows.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.lstat"></a><strong>lstat</strong>&nbsp;(path, field)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Get file status and attributes and do not resolve if target is a symlink.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ field: Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing attributes (see stat for a detailed description)
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#nixio.fs.stat">
+ stat
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.mkdir"></a><strong>mkdir</strong>&nbsp;(path, mode)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Create a new directory.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mode: File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#nixio.fs.chmod">
+ chmod
+ </a>
+
+ <li><a href="">
+ umask
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.mkdirr"></a><strong>mkdirr</strong>&nbsp;(dest, mode)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Create a directory and all needed parent directories recursively.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mode: File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#nixio.fs.chmod">
+ chmod
+ </a>
+
+ <li><a href="">
+ umask
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.mkfifo"></a><strong>mkfifo</strong>&nbsp;(path, mode)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Create a FIFO (named pipe).
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mode: File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#nixio.fs.chmod">
+ chmod
+ </a>
+
+ <li><a href="">
+ umask
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.move"></a><strong>move</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Rename a file, directory or symlink non-recursively across filesystems.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+ omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.mover"></a><strong>mover</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Rename a file, directory or symlink recursively across filesystems.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+ omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.readfile"></a><strong>readfile</strong>&nbsp;(path, limit)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Read the contents of a file into a buffer.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ limit: Maximum bytes to read (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+file contents
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.readlink"></a><strong>readlink</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Read the target of a symbolic link.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+target path
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.realpath"></a><strong>realpath</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Return the cannonicalized absolute pathname.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+absolute path
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.remove"></a><strong>remove</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Remove a file or directory.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.rename"></a><strong>rename</strong>&nbsp;(src, dest)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Renames a file or directory.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ src: Source path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ dest: Destination path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+It is normally not possible to rename files accross fileystems.
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.rmdir"></a><strong>rmdir</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Remove an empty directory.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.stat"></a><strong>stat</strong>&nbsp;(path, field)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Get file status and attributes.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ field: Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing: <ul>
+ <li>atime = Last access timestamp</li>
+ <li>blksize = Blocksize (POSIX only)</li>
+ <li>blocks = Blocks used (POSIX only)</li>
+ <li>ctime = Creation timestamp</li>
+ <li>dev = Device ID</li>
+ <li>gid = Group ID</li>
+ <li>ino = Inode</li>
+ <li>modedec = Mode converted into a decimal number</li>
+ <li>modestr = Mode as string as returned by <code>ls -l</code></li>
+ <li>mtime = Last modification timestamp</li>
+ <li>nlink = Number of links</li>
+ <li>rdev = Device ID (if special file)</li>
+ <li>size = Size in bytes</li>
+ <li>type = ["reg", "dir", "chr", "blk", "fifo", "lnk", "sock"]</li>
+ <li>uid = User ID</li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.statvfs"></a><strong>statvfs</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Get filesystem statistics.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path to any file within the filesystem.
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+Table containing: <ul>
+ <li>bavail = available blocks</li>
+ <li>bfree = free blocks</li>
+ <li>blocks = number of fragments</li>
+ <li>frsize = fragment size</li>
+ <li>favail = available inodes</li>
+ <li>ffree = free inodes</li>
+ <li>files = inodes</li>
+ <li>flag = flags</li>
+ <li>fsid = filesystem ID</li>
+ <li>namemax = maximum filename length</li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.symlink"></a><strong>symlink</strong>&nbsp;(oldpath, newpath)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ (POSIX) Create a symbolic link.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ oldpath: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ newpath: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.unlink"></a><strong>unlink</strong>&nbsp;(path)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Delete a name and - if no links are left - the associated file.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.utimes"></a><strong>utimes</strong>&nbsp;(path, actime, mtime)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Change file last access and last modification time.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ actime: Last access timestamp (optional, default: current time)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ mtime: Last modification timestamp (optional, default: actime)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="nixio.fs.writefile"></a><strong>writefile</strong>&nbsp;(path, data)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+ Write a buffer into a file truncating the file first.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ path: Path
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ data: Data to write
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+</dl>
+
+
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