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<h1 class="namespace"><a href="Poco.html" class="namespace">Poco</a></h1>
<h1 class="symbol">class File</h1>
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<b>Library:</b> Foundation<br />
<b>Package:</b> Filesystem<br />
<b>Header:</b> Poco/File.h</p>
<h2>Description</h2>
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<p>The <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> class provides methods for working with a file. </p>
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<h2>Inheritance</h2>
<p><b>Direct Base Classes: </b>FileImpl</p>
<p><b>All Base Classes: </b>FileImpl</p>
<p><b>Known Derived Classes: </b><a href="Poco.TemporaryFile.html" title="class Poco::TemporaryFile">TemporaryFile</a></p>
<h2>Member Summary</h2>
<p><b>Member Functions: </b><a href="Poco.File.html#6930" title="Poco::File::canExecute()">canExecute</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6928" title="Poco::File::canRead()">canRead</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6929" title="Poco::File::canWrite()">canWrite</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6978" title="Poco::File::copyDirectory()">copyDirectory</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6949" title="Poco::File::copyTo()">copyTo</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6959" title="Poco::File::createDirectories()">createDirectories</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6958" title="Poco::File::createDirectory()">createDirectory</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6957" title="Poco::File::createFile()">createFile</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6936" title="Poco::File::created()">created</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6927" title="Poco::File::exists()">exists</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6937" title="Poco::File::getLastModified()">getLastModified</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6940" title="Poco::File::getSize()">getSize</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6976" title="Poco::File::handleLastError()">handleLastError</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6934" title="Poco::File::isDevice()">isDevice</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6933" title="Poco::File::isDirectory()">isDirectory</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6931" title="Poco::File::isFile()">isFile</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6935" title="Poco::File::isHidden()">isHidden</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6932" title="Poco::File::isLink()">isLink</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6960" title="Poco::File::list()">list</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6951" title="Poco::File::moveTo()">moveTo</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6966" title="Poco::File::operator !=()">operator !=</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6968" title="Poco::File::operator <()">operator <</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6970" title="Poco::File::operator <=()">operator <=</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6916" title="Poco::File::operator =()">operator =</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6964" title="Poco::File::operator ==()">operator ==</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6972" title="Poco::File::operator >()">operator ></a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6974" title="Poco::File::operator >=()">operator >=</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6926" title="Poco::File::path()">path</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6955" title="Poco::File::remove()">remove</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6953" title="Poco::File::renameTo()">renameTo</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6947" title="Poco::File::setExecutable()">setExecutable</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6938" title="Poco::File::setLastModified()">setLastModified</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6945" title="Poco::File::setReadOnly()">setReadOnly</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6941" title="Poco::File::setSize()">setSize</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6943" title="Poco::File::setWriteable()">setWriteable</a>, <a href="Poco.File.html#6924" title="Poco::File::swap()">swap</a></p>
<h2>Types</h2>
<h3><a name="6905">FileSize</a></h3>
<p class="decl">typedef FileSizeImpl <a href="Poco.File.html#6905" title="Poco::File::FileSize">FileSize</a>;</p>
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<h2>Constructors</h2>
<h3><a name="6906">File</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>();</p>
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<p>Creates the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6907">File</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>(<br /> const std::string & path<br />);</p>
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<p>Creates the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6909">File</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>(<br /> const char * path<br />);</p>
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<p>Creates the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6911">File</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>(<br /> const <a href="Poco.Path.html" title="class Poco::Path">Path</a> & path<br />);</p>
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<p>Creates the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6913">File</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>(<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />);</p>
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<p>Copy constructor. </p>
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<h2>Destructor</h2>
<h3><a name="6915">~File</a> <img src="images/virtual.gif" alt="virtual" title="virtual" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">virtual ~<a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a>();</p>
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<p>Destroys the file. </p>
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<h2>Member Functions</h2>
<h3><a name="6930">canExecute</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool canExecute() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is executable. </p>
<p>On Windows and OpenVMS, the file must have the extension ".EXE" to be executable. On Unix platforms, the executable permission bit must be set. </p>
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<h3><a name="6928">canRead</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool canRead() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is readable. </p>
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<h3><a name="6929">canWrite</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool canWrite() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is writeable. </p>
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<h3><a name="6949">copyTo</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void copyTo(<br /> const std::string & path<br />) const;</p>
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<p>Copies the file (or directory) to the given path. The target path can be a directory. </p>
<p>A directory is copied recursively. </p>
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<h3><a name="6959">createDirectories</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void createDirectories();</p>
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<p>Creates a directory (and all parent directories if necessary). </p>
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<h3><a name="6958">createDirectory</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool createDirectory();</p>
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<p>Creates a directory. Returns true if the directory has been created and false if it already exists. Throws an exception if an error occurs. </p>
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<h3><a name="6957">createFile</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool createFile();</p>
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<p>Creates a new, empty file in an atomic operation. Returns true if the file has been created and false if the file already exists. Throws an exception if an error occurs. </p>
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<h3><a name="6936">created</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.Timestamp.html" title="class Poco::Timestamp">Timestamp</a> created() const;</p>
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<p>Returns the creation date of the file. </p>
<p>Not all platforms or filesystems (e.g. Linux and most Unix platforms with the exception of FreeBSD and Mac OS X) maintain the creation date of a file. On such platforms, <a href="Poco.File.html#6936" title="Poco::File::created()">created</a>() returns the time of the last inode modification. </p>
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<h3><a name="6927">exists</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool exists() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file exists. </p>
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<h3><a name="6937">getLastModified</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.Timestamp.html" title="class Poco::Timestamp">Timestamp</a> getLastModified() const;</p>
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<p>Returns the modification date of the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6940">getSize</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html#6905" title="Poco::File::FileSize">FileSize</a> getSize() const;</p>
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<p>Returns the size of the file in bytes. </p>
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<h3><a name="6976">handleLastError</a> <img src="images/static.gif" alt="static" title="static" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">static void handleLastError(<br /> const std::string & path<br />);</p>
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<p>For internal use only. Throws an appropriate exception for the last file-related error. </p>
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<h3><a name="6934">isDevice</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool isDevice() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is a device. </p>
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<h3><a name="6933">isDirectory</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool isDirectory() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is a directory. </p>
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<h3><a name="6931">isFile</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool isFile() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is a regular file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6935">isHidden</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool isHidden() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if the file is hidden. </p>
<p>On Windows platforms, the file's hidden attribute is set for this to be true. </p>
<p>On Unix platforms, the file name must begin with a period for this to be true. </p>
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<h3><a name="6932">isLink</a></h3>
<p class="decl">bool isLink() const;</p>
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<p>Returns true if and only if the file is a symbolic link. </p>
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<h3><a name="6960">list</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void list(<br /> std::vector < std::string > & files<br />) const;</p>
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<p>Fills the vector with the names of all files in the directory. </p>
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<h3><a name="6962">list</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void list(<br /> std::vector < <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> > & files<br />) const;</p>
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<p>Fills the vector with the names of all files in the directory. </p>
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<h3><a name="6951">moveTo</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void moveTo(<br /> const std::string & path<br />);</p>
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<p>Copies the file (or directory) to the given path and removes the original file. The target path can be a directory. </p>
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<h3><a name="6966">operator !=</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator != (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="6968">operator <</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator < (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<h3><a name="6970">operator <=</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator <= (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="6916">operator =</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & operator = (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />);</p>
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<p>Assignment operator. </p>
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<h3><a name="6918">operator =</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & operator = (<br /> const std::string & path<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Assignment operator. </p>
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<h3><a name="6920">operator =</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & operator = (<br /> const char * path<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Assignment operator. </p>
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<h3><a name="6922">operator =</a></h3>
<p class="decl"><a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & operator = (<br /> const <a href="Poco.Path.html" title="class Poco::Path">Path</a> & path<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Assignment operator. </p>
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<h3><a name="6964">operator ==</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator == (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="6972">operator ></a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator > (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="6974">operator >=</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">bool operator >= (<br /> const <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />) const;</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="6926">path</a> <img src="images/inline.gif" alt="inline" title="inline" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">const std::string & path() const;</p>
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<p>Returns the path. </p>
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<h3><a name="6955">remove</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void remove(<br /> bool recursive = false<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Deletes the file. If recursive is true and the file is a directory, recursively deletes all files in the directory. </p>
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<h3><a name="6953">renameTo</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void renameTo(<br /> const std::string & path<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Renames the file to the new name. </p>
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<h3><a name="6947">setExecutable</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void setExecutable(<br /> bool flag = true<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Makes the file executable (if flag is true), or non-executable (if flag is false) by setting the file's permission bits accordingly. </p>
<p>Does nothing on Windows and OpenVMS. </p>
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<h3><a name="6938">setLastModified</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void setLastModified(<br /> const <a href="Poco.Timestamp.html" title="class Poco::Timestamp">Timestamp</a> & ts<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Sets the modification date of the file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6945">setReadOnly</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void setReadOnly(<br /> bool flag = true<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Makes the file non-writeable (if flag is true), or writeable (if flag is false) by setting the file's flags in the filesystem accordingly. </p>
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<h3><a name="6941">setSize</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void setSize(<br /> <a href="Poco.File.html#6905" title="Poco::File::FileSize">FileSize</a> size<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Sets the size of the file in bytes. Can be used to truncate a file. </p>
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<h3><a name="6943">setWriteable</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void setWriteable(<br /> bool flag = true<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Makes the file writeable (if flag is true), or non-writeable (if flag is false) by setting the file's flags in the filesystem accordingly. </p>
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<h3><a name="6924">swap</a></h3>
<p class="decl">void swap(<br /> <a href="Poco.File.html" title="class Poco::File">File</a> & file<br />);</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Swaps the file with another one. </p>
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<h3><a name="6978">copyDirectory</a> <img src="images/protected.gif" alt="protected" title="protected" style="vertical-align:baseline;" border="0" /> </h3>
<p class="decl">void copyDirectory(<br /> const std::string & path<br />) const;</p>
<div class="description">
<p>Copies a directory. Used internally by <a href="Poco.File.html#6949" title="Poco::File::copyTo()">copyTo</a>(). </p>
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