[Sc-devel] File-extension

[Till Bovermann]

On 27.11.2007, at 22:22, nescivi wrote:

> On Monday 26 November 2007 11:16:37 Till Bovermann wrote:
>> Hey List,
>>
>> unsure where to put these (probably useful) extensions to file:
>>
>> + File {
>> 	*isRegularFile { arg pathName;
>> 		^("test -f %".format(pathName.escapeChar($ )).systemCmd == 0)
>> 	}
>> 	*isDirectory  { arg pathName;
>> 		^("test -d %".format(pathName.escapeChar($ )).systemCmd == 0)
>> 	}
>> 	*isRTFD {arg pathName;
>> 		^((pathName.splitext.last == "rtfd") && {this.isDirectory 
>> (pathName)})
>> 	}
>> }
>>
>>
>> Any Idea? std-distro / common quark, etc?
>
> there are similar functions in PathName.
> Any reason not to include them there?

ok for me.

>
> Also, I'd rename them to contain something like "exist", since they  
> test
> whether the directories or files exist and are what they seem they  
> are.

PathName:existsAsRegularFile
PathName:existsAsDirectory
PathName:existsAsRTFD

???

>
> And why only testing for RTFD? and not have functions for other  
> extensions?
> Why not make a general hasExtension method?

sure this would make sense... I just did not need it for now. RTFD is  
some sort of a strange file format... since it actually is not a file  
but a well-structured directory...

<- Till