pathtype

Add a type for paths in Go.

Programming language: Go

License: MIT License

Tags: File Handling    

README

pathtype

Treat paths as their own type instead of using strings. This small package wraps functions from the standard library to create a new Path type.

Example

Code

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"

    pt "github.com/jonchun/pathtype"
)

type path = pt.Path

func main() {
    myFile := path("myfile.txt")
    exampleFile := path("example/example.txt")
    fmt.Println(exampleFile.Dir())
    fmt.Println(exampleFile.Dir().Join(myFile))

    res, err := exampleFile.Dir().Join(myFile).Dir().Abs()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(res)

    fmt.Println("=========================")
    listBase(res)
    fmt.Println("=========================")
    listExt(res)
}

// list all Base for files in p
func listBase(p path) {
    if glob, err := p.Glob("*"); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    } else {
        for _, match := range glob {
            fmt.Println(match.Base())
        }
    }
}

// list all extensions for files in p
func listExt(p path) {
    if glob, err := p.Glob("*"); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    } else {
        for _, match := range glob {
            fmt.Println(match.Ext())
        }
    }
}

Output

example
example/myfile.txt
/home/jonchun/example_module/example
=========================
1.log
2.log
example.txt
=========================
.log
.log
.txt

See GoDoc for documentation, but it should be pretty self-explanatory.

TODO

• Update examples for all the methods and have 1-to-1 coverage of the official examples/docs.