/*
 * fileutil.h by Matthias Braun <matze@braunis.de>
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002 Atomic Blue (info@planeshift.it, http://www.atomicblue.org) 
 *
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation (version 2 of the License)
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

/* This file contains
 * Utility functions to access the filesystem in a platform
 * independant way. It would be nicer to use vfs here, but vfs is too limited
 * for our needs (testing for file/directory, file permissions) */
#ifndef __UPDATER_FILE_H__
#define __UPDATER_FILE_H__

#include <psstdint.h>

namespace updater
{

class FileStat
{
public:
    enum Type
    {
        TYPE_FILE,
        TYPE_DIRECTORY
    };

    Type type;
    bool link;
    bool executable;
    uint32_t size;
    char* target;
    bool readonly;

    FileStat ()
    { target = NULL; }
    ~FileStat ()
    { delete[] target; }
};



/// Tests if the file exists and returns data about the file.
FileStat* StatFile (const char* path);

void RemoveFile (const char* filename);

/** Convert path to system specific path (for example changes / into \ on
 * win32). The result has to be free with delete[].
 */
char* ConvertToSystemPath (const char* path);

/** Creates a directory.
 * directory is interpreted as relative to /this/, i.e. not absolute.
 */
void MakeDirectory (const char* directory);
    
} // end of namespace updater

#endif