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tdelibs/tdecore/ksavefile.h

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/*
This file is part of the KDE libraries
Copyright (c) 1999 Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This library 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
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef _KSAVEFILE_H_
#define _KSAVEFILE_H_
#include <tqstring.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ktempfile.h>
class KSaveFilePrivate;
/**
* The KSaveFile class has been made to write out changes to an existing
* file atomically.
* This means that EITHER:
* a)
* All changes have been written successfully to the file.
*
* b)
* Some error occurred, no changes have been written whatsoever and the
* old file is still in place.
*/
class TDECORE_EXPORT KSaveFile
{
public:
/**
* Creates a new KSaveFile with the given file name.
* @param filename the path of the file
* @param mode the mode of the file (see chmod(1))
*/
KSaveFile(const TQString &filename, int mode = 0666 );
/**
* The destructor closes the file.
* You might want to call close() explicitely though, to test whether it worked.
**/
~KSaveFile();
/**
* Returns the status of the file based on errno. (see errno.h)
* 0 means OK.
*
* You should check the status after object creation to check
* whether a file could be created in the first place.
*
* You may check the status after closing the file to verify that
* the file has indeed been written correctly.
* @return the errno status, 0 means ok
**/
int status() const
{ return mTempFile.status(); }
/**
* The name of the file as passed to the constructor.
* @return The name of the file, or TQString::null if opening the
* file has failed
**/
TQString name() const;
/**
* An integer file descriptor open for writing to the file.
* @return The file descriptor, or a negative number if opening
* the temporary file failed
**/
int handle() const
{ return mTempFile.handle(); }
/**
* A FILE* stream open for writing to the file.
* @return FILE* stream open for writing to the file, or 0
* if opening the temporary file failed
**/
FILE *fstream()
{ return mTempFile.fstream(); }
/**
* A TQFile* open for writing to the file.
* @return A TQFile open for writing to the file, or 0 if
* opening the temporary file failed.
**/
TQFile *file()
{ return mTempFile.file(); }
/**
* A TQTextStream* open for writing to the file.
* @return A TQTextStream that is open for writing to the file, or 0
* if opening the temporary file failed
**/
TQTextStream *textStream()
{ return mTempFile.textStream(); }
/**
* A TQDataStream* open for writing to the file.
* @return A TQDataStream that is open for writing to the file, or 0
* if opening the file failed
**/
TQDataStream *dataStream()
{ return mTempFile.dataStream(); }
/**
* Aborts the write operation and removes any intermediate files
* This implies a close.
**/
void abort();
/**
* Closes the file and makes the changes definitive.
* Returns 'true' is successful, or 'false' if an error has occurred.
* See status() for details about errors.
* @return true if successful, or false if an error has occurred.
**/
bool close();
/**
* Static method to create a backup file before saving.
* You can use this method even if you don't use KSaveFile.
* @param filename the file to backup
* @param backupDir optional directory where to save the backup file in.
* If empty (the default), the backup will be in the same directory as @p filename.
* @param backupExtension the extension to append to @p filename, "~" by default.
* @since 3.2
*/
static bool backupFile( const TQString& filename,
const TQString& backupDir = TQString::null,
const TQString& backupExtension = TQString::tqfromLatin1( "~" ) );
private:
TQString mFileName;
KTempFile mTempFile;
KSaveFilePrivate *d;
};
#endif