NAME

       SHARYANTO::File::Util - File-related utilities

VERSION

       version 0.56

SYNOPSIS

        use SHARYANTO::File::Util qw(file_exists l_abs_path dir_empty);

        print "file exists" if file_exists("/path/to/file/or/dir");
        print "absolute path = ", l_abs_path("foo");
        print "dir exists and is empty" if dir_empty("/path/to/dir");

DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONS

       None are exported by default, but they are exportable.

   file_exists($path) => BOOL
       This routine is just like the -e test, except that it assume symlinks with non-existent
       target as existing. If "sym" is a symlink to a non-existing target:

        -e "sym"             # false, Perl performs stat() which follows symlink

       but:

        -l "sym"             # true, Perl performs lstat()
        -e _                 # false

       This function performs the following test:

        !(-l "sym") && (-e _) || (-l _)

   l_abs_path($path) => STR
       Just like Cwd::abs_path(), except that it will not follow symlink if $path is symlink (but
       it will follow symlinks for the parent paths).

       Example:

        use Cwd qw(getcwd abs_path);

        say getcwd();              # /home/steven
        # s is a symlink to /tmp/foo
        say abs_path("s");         # /tmp/foo
        say l_abs_path("s");       # /home/steven/s
        # s2 is a symlink to /tmp
        say abs_path("s2/foo");    # /tmp/foo
        say l_abs_path("s2/foo");  # /tmp/foo

       Mnemonic: l_abs_path -> abs_path is analogous to lstat -> stat.

       Note: currently uses hardcoded "/" as path separator.

   dir_empty($dir) => BOOL
       Will return true if $dir exists and is empty.

       None are exported by default, but they are exportable.

FAQ

   Where is file_empty()?
       For checking if some path exists, is a regular file, and is empty (content is zero-
       length), you can simply use the "-z" filetest operator.

AUTHOR

       Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Steven Haryanto.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.