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Diffstat (limited to 'exercises/106_files.zig')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/exercises/106_files.zig b/exercises/106_files.zig index b38bc72..ee8c6a9 100644 --- a/exercises/106_files.zig +++ b/exercises/106_files.zig @@ -12,23 +12,27 @@ // Fortunately, the Zig Standard Library provides a simple API for interacting // with the file system, see the detail documentation here: // -// https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.fs +// https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.Io // // In this exercise, we'll try to: // - create a new directory, // - open a file in the directory, // - write to the file. // -// import std as always +// Note: For simplicity, we write byte-by-byte without buffering. +// In real applications, you'd typically use a buffer for better +// performance. We'll learn about buffered I/O in a later exercise. +// const std = @import("std"); +const io = std.Options.debug_io; pub fn main() !void { // first we get the current working directory - const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd(); + const cwd: std.Io.Dir = std.Io.Dir.cwd(); // then we'll try to make a new directory /output/ // to store our output files. - cwd.makeDir("output") catch |e| switch (e) { + cwd.createDir(io, "output", .default_dir) catch |e| switch (e) { // there is a chance you might want to run this // program more than once and the path might already // have been created, so we'll have to handle this error @@ -44,21 +48,24 @@ pub fn main() !void { // wait a minute... // opening a directory might fail! // what should we do here? - var output_dir: std.fs.Dir = cwd.openDir("output", .{}); - defer output_dir.close(); + var output_dir: std.Io.Dir = try cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{}); + defer output_dir.close(io); // we try to open the file `zigling.txt`, // and propagate any error up - const file: std.fs.File = try output_dir.createFile("zigling.txt", .{}); + const file: std.Io.File = try output_dir.createFile(io, "zigling.txt", .{}); // it is a good habit to close a file after you are done with it // so that other programs can read it and prevent data corruption // but here we are not yet done writing to the file // if only there were a keyword in Zig that // allowed you to "defer" code execution to the end of the scope... - file.close(); + file.close(io); + + // you are not allowed to move these lines above the file closing line! + var file_writer = file.writer(io, &.{}); + const writer = &file_writer.interface; - // you are not allowed to move these two lines above the file closing line! - const byte_written = try file.write("It's zigling time!"); + const byte_written = try writer.write("It's zigling time!"); std.debug.print("Successfully wrote {d} bytes.\n", .{byte_written}); } // to check if you actually write to the file, you can either, @@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ pub fn main() !void { // More on Creating files // // notice in: -// ... try output_dir.createFile("zigling.txt", .{}); -// ^^^ +// ... try output_dir.createFile(io, "zigling.txt", .{}); +// ^^^ // we passed this anonymous struct to the function call // // this is the struct `CreateFlag` with default fields @@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ pub fn main() !void { // // Question: // - what should you do if you want to also read the file after opening it? -// - go to the documentation of the struct `std.fs.Dir` here: +// - go to the documentation of the struct `std.Io.Dir` here: // https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.fs.Dir // - can you find a function for opening a file? how about deleting a file? // - what kind of options can you use with those functions? |
