FileSystem is an abstract file system API,
LocalFileSystem is an implementation accessing files
on the local machine. SubTreeFileSystem is an implementation that delegates
to another implementation after prepending a fixed base path
The $create() factory methods instantiate the FileSystem object and
take the following arguments, depending on the subclass:
no argument is needed for instantiating a LocalFileSystem
base_path and base_fs for instantiating a SubTreeFileSystem
$GetFileInfo(x): x may be a FileSelector or a character
vector of paths. Returns a list of FileInfo
$CreateDir(path, recursive = TRUE): Create a directory and subdirectories.
$DeleteDir(path): Delete a directory and its contents, recursively.
$DeleteDirContents(path): Delete a directory's contents, recursively.
Like $DeleteDir(),
but doesn't delete the directory itself. Passing an empty path ("") will
wipe the entire filesystem tree.
$DeleteFile(path) : Delete a file.
$DeleteFiles(paths) : Delete many files. The default implementation
issues individual delete operations in sequence.
$Move(src, dest): Move / rename a file or directory. If the destination
exists:
if it is a non-empty directory, an error is returned
otherwise, if it has the same type as the source, it is replaced
otherwise, behavior is unspecified (implementation-dependent).
$CopyFile(src, dest): Copy a file. If the destination exists and is a
directory, an error is returned. Otherwise, it is replaced.
$OpenInputStream(path): Open an input stream for
sequential reading.
$OpenInputFile(path): Open an input file for random
access reading.
$OpenOutputStream(path): Open an output stream for
sequential writing.
$OpenAppendStream(path): Open an output stream for
appending.