Module `CCIO`

IO Utils

Simple utilities to deal with basic Input/Output tasks in a resource-safe way. For advanced IO tasks, the user is advised to use something like Lwt or Async, that are far more comprehensive.

Examples:

obtain the list of lines of a file:

# let l = CCIO.(with_in "/tmp/some_file" read_lines_l);;

transfer one file into another:

# CCIO.(
    with_in "/tmp/input"
      (fun ic ->
         let chunks = read_chunks_gen ic in
         with_out ~flags:[Open_binary; Open_creat] ~mode:0o644 "/tmp/output"
           (fun oc ->
              write_gen oc chunks
           )
      )
  ) ;;

Note that the lifetime of an IO generator is tied to the underlying channel. In the example above, chunks must be used in the scope of ic. This will raise an error:

# CCIO.(
    let chunks =
      with_in "/tmp/input"
        (fun ic -> read_chunks_gen ic)
    in
    with_out ~flags:[Open_binary;Open_creat] ~mode:0o644 "/tmp/output"
       (fun oc ->
          write_gen oc chunks
       )
  ) ;;

since: 0.6

before 0.12: was in 'containers.io', now moved into 'containers'

type 'a or_error = ('a, string) Pervasives.result
type 'a gen = unit -> 'a option: See Gen in the gen library.

Input

val with_in : ?⁠mode:int -> ?⁠flags:Pervasives.open_flag list -> string -> (Pervasives.in_channel -> 'a) -> 'a

Open an input file with the given optional flag list, calls the function on the input channel. When the function raises or returns, the channel is closed.

raises Sys_error: in case of error (same as open_in and close_in).

parameter flags: opening flags (default [Open_text]). Open_rdonly is used in any cases.

val read_chunks : ?⁠size:int -> Pervasives.in_channel -> string gen
val read_chunks_gen : ?⁠size:int -> Pervasives.in_channel -> string gen: Read the channel's content into chunks of size size. NOTE the generator must be used within the lifetime of the channel, see warning at the top of the file.

val read_line : Pervasives.in_channel -> string option: Read a line from the channel. Returns None if the input is terminated. The "\n" is removed from the line.

val read_lines : Pervasives.in_channel -> string gen
val read_lines_gen : Pervasives.in_channel -> string gen: Read all lines. The generator should be traversed only once. NOTE the generator must be used within the lifetime of the channel, see warning at the top of the file.

val read_lines_l : Pervasives.in_channel -> string list: Read all lines into a list.

val read_all : ?⁠size:int -> Pervasives.in_channel -> string

Read the whole channel into a buffer, then converted into a string.

parameter size: the internal buffer size.

since: 0.7

val read_all_bytes : ?⁠size:int -> Pervasives.in_channel -> Bytes.t

Read the whole channel into a mutable byte array.

parameter size: the internal buffer size.

since: 0.12

Output

val with_out : ?⁠mode:int -> ?⁠flags:Pervasives.open_flag list -> string -> (Pervasives.out_channel -> 'a) -> 'a

Like with_in but for an output channel.

parameter flags: opening flags (default [Open_creat; Open_trunc; Open_text]).

raises Sys_error: in case of error (same as open_out and close_out). Open_wronly is used in any cases.

val with_out_a : ?⁠mode:int -> ?⁠flags:Pervasives.open_flag list -> string -> (Pervasives.out_channel -> 'a) -> 'a

Like with_out but with the [Open_append; Open_creat; Open_wronly] flags activated, to append to the file.

raises Sys_error: in case of error (same as open_out and close_out).

val write_line : Pervasives.out_channel -> string -> unit: Write the given string on the channel, followed by "\n".

val write_gen : ?⁠sep:string -> Pervasives.out_channel -> string gen -> unit: Write the given strings on the output. If provided, add sep between every two strings (but not at the end).

val write_lines : Pervasives.out_channel -> string gen -> unit: Write every string on the output, followed by "\n".

val write_lines_l : Pervasives.out_channel -> string list -> unit

Both

val with_in_out : ?⁠mode:int -> ?⁠flags:Pervasives.open_flag list -> string -> (Pervasives.in_channel -> Pervasives.out_channel -> 'a) -> 'a

Combines with_in and with_out.

parameter flags: opening flags (default [Open_creat]).

raises Sys_error: in case of error.

since: 0.12

Misc for Generators

val tee : ('a -> unit) list -> 'a gen -> 'a gen: tee funs gen behaves like gen, but each element is given to every function f in funs at the time the element is produced.

File and file names

How to list recursively files in a directory:

# let files = CCIO.File.read_dir ~recurse:true (CCIO.File.make "/tmp");;
# CCIO.write_lines stdout files;;

See File.walk if you also need to list directories:

# let content = CCIO.File.walk (CCIO.File.make "/tmp");;
# Gen.map CCIO.File.show_walk_item content |> CCIO.write_lines stdout;;

module File : sig ... end