Package bdls [Package Group bdl]

Provide platform-independent system-level utilities. More...

Components
	Component bdls_fdstreambuf
	Provide a stream buffer initialized with a file descriptor.
	Component bdls_filedescriptorguard
	Provide a RAII guard class used to close files.
	Component bdls_filesystemutil
	Provide methods for filesystem access with multi-language names.
	Component bdls_filesystemutil_transitionaluniximputil: PRIVATE
	Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.
	Component bdls_filesystemutil_uniximputil: PRIVATE
	Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.
	Component bdls_filesystemutil_unixplatform: PRIVATE
	Provide Unix timstamp and offset type width detection macros.
	Component bdls_filesystemutil_windowsimputil: PRIVATE
	Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations on Windows.
	Component bdls_memoryutil
	Provide a set of portable utilities for memory manipulation.
	Component bdls_osutil
	Provide utilities related to the operating system.
	Component bdls_pathutil
	Provide portable file path manipulation.
	Component bdls_pipeutil
	Provide basic portable named-pipe utilities.
	Component bdls_processutil
	Provide basic platform-independent utilities related to processes.
	Component bdls_tempdirectoryguard
	Provide a scoped guard that creates a unique temporary directory.
	Component bdls_testutil: DEPRECATED
	Provide test utilities for components in bdl and above.

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Detailed Description

Outline

• Purpose
• MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library System-level utilities (bdls)
• Description
  • Hierarchical Synopsis
  • Component Synopsis

Purpose:

Provide platform-independent system-level utilities.

MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library System-level utilities (bdls):

Description:

The bdls package provides a suite of components for platform-independent interactions with operating system for the management of memory, files, and pipes.

Hierarchical Synopsis:

The bdls package currently has 14 components having 4 levels of physical dependency. The list below shows the hierarchical ordering of the components. The order of components within each level is not architecturally significant, just alphabetical.

  4. bdls_osutil
     bdls_pipeutil

  3. bdls_fdstreambuf
     bdls_filedescriptorguard
     bdls_processutil
     bdls_tempdirectoryguard

  2. bdls_filesystemutil

  1. bdls_filesystemutil_transitionaluniximputil                      !PRIVATE!
     bdls_filesystemutil_uniximputil                                  !PRIVATE!
     bdls_filesystemutil_unixplatform                                 !PRIVATE!
     bdls_filesystemutil_windowsimputil                               !PRIVATE!
     bdls_memoryutil
     bdls_pathutil
     bdls_testutil                                       !DEPRECATED!

Component Synopsis:

bdls_fdstreambuf:
Provide a stream buffer initialized with a file descriptor.

bdls_filedescriptorguard:
Provide a RAII guard class used to close files.

bdls_filesystemutil:
Provide methods for filesystem access with multi-language names.

bdls_filesystemutil_transitionaluniximputil: PRIVATE
Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.

bdls_filesystemutil_uniximputil: PRIVATE
Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.

bdls_filesystemutil_unixplatform: PRIVATE
Provide Unix timstamp and offset type width detection macros.

bdls_filesystemutil_windowsimputil: PRIVATE
Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations on Windows.

bdls_memoryutil:
Provide a set of portable utilities for memory manipulation.

bdls_osutil:
Provide utilities related to the operating system.

bdls_pathutil:
Provide portable file path manipulation.

bdls_pipeutil:
Provide basic portable named-pipe utilities.

bdls_processutil:
Provide basic platform-independent utilities related to processes.

bdls_tempdirectoryguard:
Provide a scoped guard that creates a unique temporary directory.

bdls_testutil: DEPRECATED
Provide test utilities for components in bdl and above.