Package bdls

Modules
	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
	Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.
	bdls_filesystemutil_uniximputil
	Provide testable bdls::FilesystemUtil operations for some Unixes.
	bdls_filesystemutil_unixplatform
	Provide Unix timstamp and offset type width detection macros.
	bdls_filesystemutil_windowsimputil
	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
	Provide test utilities for components in bdl and above.

Detailed Description

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.