English fixes for 106_files.zig

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Andrew Dunbar 2024-06-12 17:52:33 +10:00
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//
// Until now, we've only been printing our output in the console,
// which is good enough for fighting alien and hermit bookkeeping.
// which is good enough for fighting aliens and hermit bookkeeping.
//
// However, many other task require some interaction with the file system,
// However, many other tasks require some interaction with the file system,
// which is the underlying structure for organizing files on your computer.
//
// The File System provide a hierarchical structure for storing files
// by organizing files into directories, which hold files and other directories,
// thus creating a tree structure for navigating.
// The file system provides a hierarchical structure for storing files
// by organizing them into directories, which hold files and other directories,
// thus creating a tree structure that can be navigated.
//
// Fortunately, zig standard library provide a simple api for interacting
// with the file system, see the detail documentation here
// 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
//
// In this exercise, we'll try to
// - create a new directory
// - open a file in the directory
// 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
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const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd();
// then we'll try to make a new directory /output/
// to put our output files.
// to store our output files.
cwd.makeDir("output") catch |e| switch (e) {
// there is a chance you might want to run this
// program more than once and the path might already
// been created, so we'll have to handle this error
// have been created, so we'll have to handle this error
// by doing nothing
//
// we want to catch error.PathAlreadyExists and do nothing
??? => {},
// if is any other unexpected error we just propagate it through
// if there's any other unexpected error we just propagate it through
else => return e,
};
// then we'll try to open our freshly created directory
// wait a minute
// 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();
// we try to open the file `zigling.txt`,
// and propagate the error up if there are any errors
// and propagate any error up
const file: std.fs.File = try output_dir.createFile("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
// allows you "defer" code execute to the end of scope...
// if only there were a keyword in Zig that
// allowed you to "defer" code execution to the end of the scope...
file.close();
// !you are not allowed to switch these two lines above the file closing line!
// you are not allowed to move these two lines above the file closing line!
const byte_written = try file.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,
// 1. open the file on your text editor, or
// 1. open the file in your text editor, or
// 2. print the content of the file in the console with the following command
// >> cat ./output/zigling.txt
//
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//
// Question:
// - what should you do if you want to also read the file after opening it?
// - go to documentation of the struct `std.fs.Dir` here
// - go to the documentation of the struct `std.fs.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?