luadocs/content/lua.scripts.api.manual/dtutils.file/details.md

117 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Normal View History

---
title: details
id: details
weight: 10
draft: false
author: "people"
---
## NAME
details
## SYNOPSIS
common darktable lua file functions
## USAGE
```
local df = require "lib/dtutils.file"
```
## DESCRIPTION
The **dtutils.file** library provides common file manipulation functions used in
constructing darktable lua scripts
## RETURN VALUE
**df** - _library_ - the file functions
## FUNCTIONS
### [check_if_bin_exists](check_if_bin_exists.md)
check if an executable exists
### [check_if_file_exists](check_if_file_exists.md)
check if a file or path exist
### [chop_filetype](chop_filetype.md)
remove a filetype from a filename
### [create_unique_filename](create_unique_filename.md)
create a unique filename from the supplied argment
### [executable_path_widget](executable_path_widget.md)
create a widget to get executable path preferences
### [file_copy](file_copy.md)
copy a file to another name/location
### [file_move](file_move.md)
move a file from one directory to another
### [filename_increment](filename_increment.md)
add a two digit increment to a filename
### [get_basename](get_basename.md)
get the filename without the path or extension
### [get_executable_path_preference](get_executable_path_preference.md)
return the path to an executable from a preference
### [get_filename](get_filename.md)
get the filename and extension from a file path
### [get_filetype](get_filetype.md)
get the filetype from a filename
### [get_path](get_path.md)
get the path from a file path
### [mkdir](mkdir.md)
create the directory(ies) if they do not already exists
### [rmdir](rmdir.md)
recursively remove a directory
### [sanitize_filename](sanitize_filename.md)
make a filename safe to pass as an argument
### [set_executable_path_preference](set_executable_path_preference.md)
set a preference for the path to an executable
### [split_filepath](split_filepath.md)
split a filepath into parts
## LICENSE
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.