More on file methods

Hi all, sorry for picking on things but I think it
would be better to keep the APIs small and consistent.
Right now the file and dir interface is too large,
IMHO.

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File.move(dir)           # move File to location "dir"
(Dir object), not for renaming
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What about making links (symbolic and hard)?

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File.setUPerms(uperms = 0x600)  # sets unix
permissions
File.setAttrs(readOnly = None, executable = None,
hidden = None) # setAttrs will set an
# attribute to True or False if specified as an
argument.  Otherwise the attribute is
# left unchanged.
File.modTime()           # returns modification
DateTime object
File.setModTime(time)    # set modification time to
time DateTime object
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Can we not consolidate all this to normal attribute
access?

myfile = File('/somedir/somefile.txt', '')

myfile.modTime = myDateTimeObj (write attr)
myfile.modTime (read attr)

Read only attrs, of course will give exceptions when
you try to assign a value. (eg. size)

Also, we need a 'cross-platform' way to set read-only,
executable etc. attrs. In unix it's done very
differently to windows. Read only would set the uperms
on unix. (it bitwise or's the uperms)

 


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