5 // Written by Curtis Olson, started November 1999.
7 // Copyright (C) 1999 Curtis L. Olson - curt@flightgear.org
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31 # error This library requires C++
34 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
38 #include <sys/types.h> // for open(), read(), write(), close()
39 #include <sys/stat.h> // for open(), read(), write(), close()
40 #include <fcntl.h> // for open(), read(), write(), close()
41 #if !defined( _MSC_VER )
42 # include <unistd.h> // for open(), read(), write(), close()
45 #include "iochannel.hxx"
51 * A file I/O class based on SGIOChannel.
53 class SGFile : public SGIOChannel {
61 * Create an instance of SGFile.
62 * When calling the constructor you need to provide a file
63 * name. This file is not opened immediately, but instead will be
64 * opened when the open() method is called.
65 * @param file name of file to open
67 SGFile( const string& file );
72 // open the file based on specified direction
73 bool open( const SGProtocolDir dir );
75 // read a block of data of specified size
76 int read( char *buf, int length );
78 // read a line of data, length is max size of input buffer
79 int readline( char *buf, int length );
81 // write data to a file
82 int write( const char *buf, const int length );
84 // write null terminated string to a file
85 int writestring( const char *str );
90 /** @return the name of the file being manipulated. */
91 inline string get_file_name() const { return file_name; }
95 #endif // _SG_FILE_HXX