fileplow-0.1.0.0: Library to process and search large files or a collection of files

Safe HaskellNone
LanguageHaskell2010

Data.FilePlow

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data Handle :: * #

Haskell defines operations to read and write characters from and to files, represented by values of type Handle. Each value of this type is a handle: a record used by the Haskell run-time system to manage I/O with file system objects. A handle has at least the following properties:

  • whether it manages input or output or both;
  • whether it is open, closed or semi-closed;
  • whether the object is seekable;
  • whether buffering is disabled, or enabled on a line or block basis;
  • a buffer (whose length may be zero).

Most handles will also have a current I/O position indicating where the next input or output operation will occur. A handle is readable if it manages only input or both input and output; likewise, it is writable if it manages only output or both input and output. A handle is open when first allocated. Once it is closed it can no longer be used for either input or output, though an implementation cannot re-use its storage while references remain to it. Handles are in the Show and Eq classes. The string produced by showing a handle is system dependent; it should include enough information to identify the handle for debugging. A handle is equal according to == only to itself; no attempt is made to compare the internal state of different handles for equality.

data SeekMode :: * #

A mode that determines the effect of hSeek hdl mode i.

Constructors

AbsoluteSeek

the position of hdl is set to i.

RelativeSeek

the position of hdl is set to offset i from the current position.

SeekFromEnd

the position of hdl is set to offset i from the end of the file.

seekUntil :: PlowHandle hdl => hdl -> (Char -> Bool) -> IO Bool Source #

Seek until a certain charater is reached

seekUntilRev :: PlowHandle hdl => hdl -> (Char -> Bool) -> IO Bool Source #

Seek until a certain charater is reached in reverse