filesystem: error handling, delete_file, is_directory and other #904
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this PR follows up (without overlapping) on the excellent work ongoing at #874.
Also CC: #14 and j3-fortran/fortran_proposals#100
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stdlib_io_filesystemfunctionality is proposed: because such minimal functionality is intertwined, this PR proposes to introduce the following:state_typeerror handling, that was well accepted for linear algebra, to the whole library (without API changes: just makestate_type->linalg_state_typepolymorphism)delete_file,is_directory,run,getfilestdlib_io_filesystemis_directory(path):logicalfunctioncall delete_file(path [, err]): optional returnstate, otherwise exceptions trigger anerror stopstdlib_systemcall run(cmd [, exit_state] [, command_state] [, stdout] [, stderr]): with optional stdout/stderr outputs loaded ontostring_typevariablesos_type()returns a cached OS type flag,OS_NAMEits namenull_device()returns a cross-platform string path to suppress terminal outputstdlib_iotype(string_type) function getfile(fileName [,err] [,delete])loads a whole ASCII file into astring_typevariable all at once, with option to return a state flag, or to request file deletion (delete=.true.) after loading. This function is necessary within this PR for loading screen output.Comments
fpm, there is a policy that the package must be fully compiled as a single-source Fortran file, so C usage is not well integrated, but I don't know what the stdlib policy is in this respect.deletefunctionality be unique for either files or directories? otherwise, I will work out armdirordelete_diralternative for them.cc: @fortran-lang/stdlib @jvdp1 @jalvesz @zoziha @minhqdao