[swift-users] file io in Swift 2.2 for Linux (would like to be pointed in the right direction)

[Matthias Zenger]

Quinn, thanks for the example. I agree that Foundation makes it easier by
loading the data fully into memory. I still don't understand if it's
currently actually *possible* to use non C-based solutions in Swift which
use streaming. I wanted to use NSFileHandle (for a use case that requires
streaming) and realized that this is an API that cannot really be used in
Swift because it's based on Objective-C exceptions. Are there any
alternatives?

Thanks,
  Matthias



*Matthias Zenger* matthias at objecthub.net


On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Quinn "The Eskimo!" via swift-users <
swift-users at swift.org> wrote:

>
> On 18 May 2016, at 23:02, John Myers via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>
> > I've been having trouble figuring out how to read and write data to a
> textfile, and not finding much out there for Swift on Linux.
>
> Sorry about being complicit in the one-shot vs streaming I/O diversion.
> It’s true that Swift’s streaming I/O story is in flux and I’m sure that
> Jens and co. will have fun designing its replacement, but right now I’d
> kinda like to bring this back to the original question.
>
> Below is a snippet that shows how to process a file line-by-line using
> Foundation APIs.  As you can see, if you’re just trying to runs simple
> tests on the lines in a text file, doing this with Foundation is much
> easier than doing it with the current lower-level APIs.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> import Foundation
>
> func quoteFile(atPath filePath: String) throws {
>     let input = try NSString(contentsOfFile: filePath, encoding:
> NSUTF8StringEncoding)
>     let inputLines = input.components(separatedBy: "\n")
>     var outputLines: [String] = []
>     for line in inputLines {
>         let newLine = "> " + line
>         outputLines.append(newLine)
>     }
>     let output = outputLines.joined(separator: "\n")
>     try output.write(toFile: filePath, atomically: true, encoding:
> NSUTF8StringEncoding)
> }
>
> try! quoteFile(atPath: "/Users/quinn/victim.txt")
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I tested this on OS X (don’t have Linux set up, sorry) with the
> “2016-05-09 (a)” Swift development snapshot.
>
> Share and Enjoy
> --
> Quinn "The Eskimo!"                    <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
>
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