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  • /**
     * Copyright (c) 2012, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
     *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
     *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
     *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
     *
     *
     * \file FileTools.cpp
     *
     * Created on 2010-04-26 by Lars Bilke
     *
     */
    
    #include "FileTools.h"
    
    #include <sys/stat.h>
    
    namespace BaseLib
    {
    
    /**
     * Returns true if given file exists. From http://www.techbytes.ca/techbyte103.html
     */
    bool IsFileExisting(const std::string &strFilename)
    {
    	struct stat stFileInfo;
    	bool blnReturn;
    	int intStat;
    
    	// Attempt to get the file attributes
    	intStat = stat(strFilename.c_str(),&stFileInfo);
    
    	if(intStat == 0)
    	{
    		// We were able to get the file attributes
    		// so the file obviously exists.
    		blnReturn = true;
    	}
    	else
    	{
    		// We were not able to get the file attributes.
    		// This may mean that we don't have permission to
    		// access the folder which contains this file. If you
    		// need to do that level of checking, lookup the
    		// return values of stat which will give you
    		// more details on why stat failed.
    		blnReturn = false;
    	}
    
    	return(blnReturn);
    }
    
    /**
     * \brief truncate a file
     */
    void truncateFile( std::string const& filename)
    {
        std::ofstream ofs(filename.c_str(), std::ios_base::trunc);
        ofs.close();
    }
    
    } // end namespace BaseLib