class FileRef
A FileRef is an object representing a file in the file system in
a platform-independent manner.
Properties
- name
- Name of the file. On platforms where files are specified by means of
a pathname, this is the last pathname component.
- dir
- A DirRef representing the directory
in which the file resides, or will reside in the case of a file which does
not yet exist.
Methods
- open(mode, file_type = None)
- Opens the referenced file using the given mode (which is the
same as the mode parameter to the built-in open function).
If opening for writing and the file does not yet exist, it is created.
If file_type is given, it should be a FileType
instance specifying the file type metadata to be attached to the file.
This parameter is only used if the call results in the creation of a
new file. On platforms which do not have file type metadata, it is
ignored.
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