CategoryFilesystem

SDL offers an API for examining and manipulating the system's filesystem. This covers most things one would need to do with directories, except for actual file I/O (which is covered by CategoryIOStream and CategoryAsyncIO instead).

There are functions to answer necessary path questions:

• Where is my app's data? SDL_GetBasePath().
• Where can I safely write files? SDL_GetPrefPath().
• Where are paths like Downloads, Desktop, Music? SDL_GetUserFolder().
• What is this thing at this location? SDL_GetPathInfo().
• What items live in this folder? SDL_EnumerateDirectory().
• What items live in this folder by wildcard? SDL_GlobDirectory().
• What is my current working directory? SDL_GetCurrentDirectory().

SDL also offers functions to manipulate the directory tree: renaming, removing, copying files.

Functions

• SDL_CopyFile
• SDL_CreateDirectory
• SDL_EnumerateDirectory
• SDL_GetBasePath
• SDL_GetCurrentDirectory
• SDL_GetPathInfo
• SDL_GetPrefPath
• SDL_GetUserFolder
• SDL_GlobDirectory
• SDL_RemovePath
• SDL_RenamePath

Datatypes

• SDL_EnumerateDirectoryCallback
• SDL_GlobFlags

Structs

• SDL_PathInfo

Enums

• SDL_EnumerationResult
• SDL_Folder
• SDL_PathType

Macros

• (none.)

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