Module fs

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Filesystem manipulation operations.

This module is an async version of std::fs.

§Platform-specific extensions

Create a new file and write some bytes to it:

use async_std::fs::File;
use async_std::prelude::*;

let mut file = File::create("a.txt").await?;
file.write_all(b"Hello, world!").await?;

canonicalize: Returns the canonical form of a path.
copy: Copies the contents and permissions of a file to a new location.
create_dir: Creates a new directory.
create_dir_all: Creates a new directory and all of its parents if they are missing.
hard_link: Creates a hard link on the filesystem.
metadata: Reads metadata for a path.
read: Reads the entire contents of a file as raw bytes.
read_dir: Returns a stream of entries in a directory.
read_link: Reads a symbolic link and returns the path it points to.
read_to_string: Reads the entire contents of a file as a string.
remove_dir: Removes an empty directory.
remove_dir_all: Removes a directory and all of its contents.
remove_file: Removes a file.
rename: Renames a file or directory to a new location.
set_permissions: Changes the permissions of a file or directory.
symlink_metadata: Reads metadata for a path without following symbolic links.
write: Writes a slice of bytes as the new contents of a file.