std.stdio.File struct

This lesson teaches how to use the file struct from the std.stdio module.

We'll cover the following

The std.file module #

The std.file module contains functions and types that are useful when working with the contents of directories. For example, exists can be used to determine whether a file or a directory exists on the file system. It takes a string as an argument, which specifies the name of the file.

import std.file; // ...
  if (exists(fileName)) {
      // there is a file or directory under that name
  } else {
      // no file or directory under that name
  }

Below is the code implementing the concepts discussed so far:

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