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+--- Low-level and high-level filesystem manipulation library.
+module "nixio.fs"
+
+
+--- Check user's permission on a file.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.access
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param mode1 First Mode to check ["f", "r", "w", "x"]
+-- @param ... More Modes to check [-"-]
+-- @return true
+
+--- Strip the directory part from a path.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.basename
+-- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil.
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return basename
+
+--- Strip the base from a path.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.dirname
+-- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil.
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return dirname
+
+--- Return the cannonicalized absolute pathname.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.realpath
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return absolute path
+
+--- Remove a file or directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.remove
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Delete a name and - if no links are left - the associated file.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.unlink
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Renames a file or directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.rename
+-- @param src Source path
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @usage It is normally not possible to rename files accross fileystems.
+-- @return true
+
+--- Remove an empty directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.rmdir
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Create a new directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.mkdir
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+-- @see nixio.fs.chmod
+-- @see nixio.umask
+-- @return true
+
+--- Change the file mode.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.chmod
+-- @usage Windows only supports setting the write-protection through the
+-- "Writable to others" bit.
+-- @usage <strong>Notice:</strong> The mode-flag for the functions
+-- open, mkdir, mkfifo are affected by the umask.
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param mode File mode
+-- [decimal mode number, "[-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xsS][-r][-w][-xtT]"]
+-- @see nixio.umask
+-- @return true
+
+--- Iterate over the entries of a directory.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.dir
+-- @usage The special entries "." and ".." are omitted.
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return directory iterator returning one entry per call
+
+--- Create a hard link.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.link
+-- @usage This function calls link() on POSIX and CreateHardLink() on Windows.
+-- @param oldpath Path
+-- @param newpath Path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Change file last access and last modification time.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.utimes
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param actime Last access timestamp (optional, default: current time)
+-- @param mtime Last modification timestamp (optional, default: actime)
+-- @return true
+
+--- Get file status and attributes.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.stat
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional)
+-- @return Table containing: <ul>
+-- <li>atime = Last access timestamp</li>
+-- <li>blksize = Blocksize (POSIX only)</li>
+-- <li>blocks = Blocks used (POSIX only)</li>
+-- <li>ctime = Creation timestamp</li>
+-- <li>dev = Device ID</li>
+-- <li>gid = Group ID</li>
+-- <li>ino = Inode</li>
+-- <li>modedec = Mode converted into a decimal number</li>
+-- <li>modestr = Mode as string as returned by `ls -l`</li>
+-- <li>mtime = Last modification timestamp</li>
+-- <li>nlink = Number of links</li>
+-- <li>rdev = Device ID (if special file)</li>
+-- <li>size = Size in bytes</li>
+-- <li>type = ["reg", "dir", "chr", "blk", "fifo", "lnk", "sock"]</li>
+-- <li>uid = User ID</li>
+-- </ul>
+
+--- Get file status and attributes and do not resolve if target is a symlink.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.lstat
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param field Only return a specific field, not the whole table (optional)
+-- @see nixio.fs.stat
+-- @return Table containing attributes (see stat for a detailed description)
+
+--- (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.chown
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param user User ID or Username (optional)
+-- @param group Group ID or Groupname (optional)
+-- @return true
+
+--- (POSIX) Change owner and group of a file and do not resolve
+-- if target is a symlink.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.lchown
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param user User ID or Username (optional)
+-- @param group Group ID or Groupname (optional)
+-- @return true
+
+--- (POSIX) Create a FIFO (named pipe).
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.mkfifo
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+-- @see nixio.fs.chmod
+-- @see nixio.umask
+-- @return true
+
+--- (POSIX) Create a symbolic link.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.symlink
+-- @param oldpath Path
+-- @param newpath Path
+-- @return true
+
+--- (POSIX) Read the target of a symbolic link.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.readlink
+-- @param path Path
+-- @return target path
+
+--- (POSIX) Find pathnames matching a pattern.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.glob
+-- @param pattern Pattern
+-- @return path iterator
+-- @return number of matches
+
+--- (POSIX) Get filesystem statistics.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.statvfs
+-- @param path Path to any file within the filesystem.
+-- @return Table containing: <ul>
+-- <li>bavail = available blocks</li>
+-- <li>bfree = free blocks</li>
+-- <li>blocks = number of fragments</li>
+-- <li>frsize = fragment size</li>
+-- <li>favail = available inodes</li>
+-- <li>ffree = free inodes</li>
+-- <li>files = inodes</li>
+-- <li>flag = flags</li>
+-- <li>fsid = filesystem ID</li>
+-- <li>namemax = maximum filename length</li>
+-- </ul>
+
+--- Read the contents of a file into a buffer.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.readfile
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param limit Maximum bytes to read (optional)
+-- @return file contents
+
+--- Write a buffer into a file truncating the file first.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.writefile
+-- @param path Path
+-- @param data Data to write
+-- @return true
+
+--- Copy data between files.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.datacopy
+-- @param src Source file path
+-- @param dest Destination file path
+-- @param limit Maximum bytes to copy (optional)
+-- @return true
+
+--- Copy a file, directory or symlink non-recursively preserving file mode,
+-- timestamps, owner and group.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.copy
+-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+-- @param src Source path
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Rename a file, directory or symlink non-recursively across filesystems.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.move
+-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+-- @param src Source path
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Create a directory and all needed parent directories recursively.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.mkdirr
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @param mode File mode (optional, see chmod and umask)
+-- @see nixio.fs.chmod
+-- @see nixio.umask
+-- @return true
+
+--- Rename a file, directory or symlink recursively across filesystems.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.mover
+-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+-- @param src Source path
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @return true
+
+--- Copy a file, directory or symlink recursively preserving file mode,
+-- timestamps, owner and group.
+-- @class function
+-- @name nixio.fs.copyr
+-- @usage The destination must always be a full destination path e.g. do not
+-- omit the basename even if source and destination basename are equal.
+-- @param src Source path
+-- @param dest Destination path
+-- @return true
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