Directories in Julia

Here’s the translation of the Go code to Julia, with explanations in Markdown format suitable for Hugo:

Julia provides several useful functions for working with directories in the file system.

using Filesystem

# Helper function to handle errors
function check(e)
    if e !== nothing
        throw(e)
    end
end

# Create a new sub-directory in the current working directory
mkdir("subdir")

# When creating temporary directories, it's good practice to ensure their removal
# Julia doesn't have a direct equivalent to Go's defer, so we'll use a try-finally block
try
    # Helper function to create a new empty file
    function createEmptyFile(name)
        write(name, "")
    end

    createEmptyFile("subdir/file1")

    # We can create a hierarchy of directories, including parents with mkpath
    # This is similar to the command-line `mkdir -p`
    mkpath("subdir/parent/child")

    createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/file2")
    createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/file3")
    createEmptyFile("subdir/parent/child/file4")

    # readdir lists directory contents
    c = readdir("subdir/parent")

    println("Listing subdir/parent")
    for entry in c
        println(" ", entry, " ", isdir(joinpath("subdir/parent", entry)))
    end

    # cd lets us change the current working directory
    cd("subdir/parent/child")

    # Now we'll see the contents of subdir/parent/child when listing the current directory
    c = readdir(".")

    println("Listing subdir/parent/child")
    for entry in c
        println(" ", entry, " ", isdir(entry))
    end

    # cd back to where we started
    cd("../../..")

    # We can also visit a directory recursively, including all its sub-directories
    println("Visiting subdir")
    for (root, dirs, files) in walkdir("subdir")
        for file in files
            path = joinpath(root, file)
            println(" ", path, " ", isdir(path))
        end
        for dir in dirs
            path = joinpath(root, dir)
            println(" ", path, " ", isdir(path))
        end
    end

finally
    # Ensure cleanup of the created directory
    rm("subdir", recursive=true)
end

To run the program, save it as directories.jl and use the Julia REPL or run it from the command line:

$ julia directories.jl
Listing subdir/parent
 child true
 file2 false
 file3 false
Listing subdir/parent/child
 file4 false
Visiting subdir
 subdir/file1 false
 subdir/parent true
 subdir/parent/child true
 subdir/parent/file2 false
 subdir/parent/file3 false
 subdir/parent/child/file4 false

This Julia code demonstrates various operations on directories, including creating directories, changing the current working directory, listing directory contents, and walking through directory structures. The functionality is similar to the original example, with some adaptations to fit Julia’s conventions and standard library.