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.