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+# Module: File.pm
+# File manipulation functions
+
+# **** License ****
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# This code was originally developed by Vyatta, Inc.
+# Portions created by Vyatta are Copyright (C) 2010 Vyatta, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+# **** End License ****
+
+package Vyatta::File;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+our @EXPORT = qw(touch mkdir_p rm_rf);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(show_error);
+use base qw(Exporter);
+
+use Fcntl;
+use File::Path qw(make_path remove_tree);
+
+# Change file time stamps
+# if file does not exist, it is created empty
+sub touch {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $t = time;
+
+    sysopen (my $f, $file, O_RDWR|O_CREAT)
+	or die "Can't touch $file: $!";
+    close $f;
+    utime $t, $t, $file;
+}
+
+# like mkdir -p
+# Wrapper of File::Path:make_tree
+sub mkdir_p {
+    my $path = shift;
+    my $err;
+
+    make_path($path, { error => \$err } );
+    
+    return @$err;
+}
+
+# like rm -rf
+# returns an array of errors if any (see File::Path)
+sub rm_rf {
+    my $path = shift;
+    my $err;
+
+    remove_tree($path,  { error => \$err } );
+
+    return @$err;
+}
+
+sub show_error {
+    for my $diag (@_) {
+	my ($f, $msg) = %$diag;
+	warn "$f: $msg\n";
+    }
+}
+
+1;