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This method can be used to change directory permissions on a *nix system.

Expected parameters:

• $dirname: the full path name of a directory
• $mode: permission you want to set in octal mode

Returns: bool

chmod('/var/www/test/',777);

The call of the method above grants read, write and execute rights.

This method can be used to create a new folder.

Expected parameters:

• $dirname: the full path name of a directory

Optional parameters:

• $recursive

Returns: bool

create('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above create the new folder test.

This method checks if the given filename is  '.' or '..'.

Expected parameters:

• $fileName: the full path name of a file (including the filename)

Returns: bool

In my opinion this method should be transfered to the cFileHandler class, highly recommended!

fileNameIsDot('.');

The call of the method above returns true.

This method returns checks if the given directory is empty.

Expected parameters:

• $dir: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

isDirectoryEmpty('/var/www/test');

The call of the method above returns true if the given directory exists, otherwise false.

This method can be used to move a folder to another location.

Expected parameters:

• $dirname: the full path name of a directory
• destination: the full path of the new location

Returns: bool

move('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/');

The call of the method above grants moves the folder test to folder test1.

This method reads the content from given directory.

Expected parameters:

• $dirName: the full path name of a directory

Optional parameters:

• $recursive(bool: list recursive)
• $dirOnly(bool: list only directories)

Returns: bool

read('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above lists the content of the folder test.

This method deletes the given folder recursively, that means including all of its subfolders and files.

Expected parameters:

• $dirname: the full directory path

Returns: bool

recursiveRmdir('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above deletes the folder test recursively.

This method removes the given directory from the filesystem.

Expected parameters:

• $filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)

Returns: bool

remove('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above deletes the folder test.

rename($dirname, $new_dirname)

This method renames the given file from the filesystem.

Expected parameters:

• $filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)
• $new_filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)

Returns: bool

rename('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/');

The call of the method above renames the folder test to test1.

This method sets default permissions to the given directory

Expected parameters:

• $pathname: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

setDefaultDirPerms('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method sets the default permissions to the the given folder.