Module rust_utils::utils

Functions

alphabetize	Alphabetizes a vector of strings
capitalize	capitalize the first letter in a string
concat_str	concatenates (joins) 2 or more strings in a vector together
find_char	returns the location (starting from 0) of the first instance of a character in a string skips any leading digits useful for parsing arguments returns the string’s length if the char is not found
get_dir	returns a list of files/directories using path string
get_execname	get the name of the executable
get_filename	get the name of the file/directory from a file path
get_parent	gets the parent directory from a file path
get_shared_val	gets a shared value (temp file in /tmp or .cache) value must be a string value
make_dir	Creates directory (and any parents) and handles any errors that may occur Returns the following codes: OK: Successfully created the directory and its parents ERR: Unable to create the directory
read_file	abstraction around fs::read_to_string() that includes error handling Returns the file content as a String or returns “ERR” if something went wrong
save_file	abstraction around fs::write() that includes error handling Returns the following codes: OK: Save operation successful ERR: There was a problem writing the file
set_shared_val	saves a string to a shared value (temp file in /tmp or ~/.cache) value must be a string value