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This document is for a "1.X" legacy Conan version, which is no longer recommended. Please update to Conan 2, click here to read the Conan 2 documentation

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  • Reference
  • conanfile.py
  • tools
  • conan.tools.files

conan.tools.files

Warning

These tools are still experimental (so subject to breaking changes) but with very stable syntax. We encourage the usage of it to be prepared for Conan 2.0.

  • conan.tools.files basic operations
    • conan.tools.files.copy()
    • conan.tools.files.load()
    • conan.tools.files.save()
    • conan.tools.files.rename()
    • conan.tools.files.replace_in_file()
    • conan.tools.files.mkdir()
    • conan.tools.files.rmdir()
    • conan.tools.files.chdir()
    • conan.tools.files.unzip()
    • conan.tools.files.update_conandata()
  • conan.tools.files downloads
    • conan.tools.files.get()
    • conan.tools.files.ftp_download()
    • conan.tools.files.download()
  • conan.tools.files patches
    • conan.tools.files.patch()
    • conan.tools.files.apply_conandata_patches()
  • conan.tools.files checksums
    • conan.tools.files.check_md5()
    • conan.tools.files.check_sha1()
    • conan.tools.files.check_sha256()
  • conan.tools.files.symlinks
    • conan.tools.files.symlinks.absolute_to_relative_symlinks()
    • conan.tools.files.symlinks.remove_external_symlinks()
    • conan.tools.files.symlinks.remove_broken_symlinks()
  • conan.tools.files.AutoPackager
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