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home/.config/awesome/ui/sidebar/services/read_writer.lua

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+-- ## Simple file read / writer ##
+-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+local file_reader = {}
+
+local information_dir ="/tmp/"
+
+-- Return true if file exists and is readable.
+local check_exits =  function(path)
+  local file = io.open(path, "rb")
+  if file then file:close() end
+  return file ~= nil
+end
+
+
+
+-- Read an entire file.
+file_reader.readall =  function(filename)
+  if check_exits(information_dir .. filename) then
+        local fh = assert(io.open(information_dir .. filename, "rb"))
+        local infor = assert(fh:read("*a"))
+        fh:close()
+        return tostring(infor:gsub("%s+", ""))
+  else
+        return "not found"
+  end
+end
+
+
+-- Write a string to a file.
+file_reader.write =  function(filename, contents)
+  if check_exits(information_dir .. filename) then
+    local fh = assert(io.open(information_dir .. filename, "wb"))
+    fh:write(contents)
+    fh:flush()
+    fh:close()
+  end
+end
+
+
+return file_reader