commit 618ba1715bb12777f4afd3312d02c3c4501b43f2
from: Izzy Blacklock <izzyb@planetofnix.com>
date: Fri May 26 17:02:22 2023 UTC

Moved basic io functions from botnow to lib/IRCNOW/IO.pm

Started moving code from botnow into IRCNOW:: library

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+package IRCNOW::IO
+
+use File::Copy qw(copy);
+use File::Basename;
+
+
+# Read from filename and return array of lines without trailing newlines
+sub readarray {
+	my ($filename) = @_;
+	open(my $fh, '<', $filename) or die "Could not read file '$filename' $!";
+	chomp(my @lines = <$fh>);
+	close $fh;
+	return @lines;
+}
+
+# Read from filename and return as string
+sub readstr {
+	my ($filename) = @_;
+	open(my $fh, '<', $filename) or die "Could not read file '$filename' $!";
+	my $str = do { local $/; <$fh> };
+	close $fh;
+	return $str;
+}
+
+# Write str to filename
+sub writefile {
+	my ($filename, $str) = @_;
+	my $date = date();
+	copy($filename, $backupspath.basename($filename).".".date()) or die "Could not make backup of $filename";
+	open(my $fh, '>', "$filename") or die "Could not write to $filename";
+	print $fh $str;
+	close $fh;
+}
+
+# Append str to filename
+sub appendfile {
+	my ($filename, $str) = @_;
+	open(my $fh, '>>', "$filename") or die "Could not append to $filename";
+	print $fh $str;
+	close $fh;
+}
+