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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Util;
+
+/**
+ * Provides basic utility to manipulate the file system.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+class Filesystem
+{
+    /**
+     * Copies a file.
+     *
+     * This method only copies the file if the origin file is newer than the target file.
+     *
+     * By default, if the target already exists, it is not overridden.
+     *
+     * @param string $originFile  The original filename
+     * @param string $targetFile  The target filename
+     * @param array  $override    Whether to override an existing file or not
+     */
+    public function copy($originFile, $targetFile, $override = false)
+    {
+        $this->mkdir(dirname($targetFile));
+
+        $mostRecent = false;
+        if (file_exists($targetFile)) {
+            $statTarget = stat($targetFile);
+            $statOrigin = stat($originFile);
+            $mostRecent = $statOrigin['mtime'] > $statTarget['mtime'];
+        }
+
+        if ($override || !file_exists($targetFile) || $mostRecent) {
+            copy($originFile, $targetFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a directory recursively.
+     *
+     * @param  string|array|\Traversable $dirs The directory path
+     * @param  int                       $mode The directory mode
+     *
+     * @return Boolean true if the directory has been created, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function mkdir($dirs, $mode = 0777)
+    {
+        $ret = false;
+        foreach ($this->toIterator($dirs) as $dir) {
+            if (is_dir($dir)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $ret = @mkdir($dir, $mode, true) && $ret;
+        }
+
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates empty files.
+     *
+     * @param string|array|\Traversable $files A filename, an array of files, or a \Traversable instance to remove
+     */
+    public function touch($files)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->toIterator($files) as $file) {
+            touch($file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes files or directories.
+     *
+     * @param string|array|\Traversable $files A filename, an array of files, or a \Traversable instance to remove
+     */
+    public function remove($files)
+    {
+        $files = iterator_to_array($this->toIterator($files));
+        $files = array_reverse($files);
+        foreach ($files as $file) {
+            if (!file_exists($file)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (is_dir($file) && !is_link($file)) {
+                $this->remove(new \FilesystemIterator($file));
+
+                rmdir($file);
+            } else {
+                unlink($file);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Change mode for an array of files or directories.
+     *
+     * @param string|array|\Traversable $files A filename, an array of files, or a \Traversable instance to remove
+     * @param integer                   $mode  The new mode
+     * @param integer                   $umask The mode mask (octal)
+     */
+    public function chmod($files, $mode, $umask = 0000)
+    {
+        $currentUmask = umask();
+        umask($umask);
+
+        foreach ($this->toIterator(files) as $file) {
+            chmod($file, $mode);
+        }
+
+        umask($currentUmask);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Renames a file.
+     *
+     * @param string $origin  The origin filename
+     * @param string $target  The new filename
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException When target file already exists
+     */
+    public function rename($origin, $target)
+    {
+        // we check that target does not exist
+        if (is_readable($target)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Cannot rename because the target "%" already exist.', $target));
+        }
+
+        rename($origin, $target);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a symbolic link or copy a directory.
+     *
+     * @param string  $originDir      The origin directory path
+     * @param string  $targetDir      The symbolic link name
+     * @param Boolean $copyOnWindows  Whether to copy files if on windows
+     */
+    public function symlink($originDir, $targetDir, $copyOnWindows = false)
+    {
+        if (!function_exists('symlink') && $copyOnWindows) {
+            $this->mirror($originDir, $targetDir);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $ok = false;
+        if (is_link($targetDir)) {
+            if (readlink($targetDir) != $originDir) {
+                unlink($targetDir);
+            } else {
+                $ok = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!$ok) {
+            symlink($originDir, $targetDir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Mirrors a directory to another.
+     *
+     * @param string $originDir      The origin directory
+     * @param string $targetDir      The target directory
+     * @param \Traversable $iterator A Traversable instance
+     * @param array  $options        An array of options (see copy())
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException When file type is unknown
+     */
+    public function mirror($originDir, $targetDir, \Traversable $iterator = null, $options = array())
+    {
+        if (null === $iterator) {
+            $iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($originDir, \FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
+        }
+
+        if ('/' === substr($targetDir, -1) || '\\' === substr($targetDir, -1)) {
+            $targetDir = substr($targetDir, 0, -1);
+        }
+
+        if ('/' === substr($originDir, -1) || '\\' === substr($originDir, -1)) {
+            $originDir = substr($originDir, 0, -1);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+            $target = $targetDir.'/'.str_replace($originDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '', $file->getPathname());
+
+            if (is_dir($file)) {
+                $this->mkdir($target);
+            } else if (is_file($file)) {
+                $this->copy($file, $target, $options);
+            } else if (is_link($file)) {
+                $this->symlink($file, $target);
+            } else {
+                throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to guess "%s" file type.', $file));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function toIterator($files)
+    {
+        if (!$files instanceof \Traversable) {
+            $files = new \ArrayObject(is_array($files) ? $files : array($files));
+        }
+
+        return $files;
+    }
+}