1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/file/file.go b/file/file.go
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+++ b/file/file.go
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+package file
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+)
+
+// for overriding in tests
+var fs = afero.NewOsFs()
+
+// Read -
+func Read(filename string) (string, error) {
+	inFile, err := fs.OpenFile(filename, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s\n%v", filename, err)
+	}
+	// nolint: errcheck
+	defer inFile.Close()
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(inFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("read failed for %s\n%v", filename, err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(bytes), nil
+}
+
+// ReadDir -
+func ReadDir(path string) ([]string, error) {
+	f, err := fs.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	i, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if i.IsDir() {
+		return f.Readdirnames(0)
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("file is not a directory")
+}