Pro Go: The Complete Guide to Programming Reliable and Efficient Software Using Golang

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A. FreemanPro Gohttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7355-5_22

22. Working with Files

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe the features that the Go standard library provides for working with files and directories. Go runs on multiple platforms, and the standard library takes a platform-neutral approach so that code can be written without needing to understand the file systems used by different operating systems. Table 22-1 puts working with files in context.

Table 22-1

Putting Working with Files in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	These features provide access to the file system so that files can be read and written.
Why are they useful? ...