static std::string createAndOpenTemporaryFile(const std::string & prefix,
std::ofstream & outputStream);
+ /**
+ * Change permissions of a file
+ */
+ static int chmod(const char *path, int mode);
+
+ /**
+ * Sleep for the number of specified seconds
+ */
+ static void sleep(unsigned int seconds);
+
+ /**
+ * Simple method to fix path strings depending on the platform. On Windows, it will replace
+ * forward slashes '/' by backslashes '\'. On Unix, the path is just copied without change.
+ */
+ static std::string fixPath(const std::string & path);
+
private:
// No instanciation possible as this class provides only static methods
