import { Smartfile } from './smartfile.classes.smartfile.js';
/**
 *
 * @param filePath
 * @returns {boolean}
 */
export declare const fileExistsSync: (filePath: any) => boolean;
/**
 *
 * @param filePath
 * @returns {any}
 */
export declare const fileExists: (filePath: any) => Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Checks if given path points to an existing directory
 */
export declare const isDirectory: (pathArg: any) => boolean;
/**
 * Checks if a given path points to an existing file
 */
export declare const isFile: (pathArg: any) => boolean;
/**
 * copies a file from A to B on the local disk
 */
export declare const copy: (fromArg: string, toArg: string) => Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * copies a file SYNCHRONOUSLY from A to B on the local disk
 */
export declare const copySync: (fromArg: string, toArg: string) => boolean;
/**
 * ensures that a directory is in place
 */
export declare const ensureDir: (dirPathArg: string) => Promise<void>;
/**
 * ensures that a directory is in place
 */
export declare const ensureDirSync: (dirPathArg: string) => void;
/**
 * ensure an empty directory
 * @executes ASYNC
 */
export declare const ensureEmptyDir: (dirPathArg: string) => Promise<void>;
/**
 * ensure an empty directory
 * @executes SYNC
 */
export declare const ensureEmptyDirSync: (dirPathArg: string) => void;
/**
 * ensures that a file is on disk
 * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
 * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
 * @returns Promise<void>
 * @exec ASYNC
 */
export declare const ensureFile: (filePathArg: any, initFileStringArg: any) => Promise<void>;
/**
 * ensures that a file is on disk
 * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
 * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
 * @returns Promise<void>
 * @exec SYNC
 */
export declare const ensureFileSync: (filePathArg: string, initFileStringArg: string) => void;
/**
 * removes a file or folder from local disk
 */
export declare const remove: (pathArg: string) => Promise<void>;
/**
 * removes a file SYNCHRONOUSLY from local disk
 */
export declare const removeSync: (pathArg: string) => void;
/**
 * removes an array of filePaths from disk
 */
export declare const removeMany: (filePathArrayArg: string[]) => Promise<void>;
/**
 * like removeFilePathArray but SYNCHRONOUSLY
 */
export declare const removeManySync: (filePathArrayArg: string[]) => void;
/**
 *
 * @param filePathArg
 * @param fileTypeArg
 * @returns {any}
 */
export declare const toObjectSync: (filePathArg: any, fileTypeArg?: any) => any;
/**
 * reads a file content to a String
 */
export declare const toStringSync: (filePath: string) => string;
export declare const toBuffer: (filePath: string) => Promise<Buffer>;
export declare const toBufferSync: (filePath: string) => Buffer;
export declare const fileTreeToHash: (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => Promise<string>;
/**
 * creates a smartfile array from a directory
 * @param dirPathArg the directory to start from
 * @param miniMatchFilter a minimatch filter of what files to include
 */
export declare const fileTreeToObject: (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => Promise<Smartfile[]>;
/**
 * lists Folders in a directory on local disk
 * @returns Promise with an array that contains the folder names
 */
export declare const listFolders: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * lists Folders SYNCHRONOUSLY in a directory on local disk
 * @returns an array with the folder names as strings
 */
export declare const listFoldersSync: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => string[];
/**
 * lists Files in a directory on local disk
 * @returns Promise
 */
export declare const listFiles: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * lists Files SYNCHRONOUSLY in a directory on local disk
 * @returns an array with the folder names as strings
 */
export declare const listFilesSync: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => string[];
/**
 * lists all items (folders AND files) in a directory on local disk
 * @returns Promise<string[]>
 */
export declare const listAllItems: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * lists all items (folders AND files) in a directory on local disk
 * @returns an array with the folder names as strings
 * @executes SYNC
 */
export declare const listAllItemsSync: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => string[];
/**
 * lists a file tree using a miniMatch filter
 * note: if the miniMatch Filter is an absolute path, the cwdArg will be omitted
 * @returns Promise<string[]> string array with the absolute paths of all matching files
 */
export declare const listFileTree: (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string, absolutePathsBool?: boolean) => Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * checks wether a file is ready for processing
 */
export declare const waitForFileToBeReady: (filePathArg: string) => Promise<void>;