Implements a means of reading and writing a generic file. Conduits are the primary means of accessing external data, and File extends the basic pattern by providing file-specific methods to set the file size, seek to a specific file position and so on.
Tango Dual License: 3-Clause BSD License / Academic Free License v3.0. See LICENSE_TANGO.txt for details.
Copyright (c) 2004 Kris Bell. Some parts copyright (c) 2009-2016 dunnhumby Germany GmbH. All rights reserved.
Mar 2004: Initial release
Dec 2006: Outback release
Nov 2008: relocated and simplified