feat: added utils/fs.h for filesystem operations and made a function to create necessary directories

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+// utils/fs.h
+// functions for operating on the file system, i.e. creating directories, writing files, etc.
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+// get main directory used by the program
+// params:
+//      - main_dir - buffer to save the directory to
+extern void get_main_dir(char *main_dir);
+
+// get directory to save the .pcap files to
+// params:
+//      - capture_dir - buffer to save the directory to
+extern void get_capture_dir(char *capture_dir);
+
+// get directory of save data of the program
+// params:
+//      - saves_dir - buffer to save the directory to
+extern void get_saves_dir(char *saves_dir);
+
+// create directories that will be used by the program
+extern void create_necessary_directories();
+
+// writes file to the specified path
+// params:
+//      - path - path to write the file to
+//      - contents - contents of the file
+//      - contents_len - amount of bytes of contents to write
+//      - flags - flags to open the file with
+//      - permissions - permissions of the written file
+extern void write_file(char *path, void *contents, int contents_len, int flags, mode_t permissions);