%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Name: filename.tex %% Purpose: wxFileName documentation %% Author: Vadim Zeitlin %% Modified by: %% Created: 30.11.01 %% RCS-ID: $Id$ %% Copyright: (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin %% License: wxWindows license %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{\class{wxFileName}}\label{wxfilename} wxFileName encapsulates a file name. This class serves two purposes: first, it provides the functions to split the file names into components and to recombine these components in the full file name which can then be passed to the OS file functions (and \helpref{wxWindows functions}{filefunctions} wrapping them). Second, it includes the functions for working with the files itself. Note that to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead, wxFileName provides functions for working with the file attributes. \wxheading{Derived from} No base class \wxheading{Data structures} Many wxFileName methods accept the path format argument which is by\rtfsp {\tt wxPATH\_NATIVE} by default meaning to use the path format native for the current platform. The path format affects the operation of wxFileName functions in several ways: first and foremost, it defines the path separator character to use, but it also affects other things such as whether the path has the drive part or not. \begin{verbatim} enum wxPathFormat { wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform wxPATH_UNIX, wxPATH_MAC, wxPATH_DOS, wxPATH_VMS, wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX, wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS, wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS } \end{verbatim} The kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be or'd together to perform several operations at once in\rtfsp \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}. \begin{verbatim} enum wxPathNormalize { wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x003f } \end{verbatim} \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}} \membersection{File name format} wxFileName currently supports the file names in the Unix, DOS/Windows, Mac OS and VMS formats. Although these formats are quite different, wxFileName tries to treat them all in the sam generic way. It supposes that all file names consist of the following parts: the volume (also known as drive under Windows or device under VMS), the path which is a sequence of directory names separated by the \helpref{path separators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} and the full filename itself which, in turn, is composed from the base file name and the extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and, for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt FALSE} for it. File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp \helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this. The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the filename is absolute you may use \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}. There is also an inverse function \helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what \helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}{wxfilenamenormalize} does. Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp \helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}. \helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative} \membersection{File name construction} TODO. \membersection{File tests} Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to verify that the filename is well defined. If it is, \helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory with this name exists. File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}. \membersection{File name components} These functions allow to examine and modify the directories of the path: \helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir}\\ \helpref{InsertDir}{wxfilenameinsertdir}\\ \helpref{GetDirCount}{wxfilenamegetdircount} \helpref{PrependDir}{wxfilenameprependdir}\\ \helpref{RemoveDir}{wxfilenameremovedir} To change the components of the file name individually you can use the following functions: \helpref{GetExt}{wxfilenamegetext}\\ \helpref{GetName}{wxfilenamegetname}\\ \helpref{GetVolume}{wxfilenamegetvolume}\\ \helpref{HasExt}{wxfilenamehasext}\\ \helpref{HasName}{wxfilenamehasname}\\ \helpref{HasVolume}{wxfilenamehasvolume}\\ \helpref{SetExt}{wxfilenamesetext}\\ \helpref{SetName}{wxfilenamesetname}\\ \helpref{SetVolume}{wxfilenamesetvolume}\\ \membersection{Operations} These methods allow to work with the file creation, access and modification times. Note that not all filesystems under all platforms implement these times in the same way. For example, the access time under Windows has a resolution of one day (so it is really the access date and not time). The access time may be updated when the file is executed or not depending on the platform. \helpref{GetModificationTime}{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}\\ \helpref{GetTimes}{wxfilenamegettimes}\\ \helpref{SetTimes}{wxfilenamesettimes}\\ \helpref{Touch}{wxfilenametouch} Other file system operations functions are: \helpref{Mkdir}{wxfilenamemkdir}\\ \helpref{Rmdir}{wxfilenamermdir} \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}} \membersection{wxFileName::wxFileName}\label{wxfilenamewxfilename} \func{}{wxFileName}{\void} Default constructor. \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}} Copy constructor. \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} From a full filename: if it terminates with a '/', a directory path is contructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and extension are extracted from it \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Constructor from a directory name and a file name. \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension \membersection{wxFileName::AppendDir}\label{wxfilenameappenddir} \func{void}{AppendDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}} \membersection{wxFileName::Assign}\label{wxfilenameassign} \func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}} \func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} \func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} \func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} \func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} \membersection{wxFileName::AssignCwd}\label{wxfilenameassigncwd} \func{void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}} Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified volume (or current volume if {\it volume} is empty). \wxheading{See also} \helpref{GetCwd}{wxfilenamegetcwd} \membersection{wxFileName::AssignDir}\label{wxfilenameassigndir} \func{void}{AssignDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Set this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension will be empty. \membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir} \func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void} Set this file name object to the home directory. \membersection{wxFileName::AssignTempFileName}\label{wxfilenameassigntempfilename} \func{void}{AssignTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}} The function calls \helpref{CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} to create a temporary file and sets this object to the name of the file. If a temporary file couldn't be created, the object is put into the\rtfsp \helpref{invalid}{wxfilenameisok} state. \membersection{wxFileName::Clear}\label{wxfilenameclear} \func{void}{Clear}{\void} Reset all components to default, uninitialized state. \membersection{wxFileName::CreateTempFileName}\label{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} \func{static wxString}{CreateTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}} Returns a temporary file name starting with the given {\it prefix}. If the {\it prefix} is an absolute path, the temporary file is created in this directory, otherwise it is created in the default system directory for the temporary files or in the current directory. If the function succeeds, the temporary file is actually created. If\rtfsp {\it fileTemp} is not {\tt NULL}, this file will be opened using the name of the temporary file. When possible, this is done in an atomic way ensuring that no race condition occurs between the temporary file name generation and opening it which could often lead to security compromise on the multiuser systems. If {\it fileTemp} is {\tt NULL}, the file is only created, but not opened. Under Unix, the temporary file will have read and write permissions for the owner only to minimize the security problems. \wxheading{Parameters} \docparam{prefix}{Prefix to use for the temporary file name construction} \docparam{fileTemp}{The file to open or {\tt NULL} to just get the name} \wxheading{Return value} The full temporary file name or an empty string on error. \membersection{wxFileName::DirExists}\label{wxfilenamedirexists} \func{bool}{DirExists}{\void} \func{bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}} Does the directory with this name exists? \membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname} \func{wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}} \membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists} \func{bool}{FileExists}{\void} \func{bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}} Does the file with this name exists? \membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename} \func{wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}} static pseudo constructors \membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd} \func{wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}} Retrieve the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the current volume. \wxheading{Return value} The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on error. \wxheading{See also} \helpref{AssignCwd}{wxfilenameassigncwd} \membersection{wxFileName::GetDirCount}\label{wxfilenamegetdircount} \constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs} \constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext} \constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat} \func{wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} various helpers get the canonical path format for this platform \membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname} \constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath} \constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} add separator Construct full path with name and ext \membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir} \func{wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath} \constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void} Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms) \membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime} \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void} convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file \membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname} \constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath} \constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = $0$}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Return the path part of the filename (without the name nor extension). The possible flags values are: \twocolwidtha{5cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does nothing for the filename formats without volumes)} \twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of the path.} \end{twocollist} \membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator} \func{wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Return the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this method. \wxheading{See also} \helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} \membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} \func{wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Get the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as separators. \wxheading{See also} \helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator} \membersection{wxFileName::GetPathWithSep}\label{wxfilenamegetpathwithsep} \constfunc{wxString}{GetPathWithSep}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} more readable synonym \membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath} \constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void} Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms) \membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes} \constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}} Return the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed by many operations after the file creation. Aany of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not needed. \wxheading{Return value} {\tt TRUE} on success, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to retrieve the times. \membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume} \constfunc{wxString}{GetVolume}{\void} Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for example, Unix). \membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator} \func{wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} get the string separating the volume from the path for this format \membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext} \constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname} \constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume} \constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void} \membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir} \func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}} \membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute} \func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} is this filename absolute? \membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} \func{bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Tests are the file names of this type cases sensitive? \membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok} \constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void} Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filename is valid, {\tt FALSE} if it is not initialized yet. The assignment functions and \helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized, invalid state (the former only do it on failure). \membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator} \func{bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Returns {\tt TRUE} if the char is a path separator for this format. \membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative} \func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Returns {\tt TRUE} if this filename is not absolute. \membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir} \constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void} Returns {\tt TRUE} if this object represents a directory, {\tt FALSE} otherwise (i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the directory or file really exists, you should use \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or \helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this. \membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} \func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = ""}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}. In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}. \docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by default} \docparam{format}{the file name format, native by default} \wxheading{Return value} {\tt TRUE} if the file name has been changed, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to do anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}). \wxheading{See also} \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize} \membersection{wxFileName::Mkdir}\label{wxfilenamemkdir} \func{bool}{Mkdir}{\param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}} \func{static bool}{Mkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}} \docparam{dir}{the directory to create} \docparam{parm}{the permissions for the newly created directory} \docparam{flags}{if the flags contain {\tt wxPATH\_MKDIR\_FULL} flag, try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error if the target directory already exists.} \wxheading{Return value} Returns {\tt TRUE} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt FALSE} otherwise. \membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize} \func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} operations on the path normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment variables will be expanded in it this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd \membersection{wxFileName::PrependDir}\label{wxfilenameprependdir} \func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}} \membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir} \func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}} \membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir} \func{bool}{Rmdir}{\void} \func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}} Deletes the specified directory. \membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas} \func{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} Compares the filename using the rules of this platform \membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd} \func{bool}{SetCwd}{\void} \func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}} change the current working directory \membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext} \func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}} \membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname} \func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}} full name is the file name + extension (but without the path) \membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname} \func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}} \membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes} \func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}} set the file creation and last access/mod times (any of the pointers may be NULL) \membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume} \func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}} \membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath} \func{static void}{SplitPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxString* }{volume}, \param{wxString* }{path}, \param{wxString* }{name}, \param{wxString* }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} \func{static void}{SplitPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxString* }{path}, \param{wxString* }{name}, \param{wxString* }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}} This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name and the extension. Any of the output parameters ({\it volume}, {\it path}, {\it name} or {\it ext}) may be {\tt NULL} if you are not interested in the value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry. On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator), {\it name} contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not {\tt NULL}). \membersection{wxFileName::Touch}\label{wxfilenametouch} \func{bool}{Touch}{\void} set the access and modification times to the current moment \membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign} \func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}} \func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}} Assigns the new value to this filename object. \membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal} \func{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}} \func{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}} Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filenames are equal for the native file format.