lyx_mirror/src/support/filetools.h

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// -*- C++-*-
/**
* \file filetools.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
*/
#ifndef LYX_FILETOOL_H
#define LYX_FILETOOL_H
#include <vector>
#include <utility>
#include "LString.h"
#include "os.h"
/// remove directory and all contents, returns 0 on success
int destroyDir(string const & tmpdir);
///
string const CreateBufferTmpDir(string const & pathfor = string());
/// Creates directory. Returns true on success
bool createDirectory(string const & name, int permissions);
///
string const CreateLyXTmpDir(string const & deflt);
/** Find file by searching several directories.
Uses a string of paths separated by ";"s to find a file to open.
Can't cope with pathnames with a ';' in them. Returns full path to file.
If path entry begins with $$LyX/, use system_lyxdir.
If path entry begins with $$User/, use user_lyxdir.
Example: "$$User/doc;$$LyX/doc".
*/
string const FileOpenSearch(string const & path, string const & name,
string const & ext = string());
/** Returns the real name of file name in directory path, with optional
extension ext.
The file is searched in the given path (unless it is an absolute
file name), first directly, and then with extension .ext (if given).
*/
string const FileSearch(string const & path, string const & name,
string const & ext = string());
/// Returns a vector of all files in directory dir having extension ext.
std::vector<string> const DirList(string const & dir,
string const & ext = string());
/** Is directory read only?
returns
true: dir writeable
false: not writeable
*/
bool IsDirWriteable (string const & path);
/** Is a file readable ?
Returns true if the file `path' is readable.
*/
bool IsFileReadable (string const & path);
/** Is file read only?
returns
1: read-write
0: read_only
-1: error (doesn't exist, no access, anything else)
*/
int IsFileWriteable (string const & path);
///
bool IsLyXFilename(string const & filename);
///
bool IsSGMLFilename(string const & filename);
/** Returns the path of a library data file.
Search the file name.ext in the subdirectory dir of
\begin{enumerate}
\item user_lyxdir
\item build_lyxdir (if not empty)
\item system_lyxdir
\end{enumerate}
The third parameter `ext' is optional.
*/
string const LibFileSearch(string const & dir, string const & name,
string const & ext = string());
/** Same as LibFileSearch(), but tries first to find an
internationalized version of the file by prepending $LANG_ to the
name
*/
string const
i18nLibFileSearch(string const & dir, string const & name,
string const & ext = string());
/** Takes a command such as "sh $$s/convertDefault.sh file.in file.out"
* and replaces "$$s/" with the path to the "most important" of LyX's
* script directories containing this script. If the script is not found,
* "$$s/" is removed. Executing the command will still fail, but the
* error message will make some sort of sense ;-)
*/
string const LibScriptSearch(string const & command);
///
string const GetEnv(string const & envname);
/// A helper function.
string const GetEnvPath(string const & name);
/// Substitutes active latex characters with underscores in filename
string const MakeLatexName(string const & file);
/// Put the name in quotes suitable for the current shell
string const QuoteName(string const & file);
/// Add a filename to a path. Any path from filename is stripped first.
string const AddName(string const & path, string const & fname);
/// Append sub-directory(ies) to path in an intelligent way
string const AddPath(string const & path, string const & path2);
/** Change extension of oldname to extension.
If oldname does not have an extension, it is appended.
If the extension is empty, any extension is removed from the name.
*/
string const
ChangeExtension(string const & oldname, string const & extension);
/// Return the extension of the file (not including the .)
string const GetExtension(string const & name);
/// Return the type of the file as an extension from contents
string const getExtFromContents(string const & name);
/// check for zipped file
bool zippedFile(string const & name);
/// unzip a file
string const unzipFile(string const & zipped_file);
/// Returns true is path is absolute
bool AbsolutePath(string const & path);
/// Create absolute path. If impossible, don't do anything
string const ExpandPath(string const & path);
/** Convert relative path into absolute path based on a basepath.
If relpath is absolute, just use that.
If basepath doesn't exist use CWD.
*/
string const MakeAbsPath(string const & RelPath = string(),
string const & BasePath = string());
/** Creates a nice compact path for displaying. The parameter
threshold, if given, specifies the maximal length of the path.
*/
string const
MakeDisplayPath(string const & path, unsigned int threshold = 1000);
/** Makes relative path out of absolute path.
If it is deeper than basepath,
it's easy. If basepath and abspath share something (they are all deeper
than some directory), it'll be rendered using ..'s. If they are completely
different, then the absolute path will be used as relative path
WARNING: the absolute path and base path must really be absolute paths!!!
*/
string const
MakeRelPath(string const & abspath, string const & basepath);
/// Strip filename from path name
string const OnlyPath(string const & fname);
/** Normalize a path. Constracts path/../path
* Also converts paths like /foo//bar ==> /foo/bar
*/
string const NormalizePath(string const & path);
/// Strips path from filename
string const OnlyFilename(string const & fname);
/// Get the contents of a file as a huge string
string const GetFileContents(string const & fname);
/** Check and Replace Environmentvariables ${NAME} in Path.
Replaces all occurences of these, if they are found in the
environment.
Variables are defined by Var := '${' [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]* '}'
*/
string const ReplaceEnvironmentPath(string const & path);
/* Set \c link to the path \c file points to as a symbolic link.
If \c resolve is true, then \c link is an absolute path
Returns true if successful */
bool LyXReadLink(string const & file, string & link, bool resolve = false);
/// Uses kpsewhich to find tex files
string const findtexfile(string const & fil, string const & format);
/// remove the autosave-file and give a Message if it can't be done
void removeAutosaveFile(string const & filename);
/// read the BoundingBox entry from a ps/eps/pdf-file
string const readBB_from_PSFile(string const & file);
/** Copy \c file to directory \c path. The file name is manipulated
so that eg some/path/to/file becomes some_path_to_file.
\param path where to put the file
\param file the file that is copied
\returns this file name if the file is copied successfully, else
\returns an empty string.
*/
string const copyFileToDir(string const & path, string const & file);
typedef std::pair<int, string> cmd_ret;
cmd_ret const RunCommand(string const & cmd);
#endif