lyx_mirror/src/support/os.h
Angus Leeming 7b214dd05e The Cygwin path fix.
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// -*- C++ -*-
/**
* \file os.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author Ruurd A. Reitsma
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*
* wrap OS-specific stuff
*/
#ifndef OS_H
#define OS_H
#include <string>
namespace lyx {
namespace support {
namespace os {
enum shell_type {
UNIX, // Do we have to distinguish sh and csh?
CMD_EXE
};
/// Do some work just once.
void init(int argc, char * argv[]);
/// Returns the name of the NULL device (/dev/null, null).
std::string const & nulldev();
/// Returns "/" on *nix, "C:/", etc on Windows.
std::string current_root();
///
shell_type shell();
/// Extract the path common to both @c p1 and @c p2. DBCS aware!
std::string::size_type common_path(std::string const & p1, std::string const & p2);
/// Converts a unix style path to host OS style.
std::string external_path(std::string const & p);
/// Converts a host OS style path to unix style.
std::string internal_path(std::string const & p);
/// Is the path absolute?
bool is_absolute_path(std::string const & p);
/** Returns a string suitable to be passed to popen when
* reading a file.
*/
char const * popen_read_mode();
/** The character used to separate paths returned by the
* PATH environment variable.
*/
char path_separator();
/** If @c use_cygwin_paths is true, LyX will output cygwin style paths
* rather than native Win32 ones. Obviously, this option is used only
* under Cygwin.
*/
void cygwin_path_fix(bool use_cygwin_paths);
} // namespace os
} // namespace support
} // namespace lyx
#endif