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/*
*******************************************************************************
*
*   Copyright (C) 1999-2000, International Business Machines
*   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
*
*******************************************************************************
*   file name:  toolutil.h
*   encoding:   US-ASCII
*   tab size:   8 (not used)
*   indentation:4
*
*   created on: 1999nov19
*   created by: Markus W. Scherer
*
*   This file defines utility functions for ICU tools like genccode.
*/

#ifndef __TOOLUTIL_H__
#define __TOOLUTIL_H__

#include "unicode/utypes.h"


/*
 * For Windows, a path/filename may be the short (8.3) version
 * of the "real", long one. In this case, the short one
 * is abbreviated and contains a tilde etc.
 * This function returns a pointer to the original pathname
 * if it is the "real" one itself, and a pointer to a static
 * buffer (not thread-safe) containing the long version
 * if the pathname is indeed abbreviated.
 *
 * On platforms other than Windows, this function always returns
 * the input pathname pointer.
 *
 * This function is especially useful in tools that are called
 * by a batch file for loop, which yields short pathnames on Win9x.
 */
U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
getLongPathname(const char *pathname);

/*
 * Find the basename at the end of a pathname, i.e., the part
 * after the last file separator, and return a pointer
 * to this part of the pathname.
 * If the pathname only contains a basename and no file separator,
 * then the pathname pointer itself is returned.
 */
U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
findBasename(const char *filename);

#endif
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b75a7d8f A	1	/*
	2	*******************************************************************************
	3	*
	4	* Copyright (C) 1999-2000, International Business Machines
	5	* Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
	6	*
	7	*******************************************************************************
	8	* file name: toolutil.h
	9	* encoding: US-ASCII
	10	* tab size: 8 (not used)
	11	* indentation:4
	12	*
	13	* created on: 1999nov19
	14	* created by: Markus W. Scherer
	15	*
	16	* This file defines utility functions for ICU tools like genccode.
	17	*/
	18
	19	#ifndef __TOOLUTIL_H__
	20	#define __TOOLUTIL_H__
	21
	22	#include "unicode/utypes.h"
	23
	24
	25
	26	/*
	27	* For Windows, a path/filename may be the short (8.3) version
	28	* of the "real", long one. In this case, the short one
	29	* is abbreviated and contains a tilde etc.
	30	* This function returns a pointer to the original pathname
	31	* if it is the "real" one itself, and a pointer to a static
	32	* buffer (not thread-safe) containing the long version
	33	* if the pathname is indeed abbreviated.
	34	*
	35	* On platforms other than Windows, this function always returns
	36	* the input pathname pointer.
	37	*
	38	* This function is especially useful in tools that are called
	39	* by a batch file for loop, which yields short pathnames on Win9x.
	40	*/
	41	U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
	42	getLongPathname(const char *pathname);
	43
	44	/*
	45	* Find the basename at the end of a pathname, i.e., the part
	46	* after the last file separator, and return a pointer
	47	* to this part of the pathname.
	48	* If the pathname only contains a basename and no file separator,
	49	* then the pathname pointer itself is returned.
	50	*/
	51	U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
	52	findBasename(const char *filename);
	53
	54	#endif