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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: filefn.h
1ba0de2e 3// Purpose: interface of wxPathList and file functions
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxPathList
7c913512 11
23324ae1 12 The path list is a convenient way of storing a number of directories, and
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13 when presented with a filename without a directory, searching for an
14 existing file in those directories.
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16 Be sure to look also at wxStandardPaths if you only want to search files in
17 some standard paths.
7c913512 18
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19 @library{wxbase}
20 @category{file}
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e54c96f1 22 @see wxArrayString, wxStandardPaths, wxFileName
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23*/
24class wxPathList : public wxArrayString
25{
26public:
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27 /**
28 Standard constructor.
29 */
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30 wxPathList();
31
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32 /**
33 Constructs the object calling the Add() function.
34 */
7c913512 35 wxPathList(const wxArrayString& arr);
23324ae1 36
23324ae1 37 /**
0ce6d6c8 38 Adds the given directory to the path list, if the @a path is not already in the list.
23324ae1 39 If the path cannot be normalized for some reason, it returns @false.
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40
41 The @a path is always considered to be a directory but no existence checks will be
42 done on it (because if it doesn't exist, it could be created later and thus result a
43 valid path when FindValidPath() is called).
44
45 @note if the given path is relative, it won't be made absolute before adding it
46 (this is why FindValidPath() may return relative paths).
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47 */
48 bool Add(const wxString& path);
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49
50 /**
51 Adds all elements of the given array as paths.
52 */
7c913512 53 void Add(const wxArrayString& arr);
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54
55 /**
56 Finds the value of the given environment variable, and adds all paths
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57 to the path list.
58
59 Useful for finding files in the @c PATH variable, for example.
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60 */
61 void AddEnvList(const wxString& env_variable);
62
63 /**
0ce6d6c8 64 Given a full filename (with path), calls Add() with the path of the file.
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65 */
66 bool EnsureFileAccessible(const wxString& filename);
67
68 /**
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69 Like FindValidPath() but this function always returns an absolute path
70 (eventually prepending the current working directory to the value returned
71 wxPathList::FindValidPath()) or an empty string.
23324ae1 72 */
328f5751 73 wxString FindAbsoluteValidPath(const wxString& file) const;
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74
75 /**
76 Searches the given file in all paths stored in this class.
0ce6d6c8 77
23324ae1 78 The first path which concatenated to the given string points to an existing
1ba0de2e 79 file (see wxFileExists()) is returned.
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80
81 If the file wasn't found in any of the stored paths, an empty string is returned.
82
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83 The given string must be a file name, eventually with a path prefix (if the path
84 prefix is absolute, only its name will be searched); i.e. it must not end with
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85 a directory separator (see wxFileName::GetPathSeparator) otherwise an assertion
86 will fail.
87
23324ae1 88 The returned path may be relative to the current working directory.
0ce6d6c8 89
23324ae1 90 Note in fact that wxPathList can be used to store both relative and absolute
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91 paths so that if you added relative paths, then the current working directory
92 (see wxGetCwd() and wxSetWorkingDirectory()) may affect the value returned
93 by this function!
23324ae1 94 */
328f5751 95 wxString FindValidPath(const wxString& file) const;
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96};
97
98
e54c96f1 99
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100// ============================================================================
101// Global functions/macros
102// ============================================================================
103
b21126db 104/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_file */
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105//@{
106
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107/**
108 A special return value of many wxWidgets classes to indicate that
109 an invalid offset was given.
110*/
111const int wxInvalidOffset = -1;
112
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113/**
114 The type used to store and provide byte offsets or byte sizes for files or streams.
115
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116 This type is usually just a synonym for @c off_t but can be defined as
117 @c wxLongLong_t if @c wxHAS_HUGE_FILES is defined but @c off_t is only 32
118 bits.
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119*/
120typedef off_t wxFileOffset;
121
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122/**
123 Under Unix this macro changes the current process umask to the given value,
124 unless it is equal to -1 in which case nothing is done, and restores it to
125 the original value on scope exit. It works by declaring a variable which
126 sets umask to @a mask in its constructor and restores it in its destructor.
127 Under other platforms this macro expands to nothing.
128
129 @header{wx/filefn.h}
130*/
d7b99b16 131#define wxCHANGE_UMASK(mask)
1ba0de2e 132
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133/**
134 This function returns the total number of bytes and number of free bytes on
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135 the disk containing the directory @a path (it should exist). Both @a total
136 and @a free parameters may be @NULL if the corresponding information is not
137 needed.
138
1e24c2af 139 @since 2.3.2
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140
141 @note The generic Unix implementation depends on the system having the
142 @c statfs() or @c statvfs() function.
143
d29a9a8a 144 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred (for example, the
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145 directory doesn’t exist).
146
147 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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148*/
149bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
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150 wxLongLong total = NULL,
151 wxLongLong free = NULL);
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152
153/**
1ba0de2e 154 Returns the Windows directory under Windows; other platforms return an
23324ae1 155 empty string.
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156
157 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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158*/
159wxString wxGetOSDirectory();
160
161/**
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162 Parses the @a wildCard, returning the number of filters. Returns 0 if none
163 or if there's a problem.
164
165 The arrays will contain an equal number of items found before the error. On
166 platforms where native dialogs handle only one filter per entry, entries in
167 arrays are automatically adjusted. @a wildCard is in the form:
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169 @code
170 "All files (*)|*|Image Files (*.jpeg *.png)|*.jpg;*.png"
171 @endcode
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172
173 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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174*/
175int wxParseCommonDialogsFilter(const wxString& wildCard,
176 wxArrayString& descriptions,
177 wxArrayString& filters);
178
179/**
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180 Converts a DOS to a Unix filename by replacing backslashes with forward
181 slashes.
182
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183 @deprecated
184 Construct a wxFileName with wxPATH_DOS and then use
185 wxFileName::GetFullPath(wxPATH_UNIX) instead.
186
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187 @header{wx/filefn.h}
188*/
189void wxDos2UnixFilename(wxChar* s);
190
191/**
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192 Converts a Unix to a DOS filename by replacing forward slashes with
193 backslashes.
194
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195 @deprecated
196 Construct a wxFileName with wxPATH_UNIX and then use
197 wxFileName::GetFullPath(wxPATH_DOS) instead.
198
1ba0de2e 199 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 200*/
4cc4bfaf 201void wxUnix2DosFilename(wxChar* s);
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202
203/**
4cc4bfaf 204 Returns @true if @a dirname exists and is a directory.
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205
206 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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207*/
208bool wxDirExists(const wxString& dirname);
209
210/**
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211 @deprecated
212 This function is obsolete, please use wxFileName::SplitPath() instead.
1ba0de2e 213
23324ae1 214 This function splits a full file name into components: the path (including
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215 possible disk/drive specification under Windows), the base name, and the
216 extension. Any of the output parameters (@a path, @a name or @a ext) may be
217 @NULL if you are not interested in the value of a particular component.
218
23324ae1 219 wxSplitPath() will correctly handle filenames with both DOS and Unix path
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220 separators under Windows, however it will not consider backslashes as path
221 separators under Unix (where backslash is a valid character in a filename).
222
4cc4bfaf 223 On entry, @a fullname should be non-@NULL (it may be empty though).
23324ae1 224
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225 On return, @a path contains the file path (without the trailing separator),
226 @a name contains the file name and @c ext contains the file extension
227 without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
228 component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these
229 parameters will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not @NULL).
230
231 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 232*/
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233void wxSplitPath(const wxString& fullname,
234 wxString* path,
235 wxString* name,
236 wxString* ext);
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237
238/**
239 Returns time of last modification of given file.
23324ae1 240
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241 The function returns <tt>(time_t)-1</tt> if an error occurred (e.g. file
242 not found).
243
244 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 245*/
1ba0de2e 246time_t wxFileModificationTime(const wxString& filename);
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247
248/**
4cc4bfaf 249 Renames @a file1 to @e file2, returning @true if successful.
1ba0de2e 250
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251 If @a file2 is a directory, @a file1 is moved into it (@a overwrite is
252 ignored in this case). Otherwise, if @a file2 is an existing file, it is
253 overwritten if @a overwrite is @true (default) and the function fails if @a
254 overwrite is @false.
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255
256 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 257*/
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258bool wxRenameFile(const wxString& file1,
259 const wxString& file2,
260 bool overwrite = true);
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261
262/**
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263 Copies @a file1 to @e file2, returning @true if successful. If @a overwrite
264 parameter is @true (default), the destination file is overwritten if it
265 exists, but if @a overwrite is @false, the functions fails in this case.
266
23324ae1 267 This function supports resources forks under Mac OS.
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268
269 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 270*/
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271bool wxCopyFile(const wxString& file1,
272 const wxString& file2,
273 bool overwrite = true);
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274
275/**
276 Returns @true if the file exists and is a plain file.
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277
278 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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279*/
280bool wxFileExists(const wxString& filename);
281
282/**
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283 Returns @true if the @a pattern matches the @e text; if @a dot_special is
284 @true, filenames beginning with a dot are not matched with wildcard
285 characters.
286
287 @see wxIsWild()
288
289 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 290*/
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291bool wxMatchWild(const wxString& pattern,
292 const wxString& text,
293 bool dot_special);
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294
295/**
47d281e6 296 @deprecated This function is deprecated, use wxGetCwd() instead.
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297
298 Copies the current working directory into the buffer if supplied, or copies
299 the working directory into new storage (which you must delete yourself) if
300 the buffer is @NULL.
301
4cc4bfaf 302 @a sz is the size of the buffer if supplied.
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303
304 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 305*/
4cc4bfaf 306wxString wxGetWorkingDirectory(char* buf = NULL, int sz = 1000);
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307
308/**
309 Returns the directory part of the filename.
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310
311 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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312*/
313wxString wxPathOnly(const wxString& path);
314
315/**
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316 Returns @true if the pattern contains wildcards.
317
318 @see wxMatchWild()
319
320 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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321*/
322bool wxIsWild(const wxString& pattern);
323
1ba0de2e 324/**
0824e369 325 Returns @true if the argument is an absolute filename, i.e.\ with a slash
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326 or drive name at the beginning.
327
328 @header{wx/filefn.h}
329*/
330bool wxIsAbsolutePath(const wxString& filename);
331
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332/**
333 Returns a string containing the current (or working) directory.
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334
335 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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336*/
337wxString wxGetCwd();
338
339/**
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340 Sets the current working directory, returning @true if the operation
341 succeeded. Under MS Windows, the current drive is also changed if @a dir
342 contains a drive specification.
343
344 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 345*/
1ba0de2e 346bool wxSetWorkingDirectory(const wxString& dir);
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347
348/**
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349 Concatenates @a file1 and @a file2 to @e file3, returning @true if
350 successful.
351
352 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 353*/
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354bool wxConcatFiles(const wxString& file1,
355 const wxString& file2,
356 const wxString& file3);
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357
358/**
359 Removes @e file, returning @true if successful.
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360
361 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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362*/
363bool wxRemoveFile(const wxString& file);
364
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365/**
366 File permission bit names.
367
368 We define these constants in wxWidgets because S_IREAD &c are not standard.
369 However, we do assume that the values correspond to the Unix umask bits.
370*/
371enum wxPosixPermissions
372{
373 /// Standard POSIX names for these permission flags with "wx" prefix.
374 //@{
375 wxS_IRUSR = 00400,
376 wxS_IWUSR = 00200,
377 wxS_IXUSR = 00100,
378
379 wxS_IRGRP = 00040,
380 wxS_IWGRP = 00020,
381 wxS_IXGRP = 00010,
382
383 wxS_IROTH = 00004,
384 wxS_IWOTH = 00002,
385 wxS_IXOTH = 00001,
386 //@}
387
388 /// Longer but more readable synonyms for the constants above.
389 //@{
390 wxPOSIX_USER_READ = wxS_IRUSR,
391 wxPOSIX_USER_WRITE = wxS_IWUSR,
392 wxPOSIX_USER_EXECUTE = wxS_IXUSR,
393
394 wxPOSIX_GROUP_READ = wxS_IRGRP,
395 wxPOSIX_GROUP_WRITE = wxS_IWGRP,
396 wxPOSIX_GROUP_EXECUTE = wxS_IXGRP,
397
398 wxPOSIX_OTHERS_READ = wxS_IROTH,
399 wxPOSIX_OTHERS_WRITE = wxS_IWOTH,
400 wxPOSIX_OTHERS_EXECUTE = wxS_IXOTH,
401 //@}
402
403 /// Default mode for the new files: allow reading/writing them to everybody but
404 /// the effective file mode will be set after ANDing this value with umask and
405 /// so won't include wxS_IW{GRP,OTH} for the default 022 umask value
406 wxS_DEFAULT = (wxPOSIX_USER_READ | wxPOSIX_USER_WRITE | \
407 wxPOSIX_GROUP_READ | wxPOSIX_GROUP_WRITE | \
408 wxPOSIX_OTHERS_READ | wxPOSIX_OTHERS_WRITE),
409
410 /// Default mode for the new directories (see wxFileName::Mkdir): allow
411 /// reading/writing/executing them to everybody, but just like wxS_DEFAULT
412 /// the effective directory mode will be set after ANDing this value with umask
413 wxS_DIR_DEFAULT = (wxPOSIX_USER_READ | wxPOSIX_USER_WRITE | wxPOSIX_USER_EXECUTE | \
414 wxPOSIX_GROUP_READ | wxPOSIX_GROUP_WRITE | wxPOSIX_GROUP_EXECUTE | \
415 wxPOSIX_OTHERS_READ | wxPOSIX_OTHERS_WRITE | wxPOSIX_OTHERS_EXECUTE)
416};
417
23324ae1 418/**
1ba0de2e 419 Makes the directory @a dir, returning @true if successful.
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4cc4bfaf 421 @a perm is the access mask for the directory for the systems on which it is
23324ae1 422 supported (Unix) and doesn't have any effect on the other ones.
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423
424 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 425*/
9508a23a 426bool wxMkdir(const wxString& dir, int perm = wxS_DIR_DEFAULT);
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427
428/**
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429 Removes the directory @a dir, returning @true if successful. Does not work
430 under VMS.
431
432 The @a flags parameter is reserved for future use.
433
434 @note There is also a wxRmDir() function which simply wraps the standard
435 POSIX @c rmdir() function and so return an integer error code instead
436 of a boolean value (but otherwise is currently identical to
437 wxRmdir()), don't confuse these two functions.
438
439 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 440*/
1ba0de2e 441bool wxRmdir(const wxString& dir, int flags = 0);
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442
443/**
e54c96f1 444 Returns the next file that matches the path passed to wxFindFirstFile().
1ba0de2e 445
e54c96f1 446 See wxFindFirstFile() for an example.
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447
448 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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449*/
450wxString wxFindNextFile();
451
452/**
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453 This function does directory searching; returns the first file that matches
454 the path @a spec, or the empty string. Use wxFindNextFile() to get the next
455 matching file. Neither will report the current directory "." or the parent
456 directory "..".
457
458 @warning As of 2.5.2, these functions are not thread-safe! (they use static
459 variables). You probably want to use wxDir::GetFirst() or
460 wxDirTraverser instead.
461
462 @a spec may contain wildcards.
463
464 @a flags may be wxDIR for restricting the query to directories, wxFILE for
465 files or zero for either.
466
467 For example:
468
469 @code
470 wxString f = wxFindFirstFile("/home/project/*.*");
471 while ( !f.empty() )
472 {
473 ...
474 f = wxFindNextFile();
475 }
476 @endcode
477
478 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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479*/
480wxString wxFindFirstFile(const wxString& spec, int flags = 0);
481
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482/**
483 Parameter indicating how file offset should be interpreted.
484
485 This is used by wxFFile::Seek() and wxFile::Seek().
486
487 @header{wx/filefn.h}
488*/
489enum wxSeekMode
490{
491 wxFromStart, ///< Seek from the file beginning.
492 wxFromCurrent, ///< Seek from the current position.
493 wxFromEnd ///< Seek from end of the file.
494};
495
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496/**
497 File kind enumerations returned from wxGetFileKind().
498
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499 Also used by wxFFile::GetKind() and wxFile::GetKind().
500
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501 @header{wx/filefn.h}
502*/
503enum wxFileKind
504{
505 wxFILE_KIND_UNKNOWN, ///< Unknown file kind, or unable to determine
506 wxFILE_KIND_DISK, ///< A file supporting seeking to arbitrary offsets
507 wxFILE_KIND_TERMINAL, ///< A tty
508 wxFILE_KIND_PIPE ///< A pipe
509};
510
511//@}
512
b21126db 513/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_file */
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514//@{
515/**
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516 Returns the type of an open file. Possible return values are enumerations
517 of ::wxFileKind.
4cc4bfaf 518
1ba0de2e 519 @header{wx/filefn.h}
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520*/
521wxFileKind wxGetFileKind(int fd);
4cc4bfaf 522wxFileKind wxGetFileKind(FILE* fp);
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523//@}
524
b21126db 525/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_file */
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526//@{
527/**
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528 @deprecated
529 This function is obsolete, please use wxFileName::SplitPath() instead.
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530
531 Returns the filename for a full path. The second form returns a pointer to
532 temporary storage that should not be deallocated.
533
534 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 535*/
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536wxString wxFileNameFromPath(const wxString& path);
537char* wxFileNameFromPath(char* path);
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538//@}
539
b21126db 540/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_file */
1ba0de2e 541//@{
23324ae1 542/**
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543 @deprecated
544 This function is obsolete, please use wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() instead.
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545
546 @header{wx/filefn.h}
23324ae1 547*/
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548char* wxGetTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, char* buf = NULL);
549bool wxGetTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, wxString& buf);
550//@}
23324ae1 551