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2%% Name: filename.tex
3%% Purpose: wxFileName documentation
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5%% Modified by:
6%% Created: 30.11.01
7%% RCS-ID: $Id$
8%% Copyright: (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin
9%% License: wxWindows license
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11
12\section{\class{wxFileName}}\label{wxfilename}
13
14wxFileName encapsulates a file name. This class serves two purposes: first, it
15provides the functions to split the file names into components and to recombine
16these components in the full file name which can then be passed to the OS file
17functions (and \helpref{wxWindows functions}{filefunctions} wrapping them).
18Second, it includes the functions for working with the files itself. Note that
95c00185 19to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead.
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20wxFileName provides functions for working with the file attributes.
21
22\wxheading{Derived from}
23
24No base class
25
26\wxheading{Data structures}
27
28Many wxFileName methods accept the path format argument which is by\rtfsp
29{\tt wxPATH\_NATIVE} by default meaning to use the path format native for the
30current platform.
31
32The path format affects the operation of wxFileName functions in several ways:
33first and foremost, it defines the path separator character to use, but it also
34affects other things such as whether the path has the drive part or not.
35
36\begin{verbatim}
37enum wxPathFormat
38{
39 wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform
40 wxPATH_UNIX,
41 wxPATH_MAC,
42 wxPATH_DOS,
43 wxPATH_VMS,
44
45 wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
46 wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
47 wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS
48}
49\end{verbatim}
50
51The kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be
52or'd together to perform several operations at once in\rtfsp
53\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}.
54
55\begin{verbatim}
56enum wxPathNormalize
57{
58 wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values
59 wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd
60 wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
61 wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower
62 wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute
63 wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form
64 wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x003f
65}
66\end{verbatim}
67
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68\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
69
70\membersection{File name format}
71
72wxFileName currently supports the file names in the Unix, DOS/Windows, Mac OS
73and VMS formats. Although these formats are quite different, wxFileName tries
2edb0bde 74to treat them all in the same generic way. It supposes that all file names
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75consist of the following parts: the volume (also known as drive under Windows
76or device under VMS), the path which is a sequence of directory names separated
77by the \helpref{path separators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} and the full
78filename itself which, in turn, is composed from the base file name and the
79extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and,
80for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all
81empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid
82state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt FALSE} for it.
83
84File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
85\helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
86
87The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
88on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
89to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
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90filename is absolute you may use \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}. There
91is also an inverse function \helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
2b5f62a0 92which undoes what \helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize}
f7d886af 93does.
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94
95Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
96class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
2db991f4 97\helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}.
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98
99\helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative}
100
101\membersection{File name construction}
102
103TODO.
104
105\membersection{File tests}
106
107Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
108verify that the filename is well defined. If it is,
109\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with
110such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory
111with this name exists.
112
113File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method
114or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}.
115
116\membersection{File name components}
117
118These functions allow to examine and modify the directories of the path:
119
120\helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir}\\
121\helpref{InsertDir}{wxfilenameinsertdir}\\
122\helpref{GetDirCount}{wxfilenamegetdircount}
123\helpref{PrependDir}{wxfilenameprependdir}\\
124\helpref{RemoveDir}{wxfilenameremovedir}
125
126To change the components of the file name individually you can use the
127following functions:
128
129\helpref{GetExt}{wxfilenamegetext}\\
130\helpref{GetName}{wxfilenamegetname}\\
131\helpref{GetVolume}{wxfilenamegetvolume}\\
132\helpref{HasExt}{wxfilenamehasext}\\
133\helpref{HasName}{wxfilenamehasname}\\
134\helpref{HasVolume}{wxfilenamehasvolume}\\
135\helpref{SetExt}{wxfilenamesetext}\\
136\helpref{SetName}{wxfilenamesetname}\\
137\helpref{SetVolume}{wxfilenamesetvolume}\\
138
139\membersection{Operations}
140
141These methods allow to work with the file creation, access and modification
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142times. Note that not all filesystems under all platforms implement these times
143in the same way. For example, the access time under Windows has a resolution of
144one day (so it is really the access date and not time). The access time may be
145updated when the file is executed or not depending on the platform.
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146
147\helpref{GetModificationTime}{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}\\
148\helpref{GetTimes}{wxfilenamegettimes}\\
149\helpref{SetTimes}{wxfilenamesettimes}\\
150\helpref{Touch}{wxfilenametouch}
151
152Other file system operations functions are:
153
154\helpref{Mkdir}{wxfilenamemkdir}\\
155\helpref{Rmdir}{wxfilenamermdir}
156
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157\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
158
6f91bc33 159\membersection{wxFileName::wxFileName}\label{wxfilenamewxfilename}
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160
161\func{}{wxFileName}{\void}
162
163Default constructor.
164
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165\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
166
167Copy constructor.
168
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169\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
170
95c00185 171Constructor taking a full filename. If it terminates with a '/', a directory path
2edb0bde 172is constructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
95c00185 173extension are extracted from it.
2569938d 174
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175\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
176
6f91bc33 177Constructor from a directory name and a file name.
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178
179\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
180
95c00185 181Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension.
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182
183\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
184
95c00185 185Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension.
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186
187\membersection{wxFileName::AppendDir}\label{wxfilenameappenddir}
188
189\func{void}{AppendDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
190
95c00185 191Appends a directory to the path.
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192
193\membersection{wxFileName::Assign}\label{wxfilenameassign}
194
195\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}}
196
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197\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
198
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199\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
200
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201\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
202
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203\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
204
95c00185 205Creates the file name from various combinations of data.
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206
207\membersection{wxFileName::AssignCwd}\label{wxfilenameassigncwd}
208
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209\func{void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
210
211Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified
212volume (or current volume if {\it volume} is empty).
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6f91bc33 214\wxheading{See also}
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6f91bc33 216\helpref{GetCwd}{wxfilenamegetcwd}
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217
218\membersection{wxFileName::AssignDir}\label{wxfilenameassigndir}
219
220\func{void}{AssignDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
221
95c00185 222Sets this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
81f25632 223will be empty.
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224
225\membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir}
226
227\func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void}
228
95c00185 229Sets this file name object to the home directory.
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230
231\membersection{wxFileName::AssignTempFileName}\label{wxfilenameassigntempfilename}
232
df22f860 233\func{void}{AssignTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
2569938d 234
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235The function calls \helpref{CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} to
236create a temporary file and sets this object to the name of the file. If a
237temporary file couldn't be created, the object is put into the\rtfsp
238\helpref{invalid}{wxfilenameisok} state.
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239
240\membersection{wxFileName::Clear}\label{wxfilenameclear}
241
242\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
243
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244Reset all components to default, uninitialized state.
245
02a3b391 246\membersection{wxFileName::CreateTempFileName}\label{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename}
ade35f11 247
df22f860 248\func{static wxString}{CreateTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
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249
250Returns a temporary file name starting with the given {\it prefix}. If
251the {\it prefix} is an absolute path, the temporary file is created in this
252directory, otherwise it is created in the default system directory for the
253temporary files or in the current directory.
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255If the function succeeds, the temporary file is actually created. If\rtfsp
256{\it fileTemp} is not {\tt NULL}, this file will be opened using the name of
257the temporary file. When possible, this is done in an atomic way ensuring that
258no race condition occurs between the temporary file name generation and opening
259it which could often lead to security compromise on the multiuser systems.
260If {\it fileTemp} is {\tt NULL}, the file is only created, but not opened.
261
262Under Unix, the temporary file will have read and write permissions for the
263owner only to minimize the security problems.
264
265\wxheading{Parameters}
266
267\docparam{prefix}{Prefix to use for the temporary file name construction}
268
269\docparam{fileTemp}{The file to open or {\tt NULL} to just get the name}
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270
271\wxheading{Return value}
272
273The full temporary file name or an empty string on error.
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274
275\membersection{wxFileName::DirExists}\label{wxfilenamedirexists}
276
277\func{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
278
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279\func{bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
280
95c00185 281Returns TRUE if the directory with this name exists.
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282
283\membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname}
284
285\func{wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
286
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287Returns the directory name.
288
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289\membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists}
290
291\func{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
292
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293\func{bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
294
95c00185 295Returns TRUE if the file with this name exists.
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296
297\membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename}
298
299\func{wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
300
95c00185 301Static pseudo constructors.
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303\membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd}
304
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305\func{wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
306
95c00185 307Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
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308the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
309current volume.
310
311\wxheading{Return value}
312
313The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on
314error.
2569938d 315
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316\wxheading{See also}
317
318\helpref{AssignCwd}{wxfilenameassigncwd}
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319
320\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirCount}\label{wxfilenamegetdircount}
321
322\constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void}
323
95c00185 324Returns the number of directories in the file name.
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325
326\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
327
328\constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
329
95c00185 330Returns the directories in string array form.
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331
332\membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
333
334\constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
335
95c00185 336Returns the file name extension.
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337
338\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
339
340\func{wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
341
95c00185 342Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
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343
344\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
345
346\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
347
95c00185 348Returns the full name (including extension but excluding directories).
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349
350\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath}
351
352\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
353
95c00185 354Returns the full path with name and extension.
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355
356\membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
357
358\func{wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
359
95c00185 360Returns the home directory.
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361
362\membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
363
364\constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void}
365
366Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
367
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368\membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}
369
370\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void}
371
95c00185 372Returns the last time the file was last modified.
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373
374\membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
375
376\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
377
95c00185 378Returns the name part of the filename.
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379
380\membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath}
381
33b97389 382\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = $0$}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 384Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
33b97389 385possible flags values are:
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d1853d47 387\twocolwidtha{5cm}
33b97389 388\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
d1853d47 389\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does
33b97389 390nothing for the filename formats without volumes)}
d1853d47 391\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
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392separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
393the path.}
394\end{twocollist}
395
396\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
397
398\func{wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
399
95c00185 400Returns the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
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401{\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there
402are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
403method.
404
405\wxheading{See also}
406
407\helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
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408
409\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
410
411\func{wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
412
95c00185 413Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
33b97389 414formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
7af3ca16 415DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
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416separators.
417
418\wxheading{See also}
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33b97389 420\helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
2569938d 421
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422\membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
423
424\constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}
425
95c00185 426Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms).
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427
428\membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes}
429
6dbb903b 430\constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
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95c00185 432Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
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433time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
434of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
435to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
436under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to
437retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
438by many operations after the file creation.
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95c00185 440Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
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441needed.
442
443\wxheading{Return value}
444
445{\tt TRUE} on success, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to retrieve the times.
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446
447\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume}
448
449\constfunc{wxString}{GetVolume}{\void}
450
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451Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it
452doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for
453example, Unix).
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454
455\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
456
457\func{wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
458
95c00185 459Returns the string separating the volume from the path for this format.
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460
461\membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext}
462
463\constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void}
464
95c00185 465Returns TRUE if an extension is present.
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466
467\membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
468
469\constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
470
95c00185 471Returns TRUE if a name is present.
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472
473\membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
474
475\constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
476
95c00185 477Returns TRUE if a volume specifier is present.
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478
479\membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir}
480
481\func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
482
95c00185 483Inserts a directory before the zero-based position in the directory list.
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484
485\membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute}
486
487\func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
488
95c00185 489Returns TRUE if this filename is absolute.
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490
491\membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive}
492
493\func{bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
494
95c00185 495Returns TRUE if the file names of this type are case-sensitive.
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496
497\membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok}
498
499\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
500
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501Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filename is valid, {\tt FALSE} if it is not
502initialized yet. The assignment functions and
503\helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
504invalid state (the former only do it on failure).
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505
506\membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator}
507
508\func{bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
509
f7d886af 510Returns {\tt TRUE} if the char is a path separator for this format.
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511
512\membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative}
513
514\func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
515
f7d886af 516Returns {\tt TRUE} if this filename is not absolute.
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2db991f4 518\membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
2569938d 519
2db991f4 520\constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
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522Returns {\tt TRUE} if this object represents a directory, {\tt FALSE} otherwise
523(i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the
524directory or file really exists, you should use
525\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or
526\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this.
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528\membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
529
530\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = ""}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
531
532This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
533In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
534file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}.
535
536\docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by
537default}
538
539\docparam{format}{the file name format, native by default}
540
541\wxheading{Return value}
542
543{\tt TRUE} if the file name has been changed, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to do
544anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
545different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}).
546
547\wxheading{See also}
548
549\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}
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550
551\membersection{wxFileName::Mkdir}\label{wxfilenamemkdir}
552
1527281e 553\func{bool}{Mkdir}{\param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
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1527281e 555\func{static bool}{Mkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
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6f91bc33 557\docparam{dir}{the directory to create}
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559\docparam{parm}{the permissions for the newly created directory}
560
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562try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error
563if the target directory already exists.}
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6f91bc33 565\wxheading{Return value}
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567Returns {\tt TRUE} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt FALSE}
568otherwise.
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570\membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize}
571
32a0d013 572\func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 574Normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
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576variables will be expanded in it
577this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
578
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579\membersection{wxFileName::PrependDir}\label{wxfilenameprependdir}
580
581\func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
582
95c00185 583Prepends a directory name.
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585\membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir}
586
587\func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}}
588
95c00185 589Removes a directory name.
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591\membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir}
592
593\func{bool}{Rmdir}{\void}
594
6f91bc33 595\func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
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95c00185 597Deletes the specified directory from the file system.
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599\membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas}
600
2b5f62a0 601\constfunc{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 603Compares the filename using the rules of this platform.
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605\membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd}
606
607\func{bool}{SetCwd}{\void}
608
6f91bc33 609\func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}}
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95c00185 611Changes the current working directory.
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613\membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
614
615\func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
616
95c00185 617Sets the extension of this file name.
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619\membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
620
621\func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
622
95c00185 623The full name is the file name and extension (but without the path).
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625\membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname}
626
627\func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
628
95c00185 629Sets the name.
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631\membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes}
632
6dbb903b 633\func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
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95c00185 635Sets the file creation and last access/modification times (any of the pointers may be NULL).
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637\membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume}
638
639\func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}}
640
95c00185 641Sets the volume specifier.
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643\membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath}
644
2bd25c5a 645\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}}
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2bd25c5a 647\func{static void}{SplitPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxString* }{path}, \param{wxString* }{name}, \param{wxString* }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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649This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the
650first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name
651and the extension. Any of the output parameters ({\it volume}, {\it path},
652{\it name} or {\it ext}) may be {\tt NULL} if you are not interested in the
653value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry.
654
655On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator),
656{\it name} contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension
657without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
658component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters
659will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not {\tt NULL}).
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661\membersection{wxFileName::Touch}\label{wxfilenametouch}
662
663\func{bool}{Touch}{\void}
664
95c00185 665Sets the access and modification times to the current moment.
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667\membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign}
668
669\func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
670
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672
6f91bc33 673Assigns the new value to this filename object.
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675\membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal}
676
2b5f62a0 677\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
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2b5f62a0 679\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
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681Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
682interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
683
684\membersection{wxFileName::operator!=}\label{wxfilenameoperatornotequal}
685
686\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
687
688\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
689
690Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
691is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
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