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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
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51\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
52
53\membersection{File name format}
54
55wxFileName currently supports the file names in the Unix, DOS/Windows, Mac OS
56and VMS formats. Although these formats are quite different, wxFileName tries
2edb0bde 57to treat them all in the same generic way. It supposes that all file names
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58consist of the following parts: the volume (also known as drive under Windows
59or device under VMS), the path which is a sequence of directory names separated
60by the \helpref{path separators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} and the full
61filename itself which, in turn, is composed from the base file name and the
62extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and,
63for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all
64empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid
0894707e 65state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt false} for it.
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66
67File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
68\helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
69
70The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
71on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
72to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
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73filename is absolute you may use \helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}.
74There is also an inverse function
75\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what
76\helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
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77
78Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
79class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
2db991f4 80\helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}.
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81
82\helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative}
83
84\membersection{File name construction}
85
86TODO.
87
88\membersection{File tests}
89
90Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
91verify that the filename is well defined. If it is,
92\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with
93such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory
94with this name exists.
95
96File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method
97or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}.
98
99\membersection{File name components}
100
101These functions allow to examine and modify the directories of the path:
102
103\helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir}\\
104\helpref{InsertDir}{wxfilenameinsertdir}\\
105\helpref{GetDirCount}{wxfilenamegetdircount}
106\helpref{PrependDir}{wxfilenameprependdir}\\
107\helpref{RemoveDir}{wxfilenameremovedir}
108
109To change the components of the file name individually you can use the
110following functions:
111
112\helpref{GetExt}{wxfilenamegetext}\\
113\helpref{GetName}{wxfilenamegetname}\\
114\helpref{GetVolume}{wxfilenamegetvolume}\\
115\helpref{HasExt}{wxfilenamehasext}\\
116\helpref{HasName}{wxfilenamehasname}\\
117\helpref{HasVolume}{wxfilenamehasvolume}\\
118\helpref{SetExt}{wxfilenamesetext}\\
119\helpref{SetName}{wxfilenamesetname}\\
120\helpref{SetVolume}{wxfilenamesetvolume}\\
121
122\membersection{Operations}
123
124These methods allow to work with the file creation, access and modification
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125times. Note that not all filesystems under all platforms implement these times
126in the same way. For example, the access time under Windows has a resolution of
127one day (so it is really the access date and not time). The access time may be
128updated when the file is executed or not depending on the platform.
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129
130\helpref{GetModificationTime}{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}\\
131\helpref{GetTimes}{wxfilenamegettimes}\\
132\helpref{SetTimes}{wxfilenamesettimes}\\
133\helpref{Touch}{wxfilenametouch}
134
135Other file system operations functions are:
136
137\helpref{Mkdir}{wxfilenamemkdir}\\
138\helpref{Rmdir}{wxfilenamermdir}
139
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140\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
141
6f91bc33 142\membersection{wxFileName::wxFileName}\label{wxfilenamewxfilename}
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143
144\func{}{wxFileName}{\void}
145
146Default constructor.
147
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148\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
149
150Copy constructor.
151
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152\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
153
95c00185 154Constructor taking a full filename. If it terminates with a '/', a directory path
2edb0bde 155is constructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
95c00185 156extension are extracted from it.
2569938d 157
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158\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
159
6f91bc33 160Constructor from a directory name and a file name.
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161
162\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
163
95c00185 164Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension.
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165
166\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
167
95c00185 168Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension.
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169
170\membersection{wxFileName::AppendDir}\label{wxfilenameappenddir}
171
172\func{void}{AppendDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
173
95c00185 174Appends a directory to the path.
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175
176\membersection{wxFileName::Assign}\label{wxfilenameassign}
177
178\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}}
179
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180\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
181
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182\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
183
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184\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
185
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186\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
187
95c00185 188Creates the file name from various combinations of data.
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189
190\membersection{wxFileName::AssignCwd}\label{wxfilenameassigncwd}
191
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192\func{void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
193
194Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified
195volume (or current volume if {\it volume} is empty).
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6f91bc33 197\wxheading{See also}
2569938d 198
6f91bc33 199\helpref{GetCwd}{wxfilenamegetcwd}
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200
201\membersection{wxFileName::AssignDir}\label{wxfilenameassigndir}
202
203\func{void}{AssignDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
204
95c00185 205Sets this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
81f25632 206will be empty.
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207
208\membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir}
209
210\func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void}
211
95c00185 212Sets this file name object to the home directory.
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213
214\membersection{wxFileName::AssignTempFileName}\label{wxfilenameassigntempfilename}
215
df22f860 216\func{void}{AssignTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
2569938d 217
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218The function calls \helpref{CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} to
219create a temporary file and sets this object to the name of the file. If a
220temporary file couldn't be created, the object is put into the\rtfsp
221\helpref{invalid}{wxfilenameisok} state.
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222
223\membersection{wxFileName::Clear}\label{wxfilenameclear}
224
225\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
226
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227Reset all components to default, uninitialized state.
228
02a3b391 229\membersection{wxFileName::CreateTempFileName}\label{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename}
ade35f11 230
df22f860 231\func{static wxString}{CreateTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
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232
233Returns a temporary file name starting with the given {\it prefix}. If
234the {\it prefix} is an absolute path, the temporary file is created in this
235directory, otherwise it is created in the default system directory for the
236temporary files or in the current directory.
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238If the function succeeds, the temporary file is actually created. If\rtfsp
239{\it fileTemp} is not {\tt NULL}, this file will be opened using the name of
240the temporary file. When possible, this is done in an atomic way ensuring that
241no race condition occurs between the temporary file name generation and opening
242it which could often lead to security compromise on the multiuser systems.
243If {\it fileTemp} is {\tt NULL}, the file is only created, but not opened.
244
245Under Unix, the temporary file will have read and write permissions for the
246owner only to minimize the security problems.
247
248\wxheading{Parameters}
249
250\docparam{prefix}{Prefix to use for the temporary file name construction}
251
252\docparam{fileTemp}{The file to open or {\tt NULL} to just get the name}
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253
254\wxheading{Return value}
255
256The full temporary file name or an empty string on error.
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257
258\membersection{wxFileName::DirExists}\label{wxfilenamedirexists}
259
260\func{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
261
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262\func{bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
263
0894707e 264Returns true if the directory with this name exists.
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265
266\membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname}
267
268\func{wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
269
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270Returns the directory name.
271
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272\membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists}
273
274\func{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
275
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276\func{bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
277
0894707e 278Returns true if the file with this name exists.
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279
280\membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename}
281
282\func{wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
283
95c00185 284Static pseudo constructors.
2569938d 285
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286\membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd}
287
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288\func{wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
289
95c00185 290Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
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291the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
292current volume.
293
294\wxheading{Return value}
295
296The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on
297error.
2569938d 298
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299\wxheading{See also}
300
301\helpref{AssignCwd}{wxfilenameassigncwd}
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302
303\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirCount}\label{wxfilenamegetdircount}
304
305\constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void}
306
95c00185 307Returns the number of directories in the file name.
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308
309\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
310
311\constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
312
95c00185 313Returns the directories in string array form.
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314
315\membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
316
317\constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
318
95c00185 319Returns the file name extension.
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320
321\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
322
323\func{wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
324
95c00185 325Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
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326
327\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
328
329\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
330
95c00185 331Returns the full name (including extension but excluding directories).
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332
333\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath}
334
335\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
336
95c00185 337Returns the full path with name and extension.
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338
339\membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
340
341\func{wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
342
95c00185 343Returns the home directory.
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344
345\membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
346
347\constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void}
348
349Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
350
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351\membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}
352
353\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void}
354
95c00185 355Returns the last time the file was last modified.
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356
357\membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
358
359\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
360
95c00185 361Returns the name part of the filename.
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362
363\membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath}
364
33b97389 365\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = $0$}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
2569938d 366
95c00185 367Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
33b97389 368possible flags values are:
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d1853d47 370\twocolwidtha{5cm}
33b97389 371\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
d1853d47 372\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does
33b97389 373nothing for the filename formats without volumes)}
d1853d47 374\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
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375separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
376the path.}
377\end{twocollist}
378
379\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
380
381\func{wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
382
95c00185 383Returns the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
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384{\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there
385are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
386method.
387
388\wxheading{See also}
389
390\helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
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391
392\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
393
394\func{wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
395
95c00185 396Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
33b97389 397formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
7af3ca16 398DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
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399separators.
400
401\wxheading{See also}
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33b97389 403\helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
2569938d 404
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405\membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
406
407\constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}
408
95c00185 409Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms).
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410
411\membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes}
412
6dbb903b 413\constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
2569938d 414
95c00185 415Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
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416time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
417of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
418to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
419under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to
420retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
421by many operations after the file creation.
2569938d 422
95c00185 423Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
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424needed.
425
426\wxheading{Return value}
427
0894707e 428{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if we failed to retrieve the times.
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429
430\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume}
431
432\constfunc{wxString}{GetVolume}{\void}
433
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434Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it
435doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for
436example, Unix).
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437
438\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
439
440\func{wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
441
95c00185 442Returns the string separating the volume from the path for this format.
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443
444\membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext}
445
446\constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void}
447
0894707e 448Returns true if an extension is present.
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449
450\membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
451
452\constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
453
0894707e 454Returns true if a name is present.
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455
456\membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
457
458\constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
459
0894707e 460Returns true if a volume specifier is present.
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461
462\membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir}
463
464\func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
465
95c00185 466Inserts a directory before the zero-based position in the directory list.
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467
468\membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute}
469
470\func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
471
0894707e 472Returns true if this filename is absolute.
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473
474\membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive}
475
476\func{bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
477
0894707e 478Returns true if the file names of this type are case-sensitive.
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479
480\membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok}
481
482\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
483
0894707e 484Returns {\tt true} if the filename is valid, {\tt false} if it is not
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485initialized yet. The assignment functions and
486\helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
487invalid state (the former only do it on failure).
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488
489\membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator}
490
491\func{bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
492
0894707e 493Returns {\tt true} if the char is a path separator for this format.
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494
495\membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative}
496
497\func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
498
0894707e 499Returns {\tt true} if this filename is not absolute.
2569938d 500
2db991f4 501\membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
2569938d 502
2db991f4 503\constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
2569938d 504
0894707e 505Returns {\tt true} if this object represents a directory, {\tt false} otherwise
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506(i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the
507directory or file really exists, you should use
508\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or
509\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this.
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511\membersection{wxFileName::MakeAbsolute}\label{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}
512
513\func{bool}{MakeAbsolute}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
514
515Make the file name absolute. This is a shortcut for
516{\tt \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS | wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE | wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE, cwd, format)}.
517
518\wxheading{See also}
519
520\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto},
521\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize},
522\helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute}
523
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524\membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
525
526\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = ""}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
527
528This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
529In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
530file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}.
531
532\docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by
533default}
534
535\docparam{format}{the file name format, native by default}
536
537\wxheading{Return value}
538
0894707e 539{\tt true} if the file name has been changed, {\tt false} if we failed to do
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540anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
541different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}).
542
543\wxheading{See also}
544
545\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}
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546
547\membersection{wxFileName::Mkdir}\label{wxfilenamemkdir}
548
1527281e 549\func{bool}{Mkdir}{\param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
2569938d 550
1527281e 551\func{static bool}{Mkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
2569938d 552
6f91bc33 553\docparam{dir}{the directory to create}
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555\docparam{parm}{the permissions for the newly created directory}
556
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558try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error
559if the target directory already exists.}
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6f91bc33 561\wxheading{Return value}
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0894707e 563Returns {\tt true} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt false}
6f91bc33 564otherwise.
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566\membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize}
567
32a0d013 568\func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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0894707e 570Normalize the path. With the default flags value, the path will be
2569938d 571made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
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573
574\docparam{flags}{The kind of normalization to do with the file name. It can be
575any or-combination of the following constants:
576\begin{twocollist}
577\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ENV\_VARS}}{replace env vars with their values}
578\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}}{squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd}
579\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE}}{Unix only: replace ~ and ~user}
580\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_CASE}}{if case insensitive => tolower}
581\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE}}{make the path absolute}
582\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_LONG}}{make the path the long form}
583\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}}{all of previous flags}
584\end{twocollist}
585}
586
587\docparam{cwd}{If not empty, this directory will be used instead of current
588working directory in normalization.}
589
590\docparam{format}{The file name format, native by default.}
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593
594\func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
595
95c00185 596Prepends a directory name.
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598\membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir}
599
600\func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}}
601
95c00185 602Removes a directory name.
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604\membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir}
605
606\func{bool}{Rmdir}{\void}
607
6f91bc33 608\func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
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95c00185 610Deletes the specified directory from the file system.
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612\membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas}
613
2b5f62a0 614\constfunc{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 616Compares the filename using the rules of this platform.
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618\membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd}
619
620\func{bool}{SetCwd}{\void}
621
6f91bc33 622\func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}}
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95c00185 624Changes the current working directory.
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626\membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
627
628\func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
629
95c00185 630Sets the extension of this file name.
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632\membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
633
634\func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
635
95c00185 636The full name is the file name and extension (but without the path).
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638\membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname}
639
640\func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
641
95c00185 642Sets the name.
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644\membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes}
645
6dbb903b 646\func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
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95c00185 648Sets the file creation and last access/modification times (any of the pointers may be NULL).
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650\membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume}
651
652\func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}}
653
95c00185 654Sets the volume specifier.
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656\membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath}
657
2bd25c5a 658\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 660\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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662This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the
663first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name
664and the extension. Any of the output parameters ({\it volume}, {\it path},
665{\it name} or {\it ext}) may be {\tt NULL} if you are not interested in the
666value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry.
667
668On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator),
669{\it name} contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension
670without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
671component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters
672will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not {\tt NULL}).
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674\membersection{wxFileName::Touch}\label{wxfilenametouch}
675
676\func{bool}{Touch}{\void}
677
95c00185 678Sets the access and modification times to the current moment.
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680\membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign}
681
682\func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
683
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685
6f91bc33 686Assigns the new value to this filename object.
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688\membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal}
689
2b5f62a0 690\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
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2b5f62a0 692\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
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0894707e 694Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
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696
697\membersection{wxFileName::operator!=}\label{wxfilenameoperatornotequal}
698
699\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
700
701\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
702
0894707e 703Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
2b5f62a0 704is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
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