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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}
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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}}}
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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
8e41796c 260\constfunc{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
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8e41796c 262\func{static bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
2569938d 263
0894707e 264Returns true if the directory with this name exists.
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265
266\membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname}
267
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268\func{static wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
269
270Returns the object corresponding to the directory with the given name.
271The {\it dir} parameter may have trailing path separator or not.
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95c00185 273
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274\membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists}
275
8e41796c 276\constfunc{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
2569938d 277
8e41796c 278\func{static bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
2569938d 279
0894707e 280Returns true if the file with this name exists.
2569938d 281
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282\wxheading{See also}
283
284\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists}
285
520200fd 286
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287\membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename}
288
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289\func{static wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
290
291Returns the file name object corresponding to the given {\it file}. This
292function exists mainly for symmetry with \helpref{DirName}{wxfilenamedirname}.
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295\membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd}
296
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297\func{wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
298
95c00185 299Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
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300the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
301current volume.
302
303\wxheading{Return value}
304
305The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on
306error.
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308\wxheading{See also}
309
310\helpref{AssignCwd}{wxfilenameassigncwd}
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311
312\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirCount}\label{wxfilenamegetdircount}
313
314\constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void}
315
95c00185 316Returns the number of directories in the file name.
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317
318\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
319
320\constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
321
95c00185 322Returns the directories in string array form.
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323
324\membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
325
326\constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
327
95c00185 328Returns the file name extension.
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329
330\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
331
332\func{wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
333
95c00185 334Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
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335
336\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
337
338\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
339
95c00185 340Returns the full name (including extension but excluding directories).
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341
342\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath}
343
344\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
345
95c00185 346Returns the full path with name and extension.
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347
348\membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
349
350\func{wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
351
95c00185 352Returns the home directory.
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353
354\membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
355
356\constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void}
357
358Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
359
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360\membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}
361
362\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void}
363
95c00185 364Returns the last time the file was last modified.
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365
366\membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
367
368\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
369
95c00185 370Returns the name part of the filename.
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371
372\membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath}
373
33b97389 374\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = $0$}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 376Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
33b97389 377possible flags values are:
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d1853d47 379\twocolwidtha{5cm}
33b97389 380\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
d1853d47 381\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does
33b97389 382nothing for the filename formats without volumes)}
d1853d47 383\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
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384separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
385the path.}
386\end{twocollist}
387
388\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
389
390\func{wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
391
95c00185 392Returns the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
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393{\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there
394are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
395method.
396
397\wxheading{See also}
398
399\helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
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400
401\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
402
403\func{wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
404
95c00185 405Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
33b97389 406formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
7af3ca16 407DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
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408separators.
409
410\wxheading{See also}
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33b97389 412\helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
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414\membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
415
416\constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}
417
95c00185 418Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms).
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419
420\membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes}
421
6dbb903b 422\constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
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95c00185 424Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
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425time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
426of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
427to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
428under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to
429retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
430by many operations after the file creation.
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95c00185 432Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
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433needed.
434
435\wxheading{Return value}
436
0894707e 437{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if we failed to retrieve the times.
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438
439\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume}
440
441\constfunc{wxString}{GetVolume}{\void}
442
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443Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it
444doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for
445example, Unix).
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446
447\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
448
449\func{wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
450
95c00185 451Returns the string separating the volume from the path for this format.
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452
453\membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext}
454
455\constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void}
456
0894707e 457Returns true if an extension is present.
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458
459\membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
460
461\constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
462
0894707e 463Returns true if a name is present.
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464
465\membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
466
467\constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
468
0894707e 469Returns true if a volume specifier is present.
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470
471\membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir}
472
473\func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
474
95c00185 475Inserts a directory before the zero-based position in the directory list.
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476
477\membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute}
478
479\func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
480
0894707e 481Returns true if this filename is absolute.
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482
483\membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive}
484
485\func{bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
486
0894707e 487Returns true if the file names of this type are case-sensitive.
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488
489\membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok}
490
491\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
492
0894707e 493Returns {\tt true} if the filename is valid, {\tt false} if it is not
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494initialized yet. The assignment functions and
495\helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
496invalid state (the former only do it on failure).
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497
498\membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator}
499
500\func{bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
501
0894707e 502Returns {\tt true} if the char is a path separator for this format.
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503
504\membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative}
505
506\func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
507
0894707e 508Returns {\tt true} if this filename is not absolute.
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2db991f4 510\membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
2569938d 511
2db991f4 512\constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
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0894707e 514Returns {\tt true} if this object represents a directory, {\tt false} otherwise
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515(i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the
516directory or file really exists, you should use
517\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or
518\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this.
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520\membersection{wxFileName::MakeAbsolute}\label{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}
521
522\func{bool}{MakeAbsolute}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
523
524Make the file name absolute. This is a shortcut for
525{\tt \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS | wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE | wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE, cwd, format)}.
526
527\wxheading{See also}
528
529\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto},
530\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize},
531\helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute}
532
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533\membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
534
535\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = ""}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
536
537This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
538In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
539file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}.
540
541\docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by
542default}
543
544\docparam{format}{the file name format, native by default}
545
546\wxheading{Return value}
547
0894707e 548{\tt true} if the file name has been changed, {\tt false} if we failed to do
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549anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
550different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}).
551
552\wxheading{See also}
553
554\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}
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556\membersection{wxFileName::Mkdir}\label{wxfilenamemkdir}
557
1527281e 558\func{bool}{Mkdir}{\param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
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1527281e 560\func{static bool}{Mkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
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6f91bc33 562\docparam{dir}{the directory to create}
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564\docparam{parm}{the permissions for the newly created directory}
565
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567try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error
568if the target directory already exists.}
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6f91bc33 570\wxheading{Return value}
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0894707e 572Returns {\tt true} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt false}
6f91bc33 573otherwise.
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575\membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize}
576
32a0d013 577\func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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0894707e 579Normalize the path. With the default flags value, the path will be
2569938d 580made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
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582
583\docparam{flags}{The kind of normalization to do with the file name. It can be
584any or-combination of the following constants:
585\begin{twocollist}
586\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ENV\_VARS}}{replace env vars with their values}
587\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}}{squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd}
588\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE}}{Unix only: replace ~ and ~user}
589\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_CASE}}{if case insensitive => tolower}
590\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE}}{make the path absolute}
591\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_LONG}}{make the path the long form}
592\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}}{all of previous flags}
593\end{twocollist}
594}
595
596\docparam{cwd}{If not empty, this directory will be used instead of current
597working directory in normalization.}
598
599\docparam{format}{The file name format, native by default.}
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601\membersection{wxFileName::PrependDir}\label{wxfilenameprependdir}
602
603\func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
604
95c00185 605Prepends a directory name.
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607\membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir}
608
609\func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}}
610
95c00185 611Removes a directory name.
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613\membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir}
614
615\func{bool}{Rmdir}{\void}
616
6f91bc33 617\func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
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95c00185 619Deletes the specified directory from the file system.
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621\membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas}
622
2b5f62a0 623\constfunc{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
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95c00185 625Compares the filename using the rules of this platform.
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627\membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd}
628
629\func{bool}{SetCwd}{\void}
630
6f91bc33 631\func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}}
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95c00185 633Changes the current working directory.
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635\membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
636
637\func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
638
95c00185 639Sets the extension of this file name.
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641\membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
642
643\func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
644
95c00185 645The full name is the file name and extension (but without the path).
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647\membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname}
648
649\func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
650
95c00185 651Sets the name.
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653\membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes}
654
6dbb903b 655\func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
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95c00185 657Sets the file creation and last access/modification times (any of the pointers may be NULL).
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659\membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume}
660
661\func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}}
662
95c00185 663Sets the volume specifier.
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665\membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath}
666
2bd25c5a 667\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}}
2569938d 668
2bd25c5a 669\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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671This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the
672first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name
673and the extension. Any of the output parameters ({\it volume}, {\it path},
674{\it name} or {\it ext}) may be {\tt NULL} if you are not interested in the
675value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry.
676
677On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator),
678{\it name} contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension
679without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
680component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters
681will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not {\tt NULL}).
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683\membersection{wxFileName::Touch}\label{wxfilenametouch}
684
685\func{bool}{Touch}{\void}
686
95c00185 687Sets the access and modification times to the current moment.
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689\membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign}
690
691\func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
692
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694
6f91bc33 695Assigns the new value to this filename object.
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697\membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal}
698
2b5f62a0 699\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
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2b5f62a0 701\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
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0894707e 703Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
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705
706\membersection{wxFileName::operator!=}\label{wxfilenameoperatornotequal}
707
708\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
709
710\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
711
0894707e 712Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
2b5f62a0 713is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
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