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3%% Purpose: wxFileName documentation
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
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6%% Created: 30.11.01
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8%% Copyright: (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin
9%% License: wxWindows license
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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
19to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead.
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_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
42 wxPATH_MAC,
43 wxPATH_DOS,
44 wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
45 wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS,
46 wxPATH_VMS,
47
48 wxPATH_MAX // Not a valid value for specifying path format
49}
50\end{verbatim}
51
52\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
53
54
55\membersection{File name format}
56
57wxFileName currently supports the file names in the Unix, DOS/Windows, Mac OS
58and VMS formats. Although these formats are quite different, wxFileName tries
59to treat them all in the same generic way. It supposes that all file names
60consist of the following parts: the volume (also known as drive under Windows
61or device under VMS), the path which is a sequence of directory names separated
62by the \helpref{path separators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} and the full
63filename itself which, in turn, is composed from the base file name and the
64extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and,
65for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all
66empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid
67state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt false} for it.
68
69File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
70\helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
71
72The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
73on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
74to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
75filename is absolute you may use \helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}.
76There is also an inverse function
77\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what
78\helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
79
80Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
81class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
82\helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}.
83
84\helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative}
85
86
87\membersection{File name construction}
88
89TODO.
90
91
92\membersection{File tests}
93
94Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
95verify that the filename is well defined. If it is,
96\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with
97such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory
98with this name exists.
99
100File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method
101or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}.
102
103
104\membersection{File name components}
105
106These functions allow to examine and modify the directories of the path:
107
108\helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir}\\
109\helpref{InsertDir}{wxfilenameinsertdir}\\
110\helpref{GetDirCount}{wxfilenamegetdircount}
111\helpref{PrependDir}{wxfilenameprependdir}\\
112\helpref{RemoveDir}{wxfilenameremovedir}
113
114To change the components of the file name individually you can use the
115following functions:
116
117\helpref{GetExt}{wxfilenamegetext}\\
118\helpref{GetName}{wxfilenamegetname}\\
119\helpref{GetVolume}{wxfilenamegetvolume}\\
120\helpref{HasExt}{wxfilenamehasext}\\
121\helpref{HasName}{wxfilenamehasname}\\
122\helpref{HasVolume}{wxfilenamehasvolume}\\
123\helpref{SetExt}{wxfilenamesetext}\\
124\helpref{SetName}{wxfilenamesetname}\\
125\helpref{SetVolume}{wxfilenamesetvolume}\\
126
127
128\membersection{Operations}
129
130These methods allow to work with the file creation, access and modification
131times. Note that not all filesystems under all platforms implement these times
132in the same way. For example, the access time under Windows has a resolution of
133one day (so it is really the access date and not time). The access time may be
134updated when the file is executed or not depending on the platform.
135
136\helpref{GetModificationTime}{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}\\
137\helpref{GetTimes}{wxfilenamegettimes}\\
138\helpref{SetTimes}{wxfilenamesettimes}\\
139\helpref{Touch}{wxfilenametouch}
140
141Other file system operations functions are:
142
143\helpref{Mkdir}{wxfilenamemkdir}\\
144\helpref{Rmdir}{wxfilenamermdir}
145
146\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
147
148
149\membersection{wxFileName::wxFileName}\label{wxfilenamewxfilename}
150
151\func{}{wxFileName}{\void}
152
153Default constructor.
154
155\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
156
157Copy constructor.
158
159\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
160
161Constructor taking a full filename. If it terminates with a '/', a directory path
162is constructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
163extension are extracted from it.
164
165\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
166
167Constructor from a directory name and a file name.
168
169\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
170
171Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension.
172
173\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
174
175Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension.
176
177
178\membersection{wxFileName::AppendDir}\label{wxfilenameappenddir}
179
180\func{void}{AppendDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
181
182Appends a directory component to the path. This component should contain a
183single directory name level, i.e. not contain any path or volume separators nor
184should it be empty, otherwise the function does nothing (and generates an
185assert failure in debug build).
186
187
188\membersection{wxFileName::Assign}\label{wxfilenameassign}
189
190\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}}
191
192\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
193
194\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
195
196\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
197
198\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
199
200Creates the file name from various combinations of data.
201
202
203\membersection{wxFileName::AssignCwd}\label{wxfilenameassigncwd}
204
205\func{static void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = wxEmptyString}}
206
207Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified
208volume (or current volume if {\it volume} is empty).
209
210\wxheading{See also}
211
212\helpref{GetCwd}{wxfilenamegetcwd}
213
214
215\membersection{wxFileName::AssignDir}\label{wxfilenameassigndir}
216
217\func{void}{AssignDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
218
219Sets this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
220will be empty.
221
222
223\membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir}
224
225\func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void}
226
227Sets this file name object to the home directory.
228
229
230\membersection{wxFileName::AssignTempFileName}\label{wxfilenameassigntempfilename}
231
232\func{void}{AssignTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
233
234The function calls \helpref{CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} to
235create a temporary file and sets this object to the name of the file. If a
236temporary file couldn't be created, the object is put into the\rtfsp
237\helpref{invalid}{wxfilenameisok} state.
238
239
240\membersection{wxFileName::Clear}\label{wxfilenameclear}
241
242\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
243
244Reset all components to default, uninitialized state.
245
246
247\membersection{wxFileName::CreateTempFileName}\label{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename}
248
249\func{static wxString}{CreateTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxFile *}{fileTemp = {\tt NULL}}}
250
251Returns a temporary file name starting with the given {\it prefix}. If
252the {\it prefix} is an absolute path, the temporary file is created in this
253directory, otherwise it is created in the default system directory for the
254temporary files or in the current directory.
255
256If the function succeeds, the temporary file is actually created. If\rtfsp
257{\it fileTemp} is not {\tt NULL}, this file will be opened using the name of
258the temporary file. When possible, this is done in an atomic way ensuring that
259no race condition occurs between the temporary file name generation and opening
260it which could often lead to security compromise on the multiuser systems.
261If {\it fileTemp} is {\tt NULL}, the file is only created, but not opened.
262
263Under Unix, the temporary file will have read and write permissions for the
264owner only to minimize the security problems.
265
266\wxheading{Parameters}
267
268\docparam{prefix}{Prefix to use for the temporary file name construction}
269
270\docparam{fileTemp}{The file to open or {\tt NULL} to just get the name}
271
272\wxheading{Return value}
273
274The full temporary file name or an empty string on error.
275
276
277\membersection{wxFileName::DirExists}\label{wxfilenamedirexists}
278
279\constfunc{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
280
281\func{static bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
282
283Returns {\tt true} if the directory with this name exists.
284
285
286\membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname}
287
288\func{static wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
289
290Returns the object corresponding to the directory with the given name.
291The {\it dir} parameter may have trailing path separator or not.
292
293
294
295\membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists}
296
297\constfunc{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
298
299\func{static bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
300
301Returns {\tt true} if the file with this name exists.
302
303\wxheading{See also}
304
305\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists}
306
307
308
309\membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename}
310
311\func{static wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
312
313Returns the file name object corresponding to the given {\it file}. This
314function exists mainly for symmetry with \helpref{DirName}{wxfilenamedirname}.
315
316
317
318\membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd}
319
320\func{static wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
321
322Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
323the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
324current volume.
325
326\wxheading{Return value}
327
328The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on
329error.
330
331\wxheading{See also}
332
333\helpref{AssignCwd}{wxfilenameassigncwd}
334
335
336\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirCount}\label{wxfilenamegetdircount}
337
338\constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void}
339
340Returns the number of directories in the file name.
341
342
343\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
344
345\constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
346
347Returns the directories in string array form.
348
349
350\membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
351
352\constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
353
354Returns the file name extension.
355
356
357\membersection{wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars}\label{wxfilenamegetforbiddenchars}
358
359\func{static wxString}{GetForbiddenChars}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
360
361Returns the characters that can't be used in filenames and directory names for the specified format.
362
363
364\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
365
366\func{static wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
367
368Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
369
370
371\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
372
373\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
374
375Returns the full name (including extension but excluding directories).
376
377
378\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath}
379
380\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
381
382Returns the full path with name and extension.
383
384
385\membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
386
387\func{static wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
388
389Returns the home directory.
390
391
392\membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
393
394\constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void}
395
396Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
397
398
399\membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}
400
401\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void}
402
403Returns the last time the file was last modified.
404
405
406\membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
407
408\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
409
410Returns the name part of the filename.
411
412
413\membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath}
414
415\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = {\tt wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
416
417Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
418possible flags values are:
419
420\twocolwidtha{5cm}
421\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
422\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does
423nothing for the filename formats without volumes), otherwise the path without
424volume part is returned.}
425\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
426separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
427the path.}
428\end{twocollist}
429
430
431\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
432
433\func{static wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
434
435Returns the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
436{\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there
437are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
438method.
439
440\wxheading{See also}
441
442\helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
443
444
445\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
446
447\func{static wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
448
449Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
450formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
451DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
452separators.
453
454\wxheading{See also}
455
456\helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
457
458
459\membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
460
461\constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}
462
463Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms).
464
465
466\membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes}
467
468\constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
469
470Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
471time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
472of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
473to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
474under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to
475retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
476by many operations after the file creation.
477
478Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
479needed.
480
481\wxheading{Return value}
482
483{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if we failed to retrieve the times.
484
485
486\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume}
487
488\constfunc{wxString}{GetVolume}{\void}
489
490Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it
491doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for
492example, Unix).
493
494
495\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
496
497\func{static wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
498
499Returns the string separating the volume from the path for this format.
500
501
502\membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext}
503
504\constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void}
505
506Returns {\tt true} if an extension is present.
507
508
509\membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
510
511\constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
512
513Returns {\tt true} if a name is present.
514
515
516\membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
517
518\constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
519
520Returns {\tt true} if a volume specifier is present.
521
522
523\membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir}
524
525\func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
526
527Inserts a directory component before the zero-based position in the directory
528list. Please see \helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir} for important notes.
529
530
531\membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute}
532
533\func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
534
535Returns {\tt true} if this filename is absolute.
536
537
538\membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive}
539
540\func{static bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
541
542Returns {\tt true} if the file names of this type are case-sensitive.
543
544
545\membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok}
546
547\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
548
549Returns {\tt true} if the filename is valid, {\tt false} if it is not
550initialized yet. The assignment functions and
551\helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
552invalid state (the former only do it on failure).
553
554
555\membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator}
556
557\func{static bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
558
559Returns {\tt true} if the char is a path separator for this format.
560
561
562\membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative}
563
564\func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
565
566Returns {\tt true} if this filename is not absolute.
567
568
569\membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
570
571\constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
572
573Returns {\tt true} if this object represents a directory, {\tt false} otherwise
574(i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the
575directory or file really exists, you should use
576\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or
577\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this.
578
579
580\membersection{wxFileName::MakeAbsolute}\label{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}
581
582\func{bool}{MakeAbsolute}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
583
584Make the file name absolute. This is a shortcut for
585{\tt \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS | wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE | wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE, cwd, format)}.
586
587\wxheading{See also}
588
589\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto},
590\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize},
591\helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute}
592
593
594\membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
595
596\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
597
598This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
599In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
600file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}.
601
602\docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by
603default}
604
605\docparam{format}{the file name format, native by default}
606
607\wxheading{Return value}
608
609{\tt true} if the file name has been changed, {\tt false} if we failed to do
610anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
611different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}).
612
613\wxheading{See also}
614
615\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}
616
617
618\membersection{wxFileName::Mkdir}\label{wxfilenamemkdir}
619
620\func{bool}{Mkdir}{\param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
621
622\func{static bool}{Mkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}, \param{int }{flags = $0$}}
623
624\docparam{dir}{the directory to create}
625
626\docparam{parm}{the permissions for the newly created directory}
627
628\docparam{flags}{if the flags contain {\tt wxPATH\_MKDIR\_FULL} flag,
629try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error
630if the target directory already exists.}
631
632\wxheading{Return value}
633
634Returns {\tt true} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt false}
635otherwise.
636
637
638\membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize}
639
640\func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
641
642Normalize the path. With the default flags value, the path will be
643made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
644variables will be expanded in it.
645
646\docparam{flags}{The kind of normalization to do with the file name. It can be
647any or-combination of the following constants:
648\begin{twocollist}
649\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ENV\_VARS}}{replace env vars with their values}
650\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}}{squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd}
651\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE}}{Unix only: replace ~ and ~user}
652\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_CASE}}{if filesystem is case insensitive, transform to tolower case}
653\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE}}{make the path absolute}
654\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_LONG}}{make the path the long form}
655\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_SHORTCUT}}{resolve if it is a shortcut (Windows only)}
656\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}}{all of previous flags except \texttt{wxPATH\_NORM\_CASE}}
657\end{twocollist}
658}
659
660\docparam{cwd}{If not empty, this directory will be used instead of current
661working directory in normalization.}
662
663\docparam{format}{The file name format, native by default.}
664
665
666\membersection{wxFileName::PrependDir}\label{wxfilenameprependdir}
667
668\func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
669
670Prepends a directory to the file path. Please see
671\helpref{AppendDir}{wxfilenameappenddir} for important notes.
672
673
674
675\membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir}
676
677\func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}}
678
679Removes a directory name.
680
681
682\membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir}
683
684\func{bool}{Rmdir}{\void}
685
686\func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
687
688Deletes the specified directory from the file system.
689
690
691\membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas}
692
693\constfunc{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
694
695Compares the filename using the rules of this platform.
696
697
698\membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd}
699
700\func{bool}{SetCwd}{\void}
701
702\func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}}
703
704Changes the current working directory.
705
706
707\membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
708
709\func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
710
711Sets the extension of this file name.
712
713
714\membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
715
716\func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
717
718The full name is the file name and extension (but without the path).
719
720
721\membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname}
722
723\func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
724
725Sets the name.
726
727
728\membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes}
729
730\func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
731
732Sets the file creation and last access/modification times (any of the pointers may be NULL).
733
734
735\membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume}
736
737\func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}}
738
739Sets the volume specifier.
740
741
742\membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath}
743
744\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}}
745
746\func{static void}{SplitPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxString* }{path}, \param{wxString* }{name}, \param{wxString* }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
747
748This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the
749first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name
750and the extension. Any of the output parameters ({\it volume}, {\it path},
751{\it name} or {\it ext}) may be {\tt NULL} if you are not interested in the
752value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry.
753
754On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator),
755{\it name} contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension
756without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
757component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters
758will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers are not {\tt NULL}).
759
760
761\membersection{wxFileName::Touch}\label{wxfilenametouch}
762
763\func{bool}{Touch}{\void}
764
765Sets the access and modification times to the current moment.
766
767
768\membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign}
769
770\func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
771
772\func{wxFileName\& operator}{operator=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
773
774Assigns the new value to this filename object.
775
776
777\membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal}
778
779\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
780
781\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
782
783Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
784interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
785
786
787\membersection{wxFileName::operator!=}\label{wxfilenameoperatornotequal}
788
789\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
790
791\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
792
793Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
794is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
795