added volume support and support for UNC paths under Windows, improved Mac and VMS...
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / filename.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/filename.h
3 // Purpose: wxFileName - encapsulates a file path
4 // Author: Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 28.12.00
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 2000 Robert Roebling
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_FILENAME_H_
13 #define _WX_FILENAME_H_
14
15 #ifdef __GNUG__
16 #pragma interface "filename.h"
17 #endif
18
19 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21 #endif
22
23 /*
24 TODO:
25
26 1. support for drives under Windows
27 2. more file operations:
28 a) chmod()
29 b) [acm]time() - get and set
30 c) file size
31 d) file permissions with readable accessors for most common bits
32 such as IsReadable() &c
33 e) rename()?
34 3. SameFileAs() function to compare inodes under Unix
35 */
36
37 // ridiculously enough, this will replace DirExists with wxDirExists etc
38 #include "wx/filefn.h"
39 #include "wx/datetime.h"
40
41 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 // constants
43 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
44
45 // the various values for the path format: this mainly affects the path
46 // separator but also whether or not the path has the drive part (as under
47 // Windows)
48 enum wxPathFormat
49 {
50 wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform
51 wxPATH_UNIX,
52 wxPATH_MAC,
53 wxPATH_DOS,
54 wxPATH_VMS,
55
56 wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
57 wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
58 wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS
59 };
60
61 // the kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be
62 // or'd together to perform several operations at once
63 enum wxPathNormalize
64 {
65 wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values
66 wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd
67 wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
68 wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower
69 wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute
70 wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form
71 wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x003f
72 };
73
74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 // wxFileName: encapsulates a file path
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77
78 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileName
79 {
80 public:
81 // constructors and assignment
82
83 // the usual stuff
84 wxFileName() { }
85 wxFileName( const wxFileName &filepath ) { Assign(filepath); }
86
87 // from a full filename: if it terminates with a '/', a directory path
88 // is contructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
89 // extension are extracted from it
90 wxFileName( const wxString& fullpath, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE )
91 { Assign( fullpath, format ); }
92
93 // from a directory name and a file name
94 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
95 const wxString& name,
96 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
97 { Assign(path, name, format); }
98
99 // from a directory name, file base name and extension
100 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
101 const wxString& name,
102 const wxString& ext,
103 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
104 { Assign(path, name, ext, format); }
105
106 // the same for delayed initialization
107
108 void Assign(const wxFileName& filepath);
109
110 void Assign(const wxString& fullpath,
111 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
112
113 void Assign(const wxString& volume,
114 const wxString& path,
115 const wxString& name,
116 const wxString& ext,
117 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
118
119 void Assign(const wxString& path,
120 const wxString& name,
121 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
122
123 void Assign(const wxString& path,
124 const wxString& name,
125 const wxString& ext,
126 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
127 {
128 // empty volume
129 Assign(_T(""), path, name, ext, format);
130 }
131
132 void AssignDir(const wxString& dir, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
133 { Assign(dir, _T(""), format); }
134
135 // assorted assignment operators
136
137 wxFileName& operator=(const wxFileName& filename)
138 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
139
140 wxFileName& operator=(const wxString& filename)
141 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
142
143 // reset all components to default, uninitialized state
144 void Clear();
145
146 // static pseudo constructors
147 static wxFileName FileName(const wxString& file);
148 static wxFileName DirName(const wxString& dir);
149
150 // file tests
151
152 // is the filename valid at all?
153 bool IsOk() const { return !m_dirs.IsEmpty() || !m_name.IsEmpty(); }
154
155 // does the file with this name exists?
156 bool FileExists();
157 static bool FileExists( const wxString &file );
158
159 // does the directory with this name exists?
160 bool DirExists();
161 static bool DirExists( const wxString &dir );
162
163 // VZ: also need: IsDirWritable(), IsFileExecutable() &c (TODO)
164
165 // time functions
166
167 // set the file creation and last access/mod times
168 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
169 bool SetTimes(const wxDateTime *dtCreate,
170 const wxDateTime *dtAccess,
171 const wxDateTime *dtMod);
172
173 // set the access and modification times to the current moment
174 bool Touch();
175
176 // return the last access, last modification and last change times
177 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
178 bool GetTimes(wxDateTime *dtAccess,
179 wxDateTime *dtMod,
180 wxDateTime *dtChange) const;
181
182 // convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file
183 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const
184 {
185 wxDateTime dtMod;
186 (void)GetTimes(NULL, &dtMod, NULL);
187 return dtMod;
188 }
189
190 // various file/dir operations
191
192 // retrieve the value of the current working directory
193 void AssignCwd();
194 static wxString GetCwd();
195
196 // change the current working directory
197 bool SetCwd();
198 static bool SetCwd( const wxString &cwd );
199
200 // get the value of user home (Unix only mainly)
201 void AssignHomeDir();
202 static wxString GetHomeDir();
203
204 // get a temp file name starting with thespecified prefix
205 void AssignTempFileName( const wxString &prefix );
206
207 // directory creation and removal.
208 // if full is TRUE, will try to make each directory in the path.
209 bool Mkdir( int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE);
210 static bool Mkdir( const wxString &dir, int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE );
211
212 bool Rmdir();
213 static bool Rmdir( const wxString &dir );
214
215 // operations on the path
216
217 // normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
218 // made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
219 // variables will be expanded in it
220 //
221 // this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
222 bool Normalize(wxPathNormalize flags = wxPATH_NORM_ALL,
223 const wxString& cwd = wxEmptyString,
224 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
225
226 // Comparison
227
228 // compares with the rules of this platform
229 bool SameAs(const wxFileName &filepath,
230 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
231
232 // uses the current platform settings
233 bool operator==(const wxFileName& filename) { return SameAs(filename); }
234 bool operator==(const wxString& filename)
235 { return *this == wxFileName(filename); }
236
237 // Tests
238
239 // are the file names of this type cases sensitive?
240 static bool IsCaseSensitive( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
241
242 // is this filename absolute?
243 bool IsAbsolute( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
244
245 // is this filename relative?
246 bool IsRelative( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE )
247 { return !IsAbsolute(format); }
248
249 // Information about path format
250
251 // get the string separating the volume from the path for this format
252 static wxString GetVolumeSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
253
254 // get the string of path separators for this format
255 static wxString GetPathSeparators(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
256
257 // is the char a path separator for this format?
258 static bool IsPathSeparator(wxChar ch, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
259
260 // FIXME: what exactly does this do?
261 bool IsWild( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
262
263 // Dir accessors
264 void AppendDir( const wxString &dir );
265 void PrependDir( const wxString &dir );
266 void InsertDir( int before, const wxString &dir );
267 void RemoveDir( int pos );
268 size_t GetDirCount() const { return m_dirs.GetCount(); }
269
270 // Other accessors
271 void SetExt( const wxString &ext ) { m_ext = ext; }
272 wxString GetExt() const { return m_ext; }
273 bool HasExt() const { return !m_ext.empty(); }
274
275 void SetName( const wxString &name ) { m_name = name; }
276 wxString GetName() const { return m_name; }
277 bool HasName() const { return !m_name.empty(); }
278
279 void SetVolume( const wxString &volume ) { m_volume = volume; }
280 wxString GetVolume() const { return m_volume; }
281 bool HasVolume() const { return !m_volume.empty(); }
282
283 // full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
284 void SetFullName(const wxString& fullname);
285 wxString GetFullName() const;
286
287 const wxArrayString& GetDirs() const { return m_dirs; }
288
289 // Construct path only - possibly with the trailing separator
290 wxString GetPath( bool add_separator = FALSE,
291 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
292
293 // more readable synonym
294 wxString GetPathWithSep(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
295 { return GetPath(TRUE /* add separator */, format); }
296
297 // Construct full path with name and ext
298 wxString GetFullPath( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
299
300 // Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
301 wxString GetShortPath() const;
302
303 // Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
304 wxString GetLongPath() const;
305
306 // various helpers
307
308 // get the canonical path format for this platform
309 static wxPathFormat GetFormat( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
310
311 // split a fullpath into the volume, path, (base) name and extension
312 // (all of the pointers can be NULL)
313 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
314 wxString *volume,
315 wxString *path,
316 wxString *name,
317 wxString *ext,
318 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
319
320 // compatibility version
321 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
322 wxString *path,
323 wxString *name,
324 wxString *ext,
325 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
326 {
327 SplitPath(fullpath, NULL, path, name, ext, format);
328 }
329
330 private:
331 // the drive/volume/device specification (always empty for Unix)
332 wxString m_volume;
333
334 // the path components of the file
335 wxArrayString m_dirs;
336
337 // the file name and extension (empty for directories)
338 wxString m_name,
339 m_ext;
340 };
341
342 #endif // _WX_FILENAME_H_
343