added GetPath(flags) version to allow retrieving the volume as well
[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 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFile;
42
43 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
44 // constants
45 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
46
47 // the various values for the path format: this mainly affects the path
48 // separator but also whether or not the path has the drive part (as under
49 // Windows)
50 enum wxPathFormat
51 {
52 wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform
53 wxPATH_UNIX,
54 wxPATH_MAC,
55 wxPATH_DOS,
56 wxPATH_VMS,
57
58 wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
59 wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
60 wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS
61 };
62
63 // the kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be
64 // or'd together to perform several operations at once
65 enum wxPathNormalize
66 {
67 wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values
68 wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd
69 wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
70 wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower
71 wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute
72 wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form
73 wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x003f
74 };
75
76 // what exactly should GetPath() return?
77 enum
78 {
79 wxPATH_GET_VOLUME = 0x0001, // include the volume if applicable
80 wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR = 0x0002 // terminate the path with the separator
81 };
82
83 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
84 // wxFileName: encapsulates a file path
85 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
86
87 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileName
88 {
89 public:
90 // constructors and assignment
91
92 // the usual stuff
93 wxFileName() { }
94 wxFileName( const wxFileName &filepath ) { Assign(filepath); }
95
96 // from a full filename: if it terminates with a '/', a directory path
97 // is contructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
98 // extension are extracted from it
99 wxFileName( const wxString& fullpath, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE )
100 { Assign( fullpath, format ); }
101
102 // from a directory name and a file name
103 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
104 const wxString& name,
105 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
106 { Assign(path, name, format); }
107
108 // from a volume, directory name, file base name and extension
109 wxFileName(const wxString& volume,
110 const wxString& path,
111 const wxString& name,
112 const wxString& ext,
113 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
114 { Assign(volume, path, name, ext, format); }
115
116 // from a directory name, file base name and extension
117 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
118 const wxString& name,
119 const wxString& ext,
120 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
121 { Assign(path, name, ext, format); }
122
123 // the same for delayed initialization
124
125 void Assign(const wxFileName& filepath);
126
127 void Assign(const wxString& fullpath,
128 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
129
130 void Assign(const wxString& volume,
131 const wxString& path,
132 const wxString& name,
133 const wxString& ext,
134 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
135
136 void Assign(const wxString& path,
137 const wxString& name,
138 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
139
140 void Assign(const wxString& path,
141 const wxString& name,
142 const wxString& ext,
143 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
144 {
145 // empty volume
146 Assign(_T(""), path, name, ext, format);
147 }
148
149 void AssignDir(const wxString& dir, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
150
151 // assorted assignment operators
152
153 wxFileName& operator=(const wxFileName& filename)
154 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
155
156 wxFileName& operator=(const wxString& filename)
157 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
158
159 // reset all components to default, uninitialized state
160 void Clear();
161
162 // static pseudo constructors
163 static wxFileName FileName(const wxString& file);
164 static wxFileName DirName(const wxString& dir);
165
166 // file tests
167
168 // is the filename valid at all?
169 bool IsOk() const { return !m_dirs.IsEmpty() || !m_name.IsEmpty(); }
170
171 // does the file with this name exists?
172 bool FileExists();
173 static bool FileExists( const wxString &file );
174
175 // does the directory with this name exists?
176 bool DirExists();
177 static bool DirExists( const wxString &dir );
178
179 // VZ: also need: IsDirWritable(), IsFileExecutable() &c (TODO)
180
181 // time functions
182
183 // set the file last access/mod and creation times
184 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
185 bool SetTimes(const wxDateTime *dtAccess,
186 const wxDateTime *dtMod,
187 const wxDateTime *dtCreate);
188
189 // set the access and modification times to the current moment
190 bool Touch();
191
192 // return the last access, last modification and create times
193 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
194 bool GetTimes(wxDateTime *dtAccess,
195 wxDateTime *dtMod,
196 wxDateTime *dtCreate) const;
197
198 // convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file
199 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const
200 {
201 wxDateTime dtMod;
202 (void)GetTimes(NULL, &dtMod, NULL);
203 return dtMod;
204 }
205
206 #ifdef __WXMAC__
207 bool MacSetTypeAndCreator( wxUint32 type , wxUint32 creator ) ;
208 bool MacGetTypeAndCreator( wxUint32 *type , wxUint32 *creator ) ;
209 // gets the 'common' type and creator for a certain extension
210 static bool MacFindDefaultTypeAndCreator( const wxString& ext , wxUint32 *type , wxUint32 *creator ) ;
211 // registers application defined extensions and their default type and creator
212 static void MacRegisterDefaultTypeAndCreator( const wxString& ext , wxUint32 type , wxUint32 creator ) ;
213 // looks up the appropriate type and creator from the registration and then sets
214 bool MacSetDefaultTypeAndCreator() ;
215 #endif
216 // various file/dir operations
217
218 // retrieve the value of the current working directory
219 void AssignCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
220 static wxString GetCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
221
222 // change the current working directory
223 bool SetCwd();
224 static bool SetCwd( const wxString &cwd );
225
226 // get the value of user home (Unix only mainly)
227 void AssignHomeDir();
228 static wxString GetHomeDir();
229
230 // get a temp file name starting with the specified prefix and open the
231 // file passed to us using this name for writing (atomically if
232 // possible)
233 void AssignTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, wxFile *fileTemp = NULL);
234 static wxString CreateTempFileName(const wxString& prefix,
235 wxFile *fileTemp = NULL);
236
237 // directory creation and removal.
238 // if full is TRUE, will try to make each directory in the path.
239 bool Mkdir( int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE);
240 static bool Mkdir( const wxString &dir, int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE );
241
242 bool Rmdir();
243 static bool Rmdir( const wxString &dir );
244
245 // operations on the path
246
247 // normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
248 // made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
249 // variables will be expanded in it
250 //
251 // this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
252 bool Normalize(int flags = wxPATH_NORM_ALL,
253 const wxString& cwd = wxEmptyString,
254 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
255
256 // get a path path relative to the given base directory, i.e. opposite
257 // of Normalize
258 //
259 // pass an empty string to get a path relative to the working directory
260 //
261 // returns TRUE if the file name was modified, FALSE if we failed to do
262 // anything with it (happens when the file is on a different volume,
263 // for example)
264 bool MakeRelativeTo(const wxString& pathBase = _T(""),
265 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
266
267
268 // Comparison
269
270 // compares with the rules of this platform
271 bool SameAs(const wxFileName &filepath,
272 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
273
274 // uses the current platform settings
275 bool operator==(const wxFileName& filename) { return SameAs(filename); }
276 bool operator==(const wxString& filename)
277 { return *this == wxFileName(filename); }
278
279 // are the file names of this type cases sensitive?
280 static bool IsCaseSensitive( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
281
282 // is this filename absolute?
283 bool IsAbsolute(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const;
284
285 // is this filename relative?
286 bool IsRelative(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const
287 { return !IsAbsolute(format); }
288
289 // Information about path format
290
291 // get the string separating the volume from the path for this format,
292 // return an empty string if this format doesn't support the notion of
293 // volumes at all
294 static wxString GetVolumeSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
295
296 // get the string of path separators for this format
297 static wxString GetPathSeparators(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
298
299 // get the canonical path separator for this format
300 static wxChar GetPathSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
301 { return GetPathSeparators(format)[0u]; }
302
303 // is the char a path separator for this format?
304 static bool IsPathSeparator(wxChar ch, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
305
306 // Dir accessors
307 void AppendDir( const wxString &dir );
308 void PrependDir( const wxString &dir );
309 void InsertDir( int before, const wxString &dir );
310 void RemoveDir( int pos );
311 size_t GetDirCount() const { return m_dirs.GetCount(); }
312
313 // Other accessors
314 void SetExt( const wxString &ext ) { m_ext = ext; }
315 wxString GetExt() const { return m_ext; }
316 bool HasExt() const { return !m_ext.empty(); }
317
318 void SetName( const wxString &name ) { m_name = name; }
319 wxString GetName() const { return m_name; }
320 bool HasName() const { return !m_name.empty(); }
321
322 void SetVolume( const wxString &volume ) { m_volume = volume; }
323 wxString GetVolume() const { return m_volume; }
324 bool HasVolume() const { return !m_volume.empty(); }
325
326 // full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
327 void SetFullName(const wxString& fullname);
328 wxString GetFullName() const;
329
330 const wxArrayString& GetDirs() const { return m_dirs; }
331
332 // flags are combination of wxPATH_GET_XXX flags
333 wxString GetPath(int flags = 0, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const;
334
335 // Replace current path with this one
336 void SetPath( const wxString &path, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
337
338 // Construct full path with name and ext
339 wxString GetFullPath( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
340
341 // Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
342 wxString GetShortPath() const;
343
344 // Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
345 wxString GetLongPath() const;
346
347 // Is this a file or directory (not necessarily an existing one)
348 bool IsDir() const { return m_name.empty() && m_ext.empty(); }
349
350 // various helpers
351
352 // get the canonical path format for this platform
353 static wxPathFormat GetFormat( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
354
355 // split a fullpath into the volume, path, (base) name and extension
356 // (all of the pointers can be NULL)
357 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
358 wxString *volume,
359 wxString *path,
360 wxString *name,
361 wxString *ext,
362 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
363
364 // compatibility version
365 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
366 wxString *path,
367 wxString *name,
368 wxString *ext,
369 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
370
371
372 // deprecated methods, don't use any more
373 // --------------------------------------
374
375 wxString GetPath( bool withSep, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
376 { return GetPath(withSep ? wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR : 0, format); }
377
378 wxString GetPathWithSep(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
379 { return GetPath(wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR, format); }
380
381 private:
382 // the drive/volume/device specification (always empty for Unix)
383 wxString m_volume;
384
385 // the path components of the file
386 wxArrayString m_dirs;
387
388 // the file name and extension (empty for directories)
389 wxString m_name,
390 m_ext;
391
392 // when m_dirs is empty it may mean either that we have no path at all or
393 // that our path is '/', i.e. the root directory
394 //
395 // we use m_relative to distinguish between these two cases, it will be
396 // TRUE in the former and FALSE in the latter
397 //
398 // NB: the path is not absolute just because m_relative is FALSE, it still
399 // needs the drive (i.e. volume) in some formats (Windows)
400 bool m_relative;
401 };
402
403 #endif // _WX_FILENAME_H_
404