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12 \section{\class{wxFileName}}\label{wxfilename}
13
14 wxFileName encapsulates a file name. This class serves two purposes: first, it
15 provides the functions to split the file names into components and to recombine
16 these components in the full file name which can then be passed to the OS file
17 functions (and \helpref{wxWindows functions}{filefunctions} wrapping them).
18 Second, it includes the functions for working with the files itself. Note that
19 to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead.
20 wxFileName provides functions for working with the file attributes.
21
22 \wxheading{Derived from}
23
24 No base class
25
26 \wxheading{Data structures}
27
28 Many 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
30 current platform.
31
32 The path format affects the operation of wxFileName functions in several ways:
33 first and foremost, it defines the path separator character to use, but it also
34 affects other things such as whether the path has the drive part or not.
35
36 \begin{verbatim}
37 enum 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
57 wxFileName currently supports the file names in the Unix, DOS/Windows, Mac OS
58 and VMS formats. Although these formats are quite different, wxFileName tries
59 to treat them all in the same generic way. It supposes that all file names
60 consist of the following parts: the volume (also known as drive under Windows
61 or device under VMS), the path which is a sequence of directory names separated
62 by the \helpref{path separators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} and the full
63 filename itself which, in turn, is composed from the base file name and the
64 extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and,
65 for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all
66 empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid
67 state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt false} for it.
68
69 File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
70 \helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
71
72 The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
73 on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
74 to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
75 filename is absolute you may use \helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}.
76 There is also an inverse function
77 \helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what
78 \helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
79
80 Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
81 class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
82 \helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}.
83
84 \helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative}
85
86
87 \membersection{File name construction}
88
89 TODO.
90
91
92 \membersection{File tests}
93
94 Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
95 verify that the filename is well defined. If it is,
96 \helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with
97 such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory
98 with this name exists.
99
100 File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method
101 or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}.
102
103
104 \membersection{File name components}
105
106 These 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
114 To change the components of the file name individually you can use the
115 following 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
130 These methods allow to work with the file creation, access and modification
131 times. Note that not all filesystems under all platforms implement these times
132 in the same way. For example, the access time under Windows has a resolution of
133 one day (so it is really the access date and not time). The access time may be
134 updated 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
141 Other 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
153 Default constructor.
154
155 \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
156
157 Copy constructor.
158
159 \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
160
161 Constructor taking a full filename. If it terminates with a '/', a directory path
162 is constructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
163 extension are extracted from it.
164
165 \func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
166
167 Constructor 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
171 Constructor 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
175 Constructor 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
182 Appends a directory component to the path. This component should contain a
183 single directory name level, i.e. not contain any path or volume separators nor
184 should it be empty, otherwise the function does nothing (and generates an
185 assert 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
200 Creates 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
207 Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified
208 volume (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
219 Sets this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
220 will be empty.
221
222
223 \membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir}
224
225 \func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void}
226
227 Sets 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
234 The function calls \helpref{CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename} to
235 create a temporary file and sets this object to the name of the file. If a
236 temporary 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
244 Reset 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
251 Returns a temporary file name starting with the given {\it prefix}. If
252 the {\it prefix} is an absolute path, the temporary file is created in this
253 directory, otherwise it is created in the default system directory for the
254 temporary files or in the current directory.
255
256 If 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
258 the temporary file. When possible, this is done in an atomic way ensuring that
259 no race condition occurs between the temporary file name generation and opening
260 it which could often lead to security compromise on the multiuser systems.
261 If {\it fileTemp} is {\tt NULL}, the file is only created, but not opened.
262
263 Under Unix, the temporary file will have read and write permissions for the
264 owner 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
274 The 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
283 Returns {\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
290 Returns the object corresponding to the directory with the given name.
291 The {\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
301 Returns {\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
313 Returns the file name object corresponding to the given {\it file}. This
314 function 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
322 Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
323 the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
324 current volume.
325
326 \wxheading{Return value}
327
328 The string containing the current working directory or an empty string on
329 error.
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
340 Returns the number of directories in the file name.
341
342
343 \membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
344
345 \constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
346
347 Returns the directories in string array form.
348
349
350 \membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
351
352 \constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
353
354 Returns the file name extension.
355
356
357 \membersection{wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars}\label{wxfilenamegetforbiddenchars}
358
359 \func{static wxString}{GetForbiddenChars}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
360
361 Returns 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
368 Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
369
370
371 \membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
372
373 \constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
374
375 Returns 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
382 Returns the full path with name and extension.
383
384
385 \membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
386
387 \func{static wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
388
389 Returns the home directory.
390
391
392 \membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
393
394 \constfunc{wxString}{GetLongPath}{\void}
395
396 Return 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
403 Returns the last time the file was last modified.
404
405
406 \membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
407
408 \constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
409
410 Returns 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
417 Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
418 possible 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
423 nothing for the filename formats without volumes), otherwise the path without
424 volume part is returned.}
425 \twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
426 separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
427 the path.}
428 \end{twocollist}
429
430
431 \membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
432
433 \func{static wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
434
435 Returns 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
437 are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
438 method.
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
449 Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
450 formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
451 DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
452 separators.
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
463 Return 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
470 Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
471 time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
472 of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
473 to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
474 under Windows and the inode change time under Unix (as it is impossible to
475 retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
476 by many operations after the file creation.
477
478 Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
479 needed.
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
490 Returns the string containing the volume for this file name, mepty if it
491 doesn't have one or if the file system doesn't support volumes at all (for
492 example, Unix).
493
494
495 \membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
496
497 \func{static wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
498
499 Returns 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
506 Returns {\tt true} if an extension is present.
507
508
509 \membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
510
511 \constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
512
513 Returns {\tt true} if a name is present.
514
515
516 \membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
517
518 \constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
519
520 Returns {\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
527 Inserts a directory component before the zero-based position in the directory
528 list. 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
535 Returns {\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
542 Returns {\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
549 Returns {\tt true} if the filename is valid, {\tt false} if it is not
550 initialized yet. The assignment functions and
551 \helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
552 invalid 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
559 Returns {\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
566 Returns {\tt true} if this filename is not absolute.
567
568
569 \membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
570
571 \constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
572
573 Returns {\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
575 directory 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
584 Make 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
598 This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
599 In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
600 file if the current directory were {\it pathBase}.
601
602 \docparam{pathBase}{the directory to use as root, current directory is used by
603 default}
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
610 anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
611 different 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,
629 try to create each directory in the path and also don't return an error
630 if the target directory already exists.}
631
632 \wxheading{Return value}
633
634 Returns {\tt true} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt false}
635 otherwise.
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
642 Normalize the path. With the default flags value, the path will be
643 made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
644 variables will be expanded in it.
645
646 \docparam{flags}{The kind of normalization to do with the file name. It can be
647 any 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
661 working 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
670 Prepends 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
679 Removes 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
688 Deletes 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
695 Compares 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
704 Changes the current working directory.
705
706
707 \membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
708
709 \func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
710
711 Sets the extension of this file name.
712
713
714 \membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
715
716 \func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
717
718 The 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
725 Sets 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
732 Sets 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
739 Sets 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
748 This function splits a full file name into components: the volume (with the
749 first version) path (including the volume in the second version), the base name
750 and 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
752 value of a particular component. Also, {\it fullpath} may be empty on entry.
753
754 On 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
756 without leading dot. All three of them may be empty if the corresponding
757 component is. The old contents of the strings pointed to by these parameters
758 will 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
765 Sets 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
774 Assigns 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
783 Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
784 interpreted 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
793 Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
794 is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
795