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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 licence
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_FILENAME_H_
13 #define _WX_FILENAME_H_
14
15 /*
16 TODO:
17
18 1. support for drives under Windows
19 2. more file operations:
20 a) chmod()
21 b) [acm]time() - get and set
22 c) rename()?
23 3. SameFileAs() function to compare inodes under Unix
24 */
25
26 #include "wx/arrstr.h"
27 #include "wx/filefn.h"
28 #include "wx/datetime.h"
29 #include "wx/intl.h"
30 #include "wx/longlong.h"
31 #include "wx/file.h"
32
33 #if wxUSE_FILE
34 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxFile;
35 #endif
36
37 #if wxUSE_FFILE
38 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxFFile;
39 #endif
40
41 // this symbol is defined for the platforms where file systems use volumes in
42 // paths
43 #if defined(__WINDOWS__) || defined(__DOS__) || defined(__OS2__)
44 #define wxHAS_FILESYSTEM_VOLUMES
45 #endif
46
47 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
48 // constants
49 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
50
51 // the various values for the path format: this mainly affects the path
52 // separator but also whether or not the path has the drive part (as under
53 // Windows)
54 enum wxPathFormat
55 {
56 wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform
57 wxPATH_UNIX,
58 wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
59 wxPATH_MAC,
60 wxPATH_DOS,
61 wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
62 wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS,
63 wxPATH_VMS,
64
65 wxPATH_MAX // Not a valid value for specifying path format
66 };
67
68 // different conventions that may be used with GetHumanReadableSize()
69 enum wxSizeConvention
70 {
71 wxSIZE_CONV_TRADITIONAL, // 1024 bytes = 1 KB
72 wxSIZE_CONV_IEC, // 1024 bytes = 1 KiB
73 wxSIZE_CONV_SI // 1000 bytes = 1 KB
74 };
75
76 // the kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be
77 // or'd together to perform several operations at once
78 enum wxPathNormalize
79 {
80 wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values
81 wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and .
82 wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
83 wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower
84 wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute
85 wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form
86 wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT = 0x0040, // resolve the shortcut, if it is a shortcut
87 wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x00ff & ~wxPATH_NORM_CASE
88 };
89
90 // what exactly should GetPath() return?
91 enum
92 {
93 wxPATH_NO_SEPARATOR = 0x0000, // for symmetry with wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR
94 wxPATH_GET_VOLUME = 0x0001, // include the volume if applicable
95 wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR = 0x0002 // terminate the path with the separator
96 };
97
98 // Mkdir flags
99 enum
100 {
101 wxPATH_MKDIR_FULL = 0x0001 // create directories recursively
102 };
103
104 // Rmdir flags
105 enum
106 {
107 wxPATH_RMDIR_FULL = 0x0001, // delete with subdirectories if empty
108 wxPATH_RMDIR_RECURSIVE = 0x0002 // delete all recursively (dangerous!)
109 };
110
111 // FileExists flags
112 enum
113 {
114 wxFILE_EXISTS_REGULAR = 0x0001, // check for existence of a regular file
115 wxFILE_EXISTS_DIR = 0x0002, // check for existence of a directory
116 wxFILE_EXISTS_SYMLINK = 0x1004, // check for existence of a symbolic link;
117 // also sets wxFILE_EXISTS_NO_FOLLOW as
118 // it would never be satisfied otherwise
119 wxFILE_EXISTS_DEVICE = 0x0008, // check for existence of a device
120 wxFILE_EXISTS_FIFO = 0x0016, // check for existence of a FIFO
121 wxFILE_EXISTS_SOCKET = 0x0032, // check for existence of a socket
122 // gap for future types
123 wxFILE_EXISTS_NO_FOLLOW = 0x1000, // don't dereference a contained symlink
124 wxFILE_EXISTS_ANY = 0x1FFF // check for existence of anything
125 };
126
127 #if wxUSE_LONGLONG
128 // error code of wxFileName::GetSize()
129 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxULongLong) wxInvalidSize;
130 #endif // wxUSE_LONGLONG
131
132
133
134 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
135 // wxFileName: encapsulates a file path
136 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
137
138 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileName
139 {
140 public:
141 // constructors and assignment
142
143 // the usual stuff
144 wxFileName() { Clear(); }
145 wxFileName(const wxFileName& filepath) { Assign(filepath); }
146
147 // from a full filename: if it terminates with a '/', a directory path
148 // is contructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
149 // extension are extracted from it
150 wxFileName( const wxString& fullpath, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE )
151 { Assign( fullpath, format ); m_dontFollowLinks = false; }
152
153 // from a directory name and a file name
154 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
155 const wxString& name,
156 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
157 { Assign(path, name, format); m_dontFollowLinks = false; }
158
159 // from a volume, directory name, file base name and extension
160 wxFileName(const wxString& volume,
161 const wxString& path,
162 const wxString& name,
163 const wxString& ext,
164 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
165 { Assign(volume, path, name, ext, format); m_dontFollowLinks = false; }
166
167 // from a directory name, file base name and extension
168 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
169 const wxString& name,
170 const wxString& ext,
171 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
172 { Assign(path, name, ext, format); m_dontFollowLinks = false; }
173
174 // the same for delayed initialization
175
176 void Assign(const wxFileName& filepath);
177
178 void Assign(const wxString& fullpath,
179 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
180
181 void Assign(const wxString& volume,
182 const wxString& path,
183 const wxString& name,
184 const wxString& ext,
185 bool hasExt,
186 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
187
188 void Assign(const wxString& volume,
189 const wxString& path,
190 const wxString& name,
191 const wxString& ext,
192 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
193 { Assign(volume, path, name, ext, !ext.empty(), format); }
194
195 void Assign(const wxString& path,
196 const wxString& name,
197 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
198
199 void Assign(const wxString& path,
200 const wxString& name,
201 const wxString& ext,
202 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
203
204 void AssignDir(const wxString& dir, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
205
206 // assorted assignment operators
207
208 wxFileName& operator=(const wxFileName& filename)
209 { if (this != &filename) Assign(filename); return *this; }
210
211 wxFileName& operator=(const wxString& filename)
212 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
213
214 // reset all components to default, uninitialized state
215 void Clear();
216
217 // static pseudo constructors
218 static wxFileName FileName(const wxString& file,
219 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
220 static wxFileName DirName(const wxString& dir,
221 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
222
223 // file tests
224
225 // is the filename valid at all?
226 bool IsOk() const
227 {
228 // we're fine if we have the path or the name or if we're a root dir
229 return m_dirs.size() != 0 || !m_name.empty() || !m_relative ||
230 !m_ext.empty() || m_hasExt;
231 }
232
233 // does the file with this name exist?
234 bool FileExists() const;
235 static bool FileExists( const wxString &file );
236
237 // does the directory with this name exist?
238 bool DirExists() const;
239 static bool DirExists( const wxString &dir );
240
241 // does anything at all with this name (i.e. file, directory or some
242 // other file system object such as a device, socket, ...) exist?
243 bool Exists(int flags = wxFILE_EXISTS_ANY) const;
244 static bool Exists(const wxString& path, int flags = wxFILE_EXISTS_ANY);
245
246
247 // checks on most common flags for files/directories;
248 // more platform-specific features (like e.g. Unix permissions) are not
249 // available in wxFileName
250
251 bool IsDirWritable() const { return wxIsWritable(GetPath()); }
252 static bool IsDirWritable(const wxString &path) { return wxDirExists(path) && wxIsWritable(path); }
253
254 bool IsDirReadable() const { return wxIsReadable(GetPath()); }
255 static bool IsDirReadable(const wxString &path) { return wxDirExists(path) && wxIsReadable(path); }
256
257 // NOTE: IsDirExecutable() is not present because the meaning of "executable"
258 // directory is very platform-dependent and also not so useful
259
260 bool IsFileWritable() const { return wxIsWritable(GetFullPath()); }
261 static bool IsFileWritable(const wxString &path) { return wxFileExists(path) && wxIsWritable(path); }
262
263 bool IsFileReadable() const { return wxIsReadable(GetFullPath()); }
264 static bool IsFileReadable(const wxString &path) { return wxFileExists(path) && wxIsReadable(path); }
265
266 bool IsFileExecutable() const { return wxIsExecutable(GetFullPath()); }
267 static bool IsFileExecutable(const wxString &path) { return wxFileExists(path) && wxIsExecutable(path); }
268
269
270 // time functions
271 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
272 // set the file last access/mod and creation times
273 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
274 bool SetTimes(const wxDateTime *dtAccess,
275 const wxDateTime *dtMod,
276 const wxDateTime *dtCreate) const;
277
278 // set the access and modification times to the current moment
279 bool Touch() const;
280
281 // return the last access, last modification and create times
282 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
283 bool GetTimes(wxDateTime *dtAccess,
284 wxDateTime *dtMod,
285 wxDateTime *dtCreate) const;
286
287 // convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file
288 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const
289 {
290 wxDateTime dtMod;
291 (void)GetTimes(NULL, &dtMod, NULL);
292 return dtMod;
293 }
294 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
295
296 #if defined( __WXOSX_MAC__ ) && wxOSX_USE_CARBON
297 bool MacSetTypeAndCreator( wxUint32 type , wxUint32 creator ) ;
298 bool MacGetTypeAndCreator( wxUint32 *type , wxUint32 *creator ) const;
299 // gets the 'common' type and creator for a certain extension
300 static bool MacFindDefaultTypeAndCreator( const wxString& ext , wxUint32 *type , wxUint32 *creator ) ;
301 // registers application defined extensions and their default type and creator
302 static void MacRegisterDefaultTypeAndCreator( const wxString& ext , wxUint32 type , wxUint32 creator ) ;
303 // looks up the appropriate type and creator from the registration and then sets
304 bool MacSetDefaultTypeAndCreator() ;
305 #endif
306
307 // various file/dir operations
308
309 // retrieve the value of the current working directory
310 void AssignCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
311 static wxString GetCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
312
313 // change the current working directory
314 bool SetCwd() const;
315 static bool SetCwd( const wxString &cwd );
316
317 // get the value of user home (Unix only mainly)
318 void AssignHomeDir();
319 static wxString GetHomeDir();
320
321 // get the system temporary directory
322 static wxString GetTempDir();
323
324 #if wxUSE_FILE || wxUSE_FFILE
325 // get a temp file name starting with the specified prefix
326 void AssignTempFileName(const wxString& prefix);
327 static wxString CreateTempFileName(const wxString& prefix);
328 #endif // wxUSE_FILE
329
330 #if wxUSE_FILE
331 // get a temp file name starting with the specified prefix and open the
332 // file passed to us using this name for writing (atomically if
333 // possible)
334 void AssignTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, wxFile *fileTemp);
335 static wxString CreateTempFileName(const wxString& prefix,
336 wxFile *fileTemp);
337 #endif // wxUSE_FILE
338
339 #if wxUSE_FFILE
340 // get a temp file name starting with the specified prefix and open the
341 // file passed to us using this name for writing (atomically if
342 // possible)
343 void AssignTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, wxFFile *fileTemp);
344 static wxString CreateTempFileName(const wxString& prefix,
345 wxFFile *fileTemp);
346 #endif // wxUSE_FFILE
347
348 // directory creation and removal.
349 bool Mkdir(int perm = wxS_DIR_DEFAULT, int flags = 0) const;
350 static bool Mkdir(const wxString &dir, int perm = wxS_DIR_DEFAULT,
351 int flags = 0);
352
353 bool Rmdir(int flags = 0) const;
354 static bool Rmdir(const wxString &dir, int flags = 0);
355
356 // operations on the path
357
358 // normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
359 // made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
360 // variables will be expanded in it
361 //
362 // this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
363 bool Normalize(int flags = wxPATH_NORM_ALL,
364 const wxString& cwd = wxEmptyString,
365 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
366
367 // get a path path relative to the given base directory, i.e. opposite
368 // of Normalize
369 //
370 // pass an empty string to get a path relative to the working directory
371 //
372 // returns true if the file name was modified, false if we failed to do
373 // anything with it (happens when the file is on a different volume,
374 // for example)
375 bool MakeRelativeTo(const wxString& pathBase = wxEmptyString,
376 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
377
378 // make the path absolute
379 //
380 // this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
381 bool MakeAbsolute(const wxString& cwd = wxEmptyString,
382 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
383 { return Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_DOTS | wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE |
384 wxPATH_NORM_TILDE, cwd, format); }
385
386
387 // If the path is a symbolic link (Unix-only), indicate that all
388 // filesystem operations on this path should be performed on the link
389 // itself and not on the file it points to, as is the case by default.
390 //
391 // No effect if this is not a symbolic link.
392 void DontFollowLink()
393 {
394 m_dontFollowLinks = true;
395 }
396
397 // If the path is a symbolic link (Unix-only), returns whether various
398 // file operations should act on the link itself, or on its target.
399 //
400 // This does not test if the path is really a symlink or not.
401 bool ShouldFollowLink() const
402 {
403 return !m_dontFollowLinks;
404 }
405
406 #if defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__WXWINCE__) && wxUSE_OLE
407 // if the path is a shortcut, return the target and optionally,
408 // the arguments
409 bool GetShortcutTarget(const wxString& shortcutPath,
410 wxString& targetFilename,
411 wxString* arguments = NULL) const;
412 #endif
413
414 #ifndef __WXWINCE__
415 // if the path contains the value of the environment variable named envname
416 // then this function replaces it with the string obtained from
417 // wxString::Format(replacementFmtString, value_of_envname_variable)
418 //
419 // Example:
420 // wxFileName fn("/usr/openwin/lib/someFile");
421 // fn.ReplaceEnvVariable("OPENWINHOME");
422 // // now fn.GetFullPath() == "$OPENWINHOME/lib/someFile"
423 bool ReplaceEnvVariable(const wxString& envname,
424 const wxString& replacementFmtString = "$%s",
425 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
426 #endif
427
428 // replaces, if present in the path, the home directory for the given user
429 // (see wxGetHomeDir) with a tilde
430 bool ReplaceHomeDir(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
431
432
433 // Comparison
434
435 // compares with the rules of the given platforms format
436 bool SameAs(const wxFileName& filepath,
437 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const;
438
439 // compare with another filename object
440 bool operator==(const wxFileName& filename) const
441 { return SameAs(filename); }
442 bool operator!=(const wxFileName& filename) const
443 { return !SameAs(filename); }
444
445 // compare with a filename string interpreted as a native file name
446 bool operator==(const wxString& filename) const
447 { return SameAs(wxFileName(filename)); }
448 bool operator!=(const wxString& filename) const
449 { return !SameAs(wxFileName(filename)); }
450
451 // are the file names of this type cases sensitive?
452 static bool IsCaseSensitive( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
453
454 // is this filename absolute?
455 bool IsAbsolute(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const;
456
457 // is this filename relative?
458 bool IsRelative(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const
459 { return !IsAbsolute(format); }
460
461 // Returns the characters that aren't allowed in filenames
462 // on the specified platform.
463 static wxString GetForbiddenChars(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
464
465 // Information about path format
466
467 // get the string separating the volume from the path for this format,
468 // return an empty string if this format doesn't support the notion of
469 // volumes at all
470 static wxString GetVolumeSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
471
472 // get the string of path separators for this format
473 static wxString GetPathSeparators(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
474
475 // get the string of path terminators, i.e. characters which terminate the
476 // path
477 static wxString GetPathTerminators(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
478
479 // get the canonical path separator for this format
480 static wxUniChar GetPathSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
481 { return GetPathSeparators(format)[0u]; }
482
483 // is the char a path separator for this format?
484 static bool IsPathSeparator(wxChar ch, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
485
486 // is this is a DOS path which beings with a windows unique volume name
487 // ('\\?\Volume{guid}\')?
488 static bool IsMSWUniqueVolumeNamePath(const wxString& path,
489 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
490
491 // Dir accessors
492 size_t GetDirCount() const { return m_dirs.size(); }
493 bool AppendDir(const wxString& dir);
494 void PrependDir(const wxString& dir);
495 bool InsertDir(size_t before, const wxString& dir);
496 void RemoveDir(size_t pos);
497 void RemoveLastDir() { RemoveDir(GetDirCount() - 1); }
498
499 // Other accessors
500 void SetExt( const wxString &ext ) { m_ext = ext; m_hasExt = !m_ext.empty(); }
501 void ClearExt() { m_ext.clear(); m_hasExt = false; }
502 void SetEmptyExt() { m_ext.clear(); m_hasExt = true; }
503 wxString GetExt() const { return m_ext; }
504 bool HasExt() const { return m_hasExt; }
505
506 void SetName( const wxString &name ) { m_name = name; }
507 wxString GetName() const { return m_name; }
508 bool HasName() const { return !m_name.empty(); }
509
510 void SetVolume( const wxString &volume ) { m_volume = volume; }
511 wxString GetVolume() const { return m_volume; }
512 bool HasVolume() const { return !m_volume.empty(); }
513
514 // full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
515 void SetFullName(const wxString& fullname);
516 wxString GetFullName() const;
517
518 const wxArrayString& GetDirs() const { return m_dirs; }
519
520 // flags are combination of wxPATH_GET_XXX flags
521 wxString GetPath(int flags = wxPATH_GET_VOLUME,
522 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE) const;
523
524 // Replace current path with this one
525 void SetPath( const wxString &path, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
526
527 // Construct full path with name and ext
528 wxString GetFullPath( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
529
530 // Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
531 wxString GetShortPath() const;
532
533 // Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
534 wxString GetLongPath() const;
535
536 // Is this a file or directory (not necessarily an existing one)
537 bool IsDir() const { return m_name.empty() && m_ext.empty(); }
538
539 // various helpers
540
541 // get the canonical path format for this platform
542 static wxPathFormat GetFormat( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
543
544 // split a fullpath into the volume, path, (base) name and extension
545 // (all of the pointers can be NULL)
546 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
547 wxString *volume,
548 wxString *path,
549 wxString *name,
550 wxString *ext,
551 bool *hasExt = NULL,
552 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
553
554 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
555 wxString *volume,
556 wxString *path,
557 wxString *name,
558 wxString *ext,
559 wxPathFormat format)
560 {
561 SplitPath(fullpath, volume, path, name, ext, NULL, format);
562 }
563
564 // compatibility version: volume is part of path
565 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
566 wxString *path,
567 wxString *name,
568 wxString *ext,
569 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
570
571 // split a path into volume and pure path part
572 static void SplitVolume(const wxString& fullpathWithVolume,
573 wxString *volume,
574 wxString *path,
575 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
576
577 // strip the file extension: "foo.bar" => "foo" (but ".baz" => ".baz")
578 static wxString StripExtension(const wxString& fullpath);
579
580 #ifdef wxHAS_FILESYSTEM_VOLUMES
581 // return the string representing a file system volume, or drive
582 static wxString GetVolumeString(char drive, int flags = wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR);
583 #endif // wxHAS_FILESYSTEM_VOLUMES
584
585 // File size
586
587 #if wxUSE_LONGLONG
588 // returns the size of the given filename
589 wxULongLong GetSize() const;
590 static wxULongLong GetSize(const wxString &file);
591
592 // returns the size in a human readable form
593 wxString
594 GetHumanReadableSize(const wxString& nullsize = _("Not available"),
595 int precision = 1,
596 wxSizeConvention conv = wxSIZE_CONV_TRADITIONAL) const;
597 static wxString
598 GetHumanReadableSize(const wxULongLong& sz,
599 const wxString& nullsize = _("Not available"),
600 int precision = 1,
601 wxSizeConvention conv = wxSIZE_CONV_TRADITIONAL);
602 #endif // wxUSE_LONGLONG
603
604
605 // deprecated methods, don't use any more
606 // --------------------------------------
607
608 #ifndef __DIGITALMARS__
609 wxString GetPath( bool withSep, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
610 { return GetPath(withSep ? wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR : 0, format); }
611 #endif
612 wxString GetPathWithSep(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
613 { return GetPath(wxPATH_GET_VOLUME | wxPATH_GET_SEPARATOR, format); }
614
615 private:
616 // check whether this dir is valid for Append/Prepend/InsertDir()
617 static bool IsValidDirComponent(const wxString& dir);
618
619 // the drive/volume/device specification (always empty for Unix)
620 wxString m_volume;
621
622 // the path components of the file
623 wxArrayString m_dirs;
624
625 // the file name and extension (empty for directories)
626 wxString m_name,
627 m_ext;
628
629 // when m_dirs is empty it may mean either that we have no path at all or
630 // that our path is '/', i.e. the root directory
631 //
632 // we use m_relative to distinguish between these two cases, it will be
633 // true in the former and false in the latter
634 //
635 // NB: the path is not absolute just because m_relative is false, it still
636 // needs the drive (i.e. volume) in some formats (Windows)
637 bool m_relative;
638
639 // when m_ext is empty, it may be because we don't have any extension or
640 // because we have an empty extension
641 //
642 // the difference is important as file with name "foo" and without
643 // extension has full name "foo" while with empty extension it is "foo."
644 bool m_hasExt;
645
646 // by default, symlinks are dereferenced but this flag can be set with
647 // DontFollowLink() to change this and make different operations work on
648 // this file path itself instead of the target of the symlink
649 bool m_dontFollowLinks;
650 };
651
652 #endif // _WX_FILENAME_H_
653