added wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo() and the tests/docs for it
[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 volume, directory name, file base name and extension
100 wxFileName(const wxString& volume,
101 const wxString& path,
102 const wxString& name,
103 const wxString& ext,
104 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
105 { Assign(volume, path, name, ext, format); }
106
107 // from a directory name, file base name and extension
108 wxFileName(const wxString& path,
109 const wxString& name,
110 const wxString& ext,
111 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
112 { Assign(path, name, ext, format); }
113
114 // the same for delayed initialization
115
116 void Assign(const wxFileName& filepath);
117
118 void Assign(const wxString& fullpath,
119 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
120
121 void Assign(const wxString& volume,
122 const wxString& path,
123 const wxString& name,
124 const wxString& ext,
125 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
126
127 void Assign(const wxString& path,
128 const wxString& name,
129 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
130
131 void Assign(const wxString& path,
132 const wxString& name,
133 const wxString& ext,
134 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE)
135 {
136 // empty volume
137 Assign(_T(""), path, name, ext, format);
138 }
139
140 void AssignDir(const wxString& dir, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
141
142 // assorted assignment operators
143
144 wxFileName& operator=(const wxFileName& filename)
145 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
146
147 wxFileName& operator=(const wxString& filename)
148 { Assign(filename); return *this; }
149
150 // reset all components to default, uninitialized state
151 void Clear();
152
153 // static pseudo constructors
154 static wxFileName FileName(const wxString& file);
155 static wxFileName DirName(const wxString& dir);
156
157 // file tests
158
159 // is the filename valid at all?
160 bool IsOk() const { return !m_dirs.IsEmpty() || !m_name.IsEmpty(); }
161
162 // does the file with this name exists?
163 bool FileExists();
164 static bool FileExists( const wxString &file );
165
166 // does the directory with this name exists?
167 bool DirExists();
168 static bool DirExists( const wxString &dir );
169
170 // VZ: also need: IsDirWritable(), IsFileExecutable() &c (TODO)
171
172 // time functions
173
174 // set the file creation and last access/mod times
175 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
176 bool SetTimes(const wxDateTime *dtCreate,
177 const wxDateTime *dtAccess,
178 const wxDateTime *dtMod);
179
180 // set the access and modification times to the current moment
181 bool Touch();
182
183 // return the last access, last modification and last change times
184 // (any of the pointers may be NULL)
185 bool GetTimes(wxDateTime *dtAccess,
186 wxDateTime *dtMod,
187 wxDateTime *dtChange) const;
188
189 // convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file
190 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const
191 {
192 wxDateTime dtMod;
193 (void)GetTimes(NULL, &dtMod, NULL);
194 return dtMod;
195 }
196
197 // various file/dir operations
198
199 // retrieve the value of the current working directory
200 void AssignCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
201 static wxString GetCwd(const wxString& volume = wxEmptyString);
202
203 // change the current working directory
204 bool SetCwd();
205 static bool SetCwd( const wxString &cwd );
206
207 // get the value of user home (Unix only mainly)
208 void AssignHomeDir();
209 static wxString GetHomeDir();
210
211 // get a temp file name starting with the specified prefix
212 void AssignTempFileName(const wxString& prefix);
213 static wxString CreateTempFileName(const wxString& prefix);
214
215 // directory creation and removal.
216 // if full is TRUE, will try to make each directory in the path.
217 bool Mkdir( int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE);
218 static bool Mkdir( const wxString &dir, int perm = 0777, bool full = FALSE );
219
220 bool Rmdir();
221 static bool Rmdir( const wxString &dir );
222
223 // operations on the path
224
225 // normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
226 // made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
227 // variables will be expanded in it
228 //
229 // this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
230 bool Normalize(wxPathNormalize flags = wxPATH_NORM_ALL,
231 const wxString& cwd = wxEmptyString,
232 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
233
234 // get a path path relative to the given base directory, i.e. opposite
235 // of Normalize
236 //
237 // pass an empty string to get a path relative to the working directory
238 //
239 // returns TRUE if the file name was modified, FALSE if we failed to do
240 // anything with it (happens when the file is on a different volume,
241 // for example)
242 bool MakeRelativeTo(const wxString& pathBase = _T(""),
243 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
244
245
246 // Comparison
247
248 // compares with the rules of this platform
249 bool SameAs(const wxFileName &filepath,
250 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
251
252 // uses the current platform settings
253 bool operator==(const wxFileName& filename) { return SameAs(filename); }
254 bool operator==(const wxString& filename)
255 { return *this == wxFileName(filename); }
256
257 // Tests
258
259 // are the file names of this type cases sensitive?
260 static bool IsCaseSensitive( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
261
262 // is this filename absolute?
263 bool IsAbsolute( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
264
265 // is this filename relative?
266 bool IsRelative( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE )
267 { return !IsAbsolute(format); }
268
269 // Information about path format
270
271 // get the string separating the volume from the path for this format
272 static wxString GetVolumeSeparator(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
273
274 // get the string of path separators for this format
275 static wxString GetPathSeparators(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
276
277 // is the char a path separator for this format?
278 static bool IsPathSeparator(wxChar ch, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
279
280 // FIXME: what exactly does this do?
281 bool IsWild( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
282
283 // Dir accessors
284 void AppendDir( const wxString &dir );
285 void PrependDir( const wxString &dir );
286 void InsertDir( int before, const wxString &dir );
287 void RemoveDir( int pos );
288 size_t GetDirCount() const { return m_dirs.GetCount(); }
289
290 // Other accessors
291 void SetExt( const wxString &ext ) { m_ext = ext; }
292 wxString GetExt() const { return m_ext; }
293 bool HasExt() const { return !m_ext.empty(); }
294
295 void SetName( const wxString &name ) { m_name = name; }
296 wxString GetName() const { return m_name; }
297 bool HasName() const { return !m_name.empty(); }
298
299 void SetVolume( const wxString &volume ) { m_volume = volume; }
300 wxString GetVolume() const { return m_volume; }
301 bool HasVolume() const { return !m_volume.empty(); }
302
303 // full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
304 void SetFullName(const wxString& fullname);
305 wxString GetFullName() const;
306
307 const wxArrayString& GetDirs() const { return m_dirs; }
308
309 // Construct path only - possibly with the trailing separator
310 wxString GetPath( bool add_separator = FALSE,
311 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
312
313 // more readable synonym
314 wxString GetPathWithSep(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
315 { return GetPath(TRUE /* add separator */, format); }
316
317 // Construct full path with name and ext
318 wxString GetFullPath( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
319
320 // Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
321 wxString GetShortPath() const;
322
323 // Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
324 wxString GetLongPath() const;
325
326 // various helpers
327
328 // get the canonical path format for this platform
329 static wxPathFormat GetFormat( wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE );
330
331 // split a fullpath into the volume, path, (base) name and extension
332 // (all of the pointers can be NULL)
333 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
334 wxString *volume,
335 wxString *path,
336 wxString *name,
337 wxString *ext,
338 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
339
340 // compatibility version
341 static void SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
342 wxString *path,
343 wxString *name,
344 wxString *ext,
345 wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
346
347 private:
348 // the drive/volume/device specification (always empty for Unix)
349 wxString m_volume;
350
351 // the path components of the file
352 wxArrayString m_dirs;
353
354 // the file name and extension (empty for directories)
355 wxString m_name,
356 m_ext;
357 };
358
359 #endif // _WX_FILENAME_H_
360