these components in the full file name which can then be passed to the OS file
functions (and \helpref{wxWindows functions}{filefunctions} wrapping them).
Second, it includes the functions for working with the files itself. Note that
-to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead,
+to change the file data you should use \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} class instead.
wxFileName provides functions for working with the file attributes.
\wxheading{Derived from}
{
wxPATH_NATIVE = 0, // the path format for the current platform
wxPATH_UNIX,
+ wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
wxPATH_MAC,
wxPATH_DOS,
- wxPATH_VMS,
-
- wxPATH_BEOS = wxPATH_UNIX,
wxPATH_WIN = wxPATH_DOS,
- wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS
-}
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The kind of normalization to do with the file name: these values can be
-or'd together to perform several operations at once in\rtfsp
-\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}.
+ wxPATH_OS2 = wxPATH_DOS,
+ wxPATH_VMS,
-\begin{verbatim}
-enum wxPathNormalize
-{
- wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001, // replace env vars with their values
- wxPATH_NORM_DOTS = 0x0002, // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd
- wxPATH_NORM_TILDE = 0x0004, // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
- wxPATH_NORM_CASE = 0x0008, // if case insensitive => tolower
- wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010, // make the path absolute
- wxPATH_NORM_LONG = 0x0020, // make the path the long form
- wxPATH_NORM_ALL = 0x003f
+ wxPATH_MAX // Not a valid value for specifying path format
}
\end{verbatim}
extension. All of the individual components of the file name may be empty and,
for example, the volume name is always empty under Unix, but if they are all
empty simultaneously, the filename object is considered to be in an invalid
-state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt FALSE} for it.
+state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt false} for it.
File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
\helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
-filename is absolute you may use \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}. There
-is also an inverse function \helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
-which undoes what \helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}{wxfilenamenormalize}
-does.
+filename is absolute you may use \helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}.
+There is also an inverse function
+\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what
+\helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullpath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-From a full filename: if it terminates with a '/', a directory path
+Constructor taking a full filename. If it terminates with a '/', a directory path
is constructed (the name will be empty), otherwise a file name and
-extension are extracted from it
+extension are extracted from it.
\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension
+Constructor from a directory name, base file name and extension.
\func{}{wxFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension
+Constructor from a volume name, a directory name, base file name and extension.
\membersection{wxFileName::AppendDir}\label{wxfilenameappenddir}
\func{void}{AppendDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+Appends a directory to the path.
\membersection{wxFileName::Assign}\label{wxfilenameassign}
\func{void}{Assign}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{ext}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Creates the file name from various combinations of data.
\membersection{wxFileName::AssignCwd}\label{wxfilenameassigncwd}
-\func{void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
+\func{static void}{AssignCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = wxEmptyString}}
Makes this object refer to the current working directory on the specified
volume (or current volume if {\it volume} is empty).
\func{void}{AssignDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Set this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
+Sets this file name object to the given directory name. The name and extension
will be empty.
\membersection{wxFileName::AssignHomeDir}\label{wxfilenameassignhomedir}
\func{void}{AssignHomeDir}{\void}
-Set this file name object to the home directory.
+Sets this file name object to the home directory.
\membersection{wxFileName::AssignTempFileName}\label{wxfilenameassigntempfilename}
\membersection{wxFileName::DirExists}\label{wxfilenamedirexists}
-\func{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
+\constfunc{bool}{DirExists}{\void}
-\func{bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+\func{static bool}{DirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
-Does the directory with this name exists?
+Returns {\tt true} if the directory with this name exists.
\membersection{wxFileName::DirName}\label{wxfilenamedirname}
-\func{wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+\func{static wxFileName}{DirName}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+
+Returns the object corresponding to the directory with the given name.
+The {\it dir} parameter may have trailing path separator or not.
+
\membersection{wxFileName::FileExists}\label{wxfilenamefileexists}
-\func{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
+\constfunc{bool}{FileExists}{\void}
-\func{bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
+\func{static bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the file with this name exists.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists}
-Does the file with this name exists?
\membersection{wxFileName::FileName}\label{wxfilenamefilename}
-\func{wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
+\func{static wxFileName}{FileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+
+Returns the file name object corresponding to the given {\it file}. This
+function exists mainly for symmetry with \helpref{DirName}{wxfilenamedirname}.
-static pseudo constructors
\membersection{wxFileName::GetCwd}\label{wxfilenamegetcwd}
-\func{wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
+\func{static wxString}{GetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume = ""}}
-Retrieve the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
+Retrieves the value of the current working directory on the specified volume. If
the volume is empty, the programs current working directory is returned for the
current volume.
\constfunc{size\_t}{GetDirCount}{\void}
+Returns the number of directories in the file name.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetDirs}\label{wxfilenamegetdirs}
\constfunc{const wxArrayString\&}{GetDirs}{\void}
+Returns the directories in string array form.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetExt}\label{wxfilenamegetext}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetExt}{\void}
+Returns the file name extension.
-\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
+\membersection{wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars}\label{wxfilenamegetforbiddenchars}
+
+\func{static wxString}{GetForbiddenChars}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-\func{wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Returns the characters that can't be used in filenames and directory names for the specified format.
-various helpers
-get the canonical path format for this platform
+\membersection{wxFileName::GetFormat}\label{wxfilenamegetformat}
+
+\func{static wxPathFormat}{GetFormat}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Returns the canonical path format for this platform.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullName}\label{wxfilenamegetfullname}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullName}{\void}
+Returns the full name (including extension but excluding directories).
\membersection{wxFileName::GetFullPath}\label{wxfilenamegetfullpath}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetFullPath}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-add separator Construct full path with name and ext
-
+Returns the full path with name and extension.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetHomeDir}\label{wxfilenamegethomedir}
-\func{wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
+\func{static wxString}{GetHomeDir}{\void}
+Returns the home directory.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetLongPath}\label{wxfilenamegetlongpath}
Return the long form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
-
\membersection{wxFileName::GetModificationTime}\label{wxfilenamegetmodificationtime}
\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetModificationTime}{\void}
-convenience wrapper: get just the last mod time of the file
-
+Returns the last time the file was last modified.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetName}\label{wxfilenamegetname}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
+Returns the name part of the filename.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetPath}\label{wxfilenamegetpath}
-\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = $0$}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\param{int }{flags = {\tt wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Return the path part of the filename (without the name nor extension). The
+Returns the path part of the filename (without the name or extension). The
possible flags values are:
\twocolwidtha{5cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME}}{Return the path with the volume (does
-nothing for the filename formats without volumes)}
+nothing for the filename formats without volumes), otherwise the path without
+volume part is returned.}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR}}{Return the path with the trailing
separator, if this flag is not given there will be no separator at the end of
the path.}
\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
-\func{wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+\func{static wxChar}{GetPathSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Return the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
+Returns the usually used path separator for this format. For all formats but
{\tt wxPATH\_DOS} there is only one path separator anyhow, but for DOS there
are two of them and the native one, i.e. the backslash is returned by this
method.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathSeparators}\label{wxfilenamegetpathseparators}
-\func{wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+\func{static wxString}{GetPathSeparators}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Get the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
+Returns the string containing all the path separators for this format. For all
formats but {\tt wxPATH\_DOS} this string contains only one character but for
DOS and Windows both {\tt '/'} and {\tt '\textbackslash'} may be used as
separators.
\helpref{GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator}
-\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathWithSep}\label{wxfilenamegetpathwithsep}
-
-\constfunc{wxString}{GetPathWithSep}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-
-more readable synonym
-
-
\membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}
-Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms)
-
+Return the short form of the path (returns identity on non-Windows platforms).
\membersection{wxFileName::GetTimes}\label{wxfilenamegettimes}
\constfunc{bool}{GetTimes}{\param{wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
-Return the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
+Returns the last access, last modification and creation times. The last access
time is updated whenever the file is read or written (or executed in the case
of Windows), last modification time is only changed when the file is written
to. Finally, the creation time is indeed the time when the file was created
retrieve the real file creation time there anyhow) which can also be changed
by many operations after the file creation.
-Aany of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
+Any of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding time is not
needed.
\wxheading{Return value}
-{\tt TRUE} on success, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to retrieve the times.
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if we failed to retrieve the times.
\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolume}\label{wxfilenamegetvolume}
\membersection{wxFileName::GetVolumeSeparator}\label{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator}
-\func{wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-
-get the string separating the volume from the path for this format
+\func{static wxString}{GetVolumeSeparator}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Returns the string separating the volume from the path for this format.
\membersection{wxFileName::HasExt}\label{wxfilenamehasext}
\constfunc{bool}{HasExt}{\void}
+Returns {\tt true} if an extension is present.
\membersection{wxFileName::HasName}\label{wxfilenamehasname}
\constfunc{bool}{HasName}{\void}
+Returns {\tt true} if a name is present.
\membersection{wxFileName::HasVolume}\label{wxfilenamehasvolume}
\constfunc{bool}{HasVolume}{\void}
+Returns {\tt true} if a volume specifier is present.
\membersection{wxFileName::InsertDir}\label{wxfilenameinsertdir}
\func{void}{InsertDir}{\param{int }{before}, \param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+Inserts a directory before the zero-based position in the directory list.
\membersection{wxFileName::IsAbsolute}\label{wxfilenameisabsolute}
\func{bool}{IsAbsolute}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-is this filename absolute?
-
+Returns {\tt true} if this filename is absolute.
\membersection{wxFileName::IsCaseSensitive}\label{wxfilenameiscasesensitive}
-\func{bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-
-Tests
-are the file names of this type cases sensitive?
+\func{static bool}{IsCaseSensitive}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Returns {\tt true} if the file names of this type are case-sensitive.
\membersection{wxFileName::IsOk}\label{wxfilenameisok}
\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filename is valid, {\tt FALSE} if it is not
+Returns {\tt true} if the filename is valid, {\tt false} if it is not
initialized yet. The assignment functions and
\helpref{Clear}{wxfilenameclear} may reset the object to the uninitialized,
invalid state (the former only do it on failure).
\membersection{wxFileName::IsPathSeparator}\label{wxfilenameispathseparator}
-\func{bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+\func{static bool}{IsPathSeparator}{\param{wxChar }{ch}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the char is a path separator for this format.
+Returns {\tt true} if the char is a path separator for this format.
\membersection{wxFileName::IsRelative}\label{wxfilenameisrelative}
\func{bool}{IsRelative}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if this filename is not absolute.
+Returns {\tt true} if this filename is not absolute.
\membersection{wxFileName::IsDir}\label{wxfilenameisdir}
\constfunc{bool}{IsDir}{\void}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if this object represents a directory, {\tt FALSE} otherwise
+Returns {\tt true} if this object represents a directory, {\tt false} otherwise
(i.e. if it is a file). Note that this method doesn't test whether the
directory or file really exists, you should use
\helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} or
\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} for this.
+\membersection{wxFileName::MakeAbsolute}\label{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}
+
+\func{bool}{MakeAbsolute}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+
+Make the file name absolute. This is a shortcut for
+{\tt \helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize}(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS | wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE | wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE, cwd, format)}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto},
+\helpref{Normalize}{wxfilenamenormalize},
+\helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute}
+
\membersection{wxFileName::MakeRelativeTo}\label{wxfilenamemakerelativeto}
-\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = ""}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+\func{bool}{MakeRelativeTo}{\param{const wxString\& }{pathBase = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
This function tries to put this file name in a form relative to {\it pathBase}.
In other words, it returns the file name which should be used to access this
\wxheading{Return value}
-{\tt TRUE} if the file name has been changed, {\tt FALSE} if we failed to do
+{\tt true} if the file name has been changed, {\tt false} if we failed to do
anything with it (currently this only happens if the file name is on a volume
different from the volume specified by {\it pathBase}).
\wxheading{Return value}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt FALSE}
+Returns {\tt true} if the directory was successfully created, {\tt false}
otherwise.
\membersection{wxFileName::Normalize}\label{wxfilenamenormalize}
\func{bool}{Normalize}{\param{int }{flags = wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}, \param{const wxString\& }{cwd = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-operations on the path
-normalize the path: with the default flags value, the path will be
+Normalize the path. With the default flags value, the path will be
made absolute, without any ".." and "." and all environment
-variables will be expanded in it
-this may be done using another (than current) value of cwd
+variables will be expanded in it.
+
+\docparam{flags}{The kind of normalization to do with the file name. It can be
+any or-combination of the following constants:
+\begin{twocollist}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ENV\_VARS}}{replace env vars with their values}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS}}{squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_TILDE}}{Unix only: replace ~ and ~user}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_CASE}}{if case insensitive => tolower}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ABSOLUTE}}{make the path absolute}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_LONG}}{make the path the long form}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPATH\_NORM\_ALL}}{all of previous flags}
+\end{twocollist}
+}
+
+\docparam{cwd}{If not empty, this directory will be used instead of current
+working directory in normalization.}
+\docparam{format}{The file name format, native by default.}
\membersection{wxFileName::PrependDir}\label{wxfilenameprependdir}
\func{void}{PrependDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+Prepends a directory name.
\membersection{wxFileName::RemoveDir}\label{wxfilenameremovedir}
\func{void}{RemoveDir}{\param{int }{pos}}
+Removes a directory name.
\membersection{wxFileName::Rmdir}\label{wxfilenamermdir}
\func{static bool}{Rmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
-Deletes the specified directory.
-
+Deletes the specified directory from the file system.
\membersection{wxFileName::SameAs}\label{wxfilenamesameas}
-\func{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
-
-Compares the filename using the rules of this platform
+\constfunc{bool}{SameAs}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filepath}, \param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+Compares the filename using the rules of this platform.
\membersection{wxFileName::SetCwd}\label{wxfilenamesetcwd}
\func{static bool}{SetCwd}{\param{const wxString\& }{cwd}}
-change the current working directory
+Changes the current working directory.
\membersection{wxFileName::SetExt}\label{wxfilenamesetext}
\func{void}{SetExt}{\param{const wxString\& }{ext}}
+Sets the extension of this file name.
\membersection{wxFileName::SetFullName}\label{wxfilenamesetfullname}
\func{void}{SetFullName}{\param{const wxString\& }{fullname}}
-full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
-
+The full name is the file name and extension (but without the path).
\membersection{wxFileName::SetName}\label{wxfilenamesetname}
\func{void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
+Sets the name.
\membersection{wxFileName::SetTimes}\label{wxfilenamesettimes}
\func{bool}{SetTimes}{\param{const wxDateTime* }{dtAccess}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtMod}, \param{const wxDateTime* }{dtCreate}}
-set the file creation and last access/mod times
-(any of the pointers may be NULL)
-
+Sets the file creation and last access/modification times (any of the pointers may be NULL).
\membersection{wxFileName::SetVolume}\label{wxfilenamesetvolume}
\func{void}{SetVolume}{\param{const wxString\& }{volume}}
+Sets the volume specifier.
\membersection{wxFileName::SplitPath}\label{wxfilenamesplitpath}
\func{bool}{Touch}{\void}
-set the access and modification times to the current moment
-
+Sets the access and modification times to the current moment.
\membersection{wxFileName::operator=}\label{wxfilenameoperatorassign}
\membersection{wxFileName::operator==}\label{wxfilenameoperatorequal}
-\func{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
+\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
+
+\constfunc{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are equal. The string {\it filenames} is
+interpreted as a path in the native filename format.
+
+\membersection{wxFileName::operator!=}\label{wxfilenameoperatornotequal}
+
+\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxFileName\& }{filename}}
-\func{bool operator}{operator==}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+\constfunc{bool operator}{operator!=}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the filenames are equal for the native file format.
+Returns {\tt true} if the filenames are different. The string {\it filenames}
+is interpreted as a path in the native filename format.