+const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr)
+{
+ wxString& strDir = *pstr;
+
+ #if defined(__UNIX__) && !defined(__TWIN32__)
+ const wxChar *szHome = wxGetenv("HOME");
+ if ( szHome == NULL ) {
+ // we're homeless...
+ wxLogWarning(_("can't find user's HOME, using current directory."));
+ strDir = wxT(".");
+ }
+ else
+ strDir = szHome;
+
+ // add a trailing slash if needed
+ if ( strDir.Last() != wxT('/') )
+ strDir << wxT('/');
+ #else // Windows
+ #ifdef __WIN32__
+ const wxChar *szHome = wxGetenv(wxT("HOMEDRIVE"));
+ if ( szHome != NULL )
+ strDir << szHome;
+ szHome = wxGetenv(wxT("HOMEPATH"));
+ if ( szHome != NULL ) {
+ strDir << szHome;
+
+ // the idea is that under NT these variables have default values
+ // of "%systemdrive%:" and "\\". As we don't want to create our
+ // config files in the root directory of the system drive, we will
+ // create it in our program's dir. However, if the user took care
+ // to set HOMEPATH to something other than "\\", we suppose that he
+ // knows what he is doing and use the supplied value.
+ if ( wxStrcmp(szHome, wxT("\\")) != 0 )
+ return strDir.c_str();
+ }
+
+ #else // Win16
+ // Win16 has no idea about home, so use the working directory instead
+ #endif // WIN16/32
+
+ // 260 was taken from windef.h
+ #ifndef MAX_PATH
+ #define MAX_PATH 260
+ #endif
+
+ wxString strPath;
+ ::GetModuleFileName(::GetModuleHandle(NULL),
+ strPath.GetWriteBuf(MAX_PATH), MAX_PATH);
+ strPath.UngetWriteBuf();
+
+ // extract the dir name
+ wxSplitPath(strPath, &strDir, NULL, NULL);
+
+ #endif // UNIX/Win
+
+ return strDir.c_str();
+}
+
+wxChar *wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user)
+{
+ // VZ: the old code here never worked for user != "" anyhow! Moreover, it
+ // returned sometimes a malloc()'d pointer, sometimes a pointer to a
+ // static buffer and sometimes I don't even know what.
+ static wxString s_home;
+
+ return (wxChar *)wxGetHomeDir(&s_home);
+}
+
+bool wxDirExists(const wxString& dir)
+{
+#if defined(__WIN32__)
+ WIN32_FIND_DATA fileInfo;
+#else // Win16
+ #ifdef __BORLANDC__
+ struct ffblk fileInfo;
+ #else
+ struct find_t fileInfo;
+ #endif
+#endif // Win32/16
+
+#if defined(__WIN32__)
+ HANDLE h = ::FindFirstFile(dir, &fileInfo);
+
+ if ( h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
+ {
+ wxLogLastError(wxT("FindFirstFile"));
+
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ ::FindClose(h);
+
+ return (fileInfo.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0;
+#else // Win16
+ // In Borland findfirst has a different argument
+ // ordering from _dos_findfirst. But _dos_findfirst
+ // _should_ be ok in both MS and Borland... why not?
+ #ifdef __BORLANDC__
+ return (findfirst(dir, &fileInfo, _A_SUBDIR) == 0 &&
+ (fileInfo.ff_attrib & _A_SUBDIR) != 0);
+ #else
+ return (_dos_findfirst(dir, _A_SUBDIR, &fileInfo) == 0) &&
+ ((fileInfo.attrib & _A_SUBDIR) != 0);
+ #endif
+#endif // Win32/16
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// process management
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+