BALL::FileSystem Class Reference
[Operating system support]

#include <BALL/SYSTEM/fileSystem.h>

Public Types
Enums

enum	{ MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 256, MAX_PATH_LENGTH = BALL_PATH_MAX }
Static Public Member Functions
Static methods

static void	canonizePath (String &path)
static String	baseName (const String &filename)
static String	path (const String &filename)
Static Public Attributes
Char Constants

static const char	PATH_SEPARATOR
static const char *const	CURRENT_DIRECTORY
static const char *const	PARENT_DIRECTORY
Static Private Member Functions
static void	expandTilde_ (String &path)

Detailed Description

File System Class This class is a wrapper around some very basic properties of the machine's file system properties. The method ( canonizePath ) is mainly used by File to obtain a unique and unambiguous representation of a path.

Definition at line 42 of file fileSystem.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum

Enumerator:

MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH	The maximum length of a filename.
MAX_PATH_LENGTH	The maximum length for a full path.

Definition at line 68 of file fileSystem.h.

Member Function Documentation

static String BALL::FileSystem::baseName ( const String & filename ) [static]

Return the base name of a file. This strips the path from the filename, i.e. everything before and including the last occurence of PATH_SEPARATOR .

static void BALL::FileSystem::canonizePath ( String & path ) [static]

Convert a given filename to a canonical name. This method creates a unique and unambiguous representation of any absolute or relative path. It expands the user's homedirectory ('~') and duplicate or redundant separators, e.g. '//' is reduced to /'/' and '/./' is removed. Also, all occurrences of PATH_SEPARATOR are canonized to '/'. NOTE: if the path starts with '\', we do not canonize further and assume it to be a UNC path.

static void BALL::FileSystem::expandTilde_ ( String & path ) [static, private]