mbs_path.c File Reference

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mbs_path.h"
#include "mbs_message.h"
#include "mbs_errors_names.h"
#include "useful_functions.h"

Functions
char *	find_user_path (const char *mbsfile)
	Find the user folder corresponding to the given *.mbs file. More...
int	find_project_path (const char *mbsfile, char *prjpath)
	Find the project directory (containing dataR, symbolicR, ...). More...
char *	mbs_basename (const char *path)
	mbs_basename return sthe trailing part of the path (UNIX and MAC). More...
char *	mbs_dirname (const char *path)
	mbs_dirname returns the leading part of the path (UNIX and MAC). More...

Function Documentation

find_project_path()

int find_project_path	(	const char *	mbsfile,
		char *	prjpath
	)

Find the project directory (containing dataR, symbolicR, ...).

prjpath should be large enough to contain at least mbsfile.

Parameters

[in]	mbsfile	the path and filename to the .mbs file
[out]	prjpath	the path to the root of the mbs project

Returns

err <0 if error occurs

find_user_path()

char* find_user_path

(

const char *

mbsfile

)

Find the user folder corresponding to the given *.mbs file.

This function allocat a char* that must be freed by the user.

Parameters

[in]

mbsfile

the path and filename to the .mbs file

Returns

pointer to char array containing the path to the userfctR folder.

mbs_basename()

char* mbs_basename

(

const char *

path

)

mbs_basename return sthe trailing part of the path (UNIX and MAC).

If the path ends on a folder, it returns the terminal folder. If it is a file it returns the filename and its extention.

If the path is the root folder it returns '/'. However under Windows we do not check if the path only contains the path to a drive (such as 'C:/').

Parameters

path	The path from which the basename must be extracted.

Returns

The base name of the given path.

mbs_dirname()

char* mbs_dirname

(

const char *

path

)

mbs_dirname returns the leading part of the path (UNIX and MAC).

If the path ends on a folder, it returns the previous folder. If it is a file it returns the path to the folder containing the file.

If the path is the root folder it returns '/'. However under Windows we do not check if the path only contains the path to a drive (such as 'C:/').

Parameters

path	The path from which the leading part must be extracted.

Returns

The leading part of the given path.