FNPATHFIND(3pub) C Programmer's Manual FNPATHFIND(3pub)NAME
fnpathfind - find a file in a list of directories
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
int fnpathfind(const char *path, const char *tgt,
char *res, size_t max);
DESCRIPTION
pathfind looks for a file in a list of directories. The argument `path' is a colon separated list of directories, typically the contents
of an environment variable like PATH, MANPATH, or CDPATH. The function will go through the directories in the path and look in each direc-
tory for a file given in argument `target' until it finds it. Only an exact match is reported, no wild cards or globbing.
The names that are matched are formed by taking an element from the path and prepending it to target. An empty element means the current
directory, as does the name ".".
The function returns -1 for failure (not found or error), or the total size for the full name (the full name may have been truncated when
stored into result).
BUGS
The function uses dynamic memory allocation and may therefore fail due to insufficient memory.
It is not trivial to know in which directory the search ended. This makes is difficult to continue the search.
SEE ALSO publib(3), fname(3)AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual FNPATHFIND(3pub)
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FNQUALIFY(3pub) C Programmer's Manual FNQUALIFY(3pub)NAME
fnqualify - qualify a filename
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
size_t fnqualify(char *result, const char *path, size_t max);
DESCRIPTION
fname_qualify qualifies a filename. This means that if the input name is not an absolute name (i.e. starts from the root directory, e.g.
is foo, not /tmp/foo), the current directory will be prepended to it. Also, tilde conversion is done: if the filename begins with a tilde
(~), the tilde is replaced with the home directory of the user, and if it begins with a tilde and a username, both are replaced with the
home directory of the given user.
Simplifications like replacing /./ with /, and /foo/../bar with /bar are not done because of problems with symbolic links.
RETURNS
The function returns -1 if there was some error, or the total size of the full name otherwise. The return value may be greater than the
maximum size given by the last argument; only as much as allowed by that is actually written, though.
SEE ALSO publib(3), fname(3)AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual FNQUALIFY(3pub)
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