Ns_Pathname(3aolserver) 				   AOLserver Library Procedures 				   Ns_Pathname(3aolserver)

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NAME

       Ns_HomePath, Ns_LibPath, Ns_MakePath, Ns_ModulePath, Ns_NormalizePath, Ns_PathIsAbsolute - Pathname procedures

SYNOPSIS

       #include "ns.h"

       char *
       Ns_HomePath(Ns_DString *dest, ...)

       char *
       Ns_LibPath(Ns_DString *dest, ...)

       char *
       Ns_MakePath(Ns_DString *dest, ...)

       char *
       Ns_ModulePath(Ns_DString *dest, char *server, char *module, ...)

       char *
       Ns_NormalizePath(Ns_DString *dsPtr, char *path)

       int
       Ns_PathIsAbsolute(char *path)
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DESCRIPTION

       These functions operate on file pathnames. They work with Unix and Windows pathnames on their respective hosts.

       Ns_HomePath(dest, ...)
	      Construct a path name relative to the home directory of the server.  The full path is constructed by appending the library directory
	      followed by each of the variable number of string elements after the dest argument.  The elements will be separated by a	/  charac-
	      ter.  The list must be terminated with a NULL string.

       Ns_LibPath(dest, ...)
	      Construct  a  path  name relative to the library directory of the server, normally the lib/ subdirectory of the home directory.  The
	      full path is constructed by appending the library directory followed by each of the variable number of  string  elements	after  the
	      dest argument.  The elements will be separated by a / character.	The list must be terminated with a NULL string.

       Ns_MakePath(dest, ...)
	      Construct a path name from a list of path elements. The Ns_MakePath function constructs a path name by appending a list of path ele-
	      ments to the given Ns_DString. The path elements are separated by single slashes, and the resulting path name  is  appended  to  the
	      given Ns_DString. The last argument needs to be NULL to indicate the end of the argument list.

       Ns_ModulePath(dest, char *server, char *module, ...)
	      Construct  a server and/or module specific pathname relative to the server home directory.  The path in constructed by first append-
	      ing the server home directory.  Next, if the server argument is not NULL, "server/servere appended to the  destination  and  if  the
	      module  argument is not NULL, "module/module" will be appended.  Finally, all other string elements, if any, will be appended to the
	      destination with separating / characters.  The list must be terminated with a NULL string.

       Ns_NormalizePath(dsPtr, path)
	      Normalize a path name. This function removes any extraneous slashes from the path and resolves "." and ".."  references. The  result
	      is appended to the given Ns_DString. The following code appends "/dog" to the Ns_DString:

	      Ns_NormalizePath(&ds,
		  "/dog/cat/../../rat/../../dog//mouse/..");

       Ns_PathIsAbsolute(path)
	      Check  for an absolute path name. Return NS_TRUE if the path is absolute and NS_FALSE otherwise. Under Unix, an absolute path starts
	      with a "/". On Windows, it starts with a drive letter followed immediately by a ":".

SEE ALSO

       nsd(1), info(n)

KEYWORDS

AOLserver								4.0						   Ns_Pathname(3aolserver)