debian man page for canonicalize_filename

Query: canonicalize_filename

OS: debian

Section: 3alleg4

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canonicalize_filename(3alleg4)					  Allegro manual				    canonicalize_filename(3alleg4)

NAME
canonicalize_filename - Converts any filename into its canonical form. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> char *canonicalize_filename(char *dest, const char *filename, int size);
DESCRIPTION
Converts any filename into its canonical form, i.e. the minimal absolute filename describing the same file and fixing incorrect for- ward/backward slashes for the current platform, storing at most `size' bytes into the `dest' buffer. You can use the same buffer both as input and output because Allegro internally works on a copy of the input before touching `dest'. Example: char buf[256]; ... canonicalize_filename(buf, "~/../s22/..\t3st///hi.c", sizeof(buf)); /* Running this under Unix would return: /home/t3st/hi.c */ Note that this function won't work as expected if the path to canonicalize comes from another platform (eg. a "c:something" path will canonicalize into something really wrong under Unix: "/current/path/c:/something").
RETURN VALUE
Returns a copy of the `dest' parameter.
SEE ALSO
fix_filename_case(3alleg4), fix_filename_slashes(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 canonicalize_filename(3alleg4)
Related Man Pages
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