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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STRMAXCPY(3pub) C Programmer's Manual STRMAXCPY(3pub)NAME
strmaxcpy - copy at most a given number of characters of string
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
char *strmaxcpy(char *tgt, const char *src, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
strmaxcpy copies up to n-1 characters from the beginning of src to tgt, then adds a ' '. n must be at least 1. The target string must be
large enough to hold the result.
Note that unlike strncpy(3), this function always terminates the result with ' '. It also doesn't fill the result with extra ' ' charac-
ters.
RETURN VALUE
strmaxcpy returns its first argument.
EXAMPLE
To print out the first 69 characters of a string, you might do the following (although familiarity with printf's format string might be
more useful in this case).
#include <stdio.h>
#include <publib.h>
void print42(const char *string) {
char copy[43]; /* 42 + ' ' */
puts(strmaxcpy(copy, string, sizeof(copy)));
}
SEE ALSO publib(3), strncpy(3)AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual STRMAXCPY(3pub)
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