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+/* Copyright (C) 2014 by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
+ * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
+ * See LICENSE.txt for details.
+ */
+#ifndef COMMON_UTIL_H
+#define COMMON_UTIL_H
+/* @file util.h
+ * @brief The usual useful stuff that fit nowhere else
+ */
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**@brief Get the directory in which the current process resides in
+ *
+ * Look up the directory in which the current process is placed.
+ * If the path is longer then MAX_PATH NULL is returned.
+ *
+ * Returns a utf-8 encoded string that has to be freed by the caller
+ * on linux the path is returned as is including the last /.
+ *
+ * @returns The directory of the current process
+ */
+char * get_install_dir();
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+/**@def Some value to use as equivalent as MAX_PATH on windows */
+#define MAX_PATH_LINUX 4000
+
+/**@brief Get the directory in which the process proc resides in
+ *
+ * Look up the directory in which the process proc is placed.
+ * If the path is longer then MAX_PATH NULL is returned.
+ *
+ * Returns a utf-8 encoded string that has to be freed by the caller
+ * on linux the path is returned as is including the last /.
+ *
+ * @param[in] A process id or special name from the proc file system.
+ *
+ * @returns The directory of the process
+ */
+char * get_proc_install_dir(const char *proc);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // COMMON_UTIL_H