annotate common/portpath.h @ 1104:a7a72353d6d2

(issue111) Wording and German translation.
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1 /* Copyright (C) 2014 by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
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2 * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
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3 *
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4 * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
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5 * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
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6 * See LICENSE.txt for details.
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7 */
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8 #ifndef PORTPATH_H
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9 #define PORTPATH_H
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11 #include <stdbool.h>
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13 /**
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14 * @file portpath.h
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15 * @brief Platform independent functions for file and path handling.
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16 * @details portpath contains functions to handle file and path names
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17 * in a platform independent way. The code unsing this functions
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18 * should be protable between GNU/Linux and Windows32 systems.
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19 */
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20
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21 /**
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22 * @brief portable version of dirname
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23 * @details return the directory component of the given path.
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24 * The argument path may be altered by the function.
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25 * @param[inout] path the pathname
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26 * @returns a pointer to the string containing the directory component
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27 */
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28 char *port_dirname(char *path);
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29
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30 /**
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31 * @brief portable version of realpath
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32 * @details return the expanded absolute pathname for the given path.
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33 * The buffer for the resolved path is allocated by this function and
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34 * should be freed by the caller.
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35 * @param[in] path the original pathname
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36 * @returns a pointer to the resolved path or NULL on error
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37 */
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38 char *port_realpath(const char *path);
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40 /**
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41 * @brief test if a file exists
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42 * @details uses a platform specific stat call to test if the given
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43 * file exists.
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44 * @param[in] path the path to the file
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45 * @returns true if the file exists and false otherwise
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46 */
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47 bool port_fileexits(char *path);
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49 /**
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50 * @brief test if a file is a directory
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51 * @details uses a platform specific stat call to test if the given
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52 * file is an directory.
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53 * @param[in] path the path to the file
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54 * @returns true if the file is an directory and false otherwise
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55 */
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56 bool port_isdir(const char *path);
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58 /**
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59 * @brief create a directory
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60 * @details uses a platform specific mkdir / access rights setup
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61 * to create a directory that is world readable and
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62 * writable by the current user / group
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63 * @param[in] path the path to the directory
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64 * @param[in] propagate_acl weather or not objects should inherit
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65 * the ACL of this directory. Only has an effect on Windows.
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66 * @returns true if the directory was created
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67 */
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68 bool port_mkdir(const char *path, bool propagate_acl);
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70 /**
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71 * @brief create a directory and its parent directores
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72 *
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73 * On Windows the last directory will propagate it's ACL
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74 * to objects and subdirectories. The parent directories
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75 * will not.
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76 *
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77 * @param[in] propagate_acl weather or not the
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78 * last created directory should propagate it's acl.
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79 * Only has an effect on Windows.
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80 * @param[in] path the path to the directory
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81 * @returns true if the directory was created
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82 */
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83 bool port_mkdir_p(const char *path, bool propagate_acl);
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85 #endif

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