filenames.h File Reference

#include "attributes.h"
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>

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Macros
#define	PATH_MAX   4096
	Maximum length of a file name.

Functions
LibraryDefined const char *	get_file_name (const char *const full_path)
LibraryDefined const char *	get_prog_name (void)
BeforeMain LibraryDefined bool	set_prog_name (void)

Variables
LibraryDefined char	ProgName [PATH_MAX+1] = "current-program"

Macro Definition Documentation

PATH_MAX

#define PATH_MAX   4096

Maximum length of a file name.

Function Documentation

get_file_name()

LibraryDefined const char * get_file_name

(

const char *const

full_path

)

This function doesn't allocate any memory on the heap. Its return value is a pointer to a part of the full_path.

Example:

get_file_name( "/home/user/Hovno" )  // => "Hovno"
get_file_name( "Hovno" )             // => "Hovno"
get_file_name( "/a" )                // => "a"
get_file_name( "./a" )               // => "a"
get_file_name( "Directory/Subdir/" ) // => "Subdir/"

Parameters

full_path

Full path to file

Returns

pointer to the last part of ‹full_path›

get_prog_name()

LibraryDefined const char * get_prog_name ( void )

inline

Fetches the name of the program currently being run.

Returns

Pointer to a static buffer

set_prog_name()

BeforeMain LibraryDefined bool set_prog_name

(

void

)

Sets the static ProgName buffer to the current program's name if possible.

Returns

false if not successful

Variable Documentation

ProgName

LibraryDefined char ProgName[PATH_MAX+1] = "current-program"

Static buffer for saving the program name.

If all efforts to set it to the actual name, it defaults to "current-program"