/* Return the canonical absolute name of a given file.
- Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#ifndef CANONICALIZE_H_
# define CANONICALIZE_H_
-# ifdef PROVIDE_CANONICALIZE_FILENAME_MODE
+# if GNULIB_CANONICALIZE
enum canonicalize_mode_t
{
/* All components must exist. */
};
typedef enum canonicalize_mode_t canonicalize_mode_t;
+/* Return a malloc'd string containing the canonical absolute name of
+ the named file. This acts like canonicalize_file_name, except that
+ whether components must exist depends on the canonicalize_mode_t
+ argument. */
char *canonicalize_filename_mode (const char *, canonicalize_mode_t);
# endif
# if HAVE_DECL_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME
# include <stdlib.h>
# else
+/* Return a malloc'd string containing the canonical absolute name of
+ the named file. If any file name component does not exist or is a
+ symlink to a nonexistent file, return NULL. A canonical name does
+ not contain any `.', `..' components nor any repeated file name
+ separators ('/') or symlinks. */
char *canonicalize_file_name (const char *);
# endif