c_path.h

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/*
 * cynapses libc functions
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 by Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>
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 */

/**
 * @file c_path.h
 *
 * @brief Interface of the cynapses libc path functions
 *
 * @defgroup cynPathInternals cynapses libc path functions
 * @ingroup cynLibraryAPI
 *
 * @{
 */

#ifndef _C_PATH_H
#define _C_PATH_H

#include "c_macro.h"

/**
 * @brief Parse directory component.
 *
 * dirname breaks a null-terminated pathname string into a directory component.
 * In the usual case, c_dirname() returns the string up to, but not including,
 * the final '/'. Trailing '/' characters are  not  counted as part of the
 * pathname. The caller must free the memory.
 *
 * @param path  The path to parse.
 *
 * @return  The dirname of path or NULL if we can't allocate memory. If path
 *          does not contain a slash, c_dirname() returns the string ".".  If
 *          path is the string "/", it returns the string "/". If path is
 *          NULL or an empty string, "." is returned.
 */
char *c_dirname(const char *path);

/**
 * @brief basename - parse filename component.
 *
 * basename breaks a null-terminated pathname string into a filename component.
 * c_basename() returns the component following the final '/'.  Trailing '/'
 * characters are not counted as part of the pathname.
 *
 * @param path The path to parse.
 *
 * @return  The filename of path or NULL if we can't allocate memory. If path
 *          is a the string "/", basename returns the string "/". If path is
 *          NULL or an empty string, "." is returned.
 */
char *c_basename (const char *path);

/**
 * @brief parse a uri and split it into components.
 *
 * parse_uri parses an uri in the format
 *
 * [<scheme>:][//[<user>[:<password>]@]<host>[:<port>]]/[<path>]
 *
 * into its compoments. If you only want a special component,
 * pass NULL for all other components. All components will be allocated if they have
 * been found.
 *
 * @param uri       The uri to parse.
 * @param scheme    String for the scheme component
 * @param user      String for the username component
 * @param passwd    String for the password component
 * @param host      String for the password component
 * @param port      Integer for the port
 * @param path      String for the path component with a leading slash.
 *
 * @return  0 on success, < 0 on error.
 */
int c_parse_uri(const char *uri, char **scheme, char **user, char **passwd,
    char **host, unsigned int *port, char **path);

/**
 * }@
 */
#endif /* _C_PATH_H */