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1 /* Return the canonical absolute name of a given file.
2 Copyright (C) 1996-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 #ifndef CANONICALIZE_H_
18 # define CANONICALIZE_H_
20 #include <stdlib.h> /* for canonicalize_file_name */
22 #define CAN_MODE_MASK (CAN_EXISTING | CAN_ALL_BUT_LAST | CAN_MISSING)
24 enum canonicalize_mode_t
26 /* All components must exist. */
27 CAN_EXISTING = 0,
29 /* All components excluding last one must exist. */
30 CAN_ALL_BUT_LAST = 1,
32 /* No requirements on components existence. */
33 CAN_MISSING = 2,
35 /* Don't expand symlinks. */
36 CAN_NOLINKS = 4
38 typedef enum canonicalize_mode_t canonicalize_mode_t;
40 /* Return the canonical absolute name of file NAME, while treating
41 missing elements according to CAN_MODE. A canonical name
42 does not contain any `.', `..' components nor any repeated file name
43 separators ('/') or, depending on other CAN_MODE flags, symlinks.
44 Whether components must exist or not depends on canonicalize mode.
45 The result is malloc'd. */
46 char *canonicalize_filename_mode (const char *, canonicalize_mode_t);
48 #endif /* !CANONICALIZE_H_ */