[honey] Fix portability to systems without pread()
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1 /** @file fileutils.h
2 * @brief File and path manipulation routines.
3 */
4 /* Copyright (C) 2008 Lemur Consulting Ltd
5 * Copyright (C) 2008,2009,2010,2012 Olly Betts
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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15 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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22 #ifndef XAPIAN_INCLUDED_FILEUTILS_H
23 #define XAPIAN_INCLUDED_FILEUTILS_H
25 #include <string>
27 /** Remove a directory, and its contents.
29 * If dirname doesn't refer to a file or directory, no error is generated.
31 * Note - this doesn't currently cope with directories which contain
32 * subdirectories.
34 void removedir(const std::string &dirname);
36 /** Resolve @a path relative to @a base.
38 * Return @a path qualified to work as if you did "chdir(<directory which base
39 * is in>)" first.
41 void resolve_relative_path(std::string & path, const std::string & base);
43 #endif /* XAPIAN_INCLUDED_FILEUTILS_H */