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1 /* Path manipulation routines for GDB and gdbserver.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #ifndef COMMON_PATHSTUFF_H
21 #define COMMON_PATHSTUFF_H
23 #include "gdbsupport/byte-vector.h"
24 #include "gdbsupport/array-view.h"
26 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include <sys/stat.h>
28 #include <unistd.h>
29 #include <array>
31 /* Path utilities. */
33 /* String containing the current directory (what getwd would return). */
34 extern char *current_directory;
36 /* Return the real path of FILENAME, expanding all the symbolic links.
38 Contrary to "gdb_abspath", this function does not use
39 CURRENT_DIRECTORY for path expansion. Instead, it relies on the
40 current working directory (CWD) of GDB or gdbserver. */
42 extern gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> gdb_realpath (const char *filename);
44 /* Return a copy of FILENAME, with its directory prefix canonicalized
45 by gdb_realpath. */
47 extern std::string gdb_realpath_keepfile (const char *filename);
49 /* Return PATH in absolute form, performing tilde-expansion if necessary.
50 PATH cannot be NULL or the empty string.
51 This does not resolve symlinks however, use gdb_realpath for that.
53 Contrary to "gdb_realpath", this function uses CWD for the path
54 expansion. This may lead to scenarios the current working
55 directory is different than CWD.
57 If CWD is NULL, this function returns a copy of PATH. */
59 extern std::string gdb_abspath (const char *path,
60 const char *cwd = current_directory);
62 /* Overload of gdb_abspath which takes std::string. */
64 static inline std::string
65 gdb_abspath (const std::string &path)
67 return gdb_abspath (path.c_str ());
70 /* Overload of gdb_abspath which takes gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>. */
72 static inline std::string
73 gdb_abspath (const gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> &path)
75 return gdb_abspath (path.get ());
78 /* If the path in CHILD is a child of the path in PARENT, return a
79 pointer to the first component in the CHILD's pathname below the
80 PARENT. Otherwise, return NULL. */
82 extern const char *child_path (const char *parent, const char *child);
84 /* Join elements in PATHS into a single path.
86 The first element can be absolute or relative. Only a single directory
87 separator will be placed between elements of PATHS, if one element ends
88 with a directory separator, or an element starts with a directory
89 separator, then these will be collapsed into a single separator. */
91 extern std::string path_join (gdb::array_view<const char *> paths);
93 /* Same as the above, but accept paths as distinct parameters. */
95 template<typename ...Args>
96 std::string
97 path_join (Args... paths)
99 /* It doesn't make sense to join less than two paths. */
100 static_assert (sizeof... (Args) >= 2);
102 std::array<const char *, sizeof... (Args)> path_array
103 { paths... };
105 return path_join (gdb::array_view<const char *> (path_array));
108 /* Return whether PATH contains a directory separator character. */
110 extern bool contains_dir_separator (const char *path);
112 /* Get the usual user cache directory for the current platform.
114 On Linux, it follows the XDG Base Directory specification: use
115 $XDG_CACHE_HOME/gdb if the XDG_CACHE_HOME environment variable is
116 defined, otherwise $HOME/.cache.
118 On macOS, it follows the local convention and uses
119 ~/Library/Caches/gdb.
121 The return value is absolute and tilde-expanded. Return an empty
122 string if neither XDG_CACHE_HOME (on Linux) or HOME are defined. */
124 extern std::string get_standard_cache_dir ();
126 /* Get the usual temporary directory for the current platform.
128 On Windows, this is the TMP or TEMP environment variable.
130 On the rest, this is the TMPDIR environment variable, if defined, else /tmp.
132 Throw an exception on error. */
134 extern std::string get_standard_temp_dir ();
136 /* Get the usual user config directory for the current platform.
138 On Linux, it follows the XDG Base Directory specification: use
139 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gdb if the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is
140 defined, otherwise $HOME/.config.
142 On macOS, it follows the local convention and uses
143 ~/Library/Preferences/gdb.
145 The return value is absolute and tilde-expanded. Return an empty
146 string if neither XDG_CONFIG_HOME (on Linux) or HOME are defined. */
148 extern std::string get_standard_config_dir ();
150 /* Look for FILENAME in the standard configuration directory as returned by
151 GET_STANDARD_CONFIG_DIR and return the path to the file. No check is
152 performed that the file actually exists or not.
154 If FILENAME begins with a '.' then the path returned will remove the
155 leading '.' character, for example passing '.gdbinit' could return the
156 path '/home/username/.config/gdb/gdbinit'. */
158 extern std::string get_standard_config_filename (const char *filename);
160 /* Look for a file called NAME in either the standard config directory or
161 in the users home directory. If a suitable file is found then *BUF will
162 be filled with the contents of a call to 'stat' on the found file,
163 otherwise *BUF is undefined after this call.
165 If NAME starts with a '.' character then, when looking in the standard
166 config directory the file searched for has the '.' removed. For
167 example, if NAME is '.gdbinit' then on a Linux target GDB might look for
168 '~/.config/gdb/gdbinit' and then '~/.gdbinit'. */
170 extern std::string find_gdb_home_config_file (const char *name,
171 struct stat *buf);
173 /* Return the file name of the user's shell. Normally this comes from
174 the SHELL environment variable. */
176 extern const char *get_shell ();
178 /* Make a filename suitable to pass to mkstemp based on F (e.g.
179 /tmp/foo -> /tmp/foo-XXXXXX). */
181 extern gdb::char_vector make_temp_filename (const std::string &f);
183 #endif /* COMMON_PATHSTUFF_H */