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gnome-util

Name

gnome-util -- Miscellaneous utility functions for GNOME and C programs.

Synopsis


#include <gnome.h>


#define     PATH_SEP
#define     PATH_SEP_STR
char*       gnome_libdir_file               (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_datadir_file              (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_sound_file                (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_pixmap_file               (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_config_file               (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_unconditional_libdir_file (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_unconditional_datadir_file
                                            (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_unconditional_sound_file  (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_unconditional_pixmap_file (const char *filename);
char*       gnome_unconditional_config_file (const char *filename);
int         g_file_test                     (const char *filename,
                                             int test);
int         g_file_exists                   (const char *filename);
#define     g_copy_strings
const char* g_unix_error_string             (int error_num);
char*       g_concat_dir_and_file           (const char *dir,
                                             const char *file);
#define     g_filename_index                (path)
#define     g_filename_pointer
const char* g_extension_pointer             (const char *path);
char**      g_copy_vector                   (char **vec);
#define     g_flatten_vector
#define     gnome_util_user_home            ()
#define     gnome_util_prepend_user_home    (x)
#define     gnome_util_home_file            (afile)
char*       gnome_util_user_shell           (void);
gboolean    g_is_image_filename             (const char *path);

Description

Details

PATH_SEP

#define PATH_SEP '/'

A int macro that represents the character used as the path separator in this operating system

PATH_SEP_STR

#define PATH_SEP_STR "/"

A char * string that represents the character used as the path separator in this operating system. This comes in string fashion.

gnome_libdir_file ()

char*       gnome_libdir_file               (const char *filename);

Locates a shared file either in the GNOMEDIR tree, the GNOME installation directory or in the current directory

filename : filename to locate in libdir
Returns :a newly allocated pathname pointing to a file in the gnome libdir or NULL if the file does not exist.

gnome_datadir_file ()

char*       gnome_datadir_file              (const char *filename);

Locates a shared file either in the GNOMEDIR tree, the GNOME installation directory or in the current directory

filename : shared filename to locate
Returns :a newly allocated pathname pointing to a file in the gnome sharedir or NULL if the file does not exist.

gnome_sound_file ()

char*       gnome_sound_file                (const char *filename);

Locates a sound file either in the GNOMEDIR tree, the GNOME installation directory or in the current directory

filename : sound filename to locate.
Returns :a newly allocated pathname pointing to a file in the gnome sound directory or NULL if the file does not exist.

gnome_pixmap_file ()

char*       gnome_pixmap_file               (const char *filename);

filename : pixmap filename
Returns :a newly allocated filename from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory for the pixmap directory ($prefix/share/pixmaps), or NULL if the file does not exist.

gnome_config_file ()

char*       gnome_config_file               (const char *filename);

Locates a configuration file ($prefix/etc) in the GNOMEDIR tree, the GNOME installation direcory or the current directory.

filename : config filename
Returns :a newly allocated filename from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory

gnome_unconditional_libdir_file ()

char*       gnome_unconditional_libdir_file (const char *filename);

filename : library filename
Returns :a newly allocated pathname pointing to a (possibly non-existent) file from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory

gnome_unconditional_datadir_file ()

char*       gnome_unconditional_datadir_file
                                            (const char *filename);

filename : datadir filename
Returns :a newly allocated pathname pointing to a (possibly non-existent) file from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory

gnome_unconditional_sound_file ()

char*       gnome_unconditional_sound_file  (const char *filename);

filename : sound filename
Returns :a newly allocated filename from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory

gnome_unconditional_pixmap_file ()

char*       gnome_unconditional_pixmap_file (const char *filename);

filename : pixmap filename
Returns :a newly allocated filename from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory for the pixmap directory ($prefix/share/pixmaps)

gnome_unconditional_config_file ()

char*       gnome_unconditional_config_file (const char *filename);

filename : configuration filename
Returns :a newly allocated filename pointing to a (possibly non-existent) file from the GNOMEDIR tree or from the GNOME installation directory for the configuration directory ($prefix/etc).

g_file_test ()

int         g_file_test                     (const char *filename,
                                             int test);

test is one of: G_FILE_TEST_ISFILE, to check if the pathname is a file G_FILE_TEST_ISLINK, to check if the pathname is a symlink G_FILE_TEST_ISDIR, to check if the pathname is a directory

filename : filename to test
test : test to perform on the file
Returns :true if filename passes the specified test (an or expression of tests)

g_file_exists ()

int         g_file_exists                   (const char *filename);

filename : pathname to test for existance.
Returns :true if filename exists left in for binary compatibility for a while FIXME: remove

g_copy_strings

#define     g_copy_strings

Deprecated. Use g_strconcat().

g_unix_error_string ()

const char* g_unix_error_string             (int error_num);

error_num : The errno number.
Returns :a pointer to a static buffer containing the description of the error reported by the errno.

g_concat_dir_and_file ()

char*       g_concat_dir_and_file           (const char *dir,
                                             const char *file);

dir : directory name
file : filename.
Returns :a new allocated string that is the concatenation of dir and file, takes care of the exact details for concatenating them.

g_filename_index()

#define     g_filename_index(path)

g_filename_pointer

#define     g_filename_pointer

g_extension_pointer ()

const char* g_extension_pointer             (const char *path);

g_copy_vector ()

char**      g_copy_vector                   (char **vec);

g_flatten_vector

#define     g_flatten_vector

Deprecated. Use g_strjoinv().

gnome_util_user_home()

#define     gnome_util_user_home()

Deprecated. Use g_get_home_dir().

gnome_util_prepend_user_home()

#define     gnome_util_prepend_user_home(x)

Deprecated. Use g_get_home_dir() and g_concat_dir_and_file().

gnome_util_home_file()

#define     gnome_util_home_file(afile)

Deprecated.

afile : 

gnome_util_user_shell ()

char*       gnome_util_user_shell           (void);

Get the user's shell.

Returns :a newly allocated string that is the path to the user's preferred shell.

g_is_image_filename ()

gboolean    g_is_image_filename             (const char *path);

Deprecated. Extra lame way of figuring if a filename is an image file. You should use the gnome_mime functions instead and match against "image/".

Deprecated. Use gnome-mime stuff instead.



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