2 * Filesystem utility definitions
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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29 * Default profile name.
31 #define DEFAULT_PROFILE "Default"
35 * Get the pathname of the directory from which the executable came,
36 * and save it for future use. Returns NULL on success, and a
37 * g_mallocated string containing an error on failure.
39 extern char *init_progfile_dir(const char *arg0, int (*main)(int, char **));
42 * Get the directory in which the program resides.
44 extern const char *get_progfile_dir(void);
47 * Get the directory in which plugins are stored; this must not be called
48 * before init_progfile_dir() is called, as they might be stored in a
49 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
51 extern const char *get_plugin_dir(void);
54 * Get the directory in which python plugins are stored; this must not be
55 * called before init_progfile_dir() is called, as they might be stored in a
56 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
58 extern const char *get_wspython_dir(void);
61 * Get the flag indicating whether we're running from a build
64 extern gboolean running_in_build_directory(void);
67 * Get the directory in which global configuration files are
70 extern const char *get_datafile_dir(void);
73 * Construct the path name of a global configuration file, given the
76 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
77 * caller is done with it.
79 extern char *get_datafile_path(const char *filename);
82 * Get the personal plugin dir.
84 extern char *get_plugins_pers_dir(void);
87 * Get the directory in which files that, at least on UNIX, are
88 * system files (such as "/etc/ethers") are stored; on Windows,
89 * there's no "/etc" directory, so we get them from the Wireshark
90 * global configuration and data file directory.
92 extern const char *get_systemfile_dir(void);
95 * Set the configuration profile name to be used for storing
96 * personal configuration files.
98 extern void set_profile_name(const gchar *profilename);
101 * Get the current configuration profile name used for storing
102 * personal configuration files.
104 extern const char *get_profile_name(void);
107 * Get the directory used to store configuration profile directories.
109 extern const char *get_profiles_dir(void);
112 * Check if given configuration profile exists.
114 extern gboolean profile_exists(const gchar *profilename);
117 * Create a directory for the given configuration profile.
118 * If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
119 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
120 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
123 extern int create_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
124 char **pf_dir_path_return);
127 * Delete the directory for the given configuration profile.
128 * If we attempted to delete it, and failed, return -1 and
129 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
130 * to delete (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
133 extern int delete_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
134 char **pf_dir_path_return);
137 * Rename the directory for the given confinguration profile.
139 extern int rename_persconffile_profile(const char *fromname, const char *toname,
140 char **pf_from_dir_path_return,
141 char **pf_to_dir_path_return);
144 * Create the directory that holds personal configuration files, if
145 * necessary. If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
146 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
147 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
150 extern int create_persconffile_dir(char **pf_dir_path_return);
153 * Construct the path name of a personal configuration file, given the
154 * file name. If using configuration profiles this directory will be
155 * used if "from_profile" is TRUE.
157 * On Win32, if "for_writing" is FALSE, we check whether the file exists
158 * and, if not, construct a path name relative to the ".wireshark"
159 * subdirectory of the user's home directory, and check whether that
160 * exists; if it does, we return that, so that configuration files
161 * from earlier versions can be read.
163 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
164 * caller is done with it.
166 extern char *get_persconffile_path(const char *filename, gboolean from_profile,
167 gboolean for_writing);
170 * Get the (default) directory in which personal data is stored.
172 * On Win32, this is the "My Documents" folder in the personal profile.
173 * On UNIX this is simply the current directory.
175 extern char *get_persdatafile_dir(void);
178 * Construct the path name of a file in $TMP/%TEMP% directory.
179 * Or "/tmp/<filename>" (C:\<filename>) if that fails.
181 * Return value is g_malloced so the caller should g_free it.
183 extern char *get_tempfile_path(const char *filename);
186 * process command line option belonging to the filesystem settings
188 extern int filesystem_opt(int opt, const char *optstr);
191 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on open or
194 extern const char *file_open_error_message(int err, gboolean for_writing);
197 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on write
200 extern const char *file_write_error_message(int err);
203 * Given a pathname, return the last component.
205 extern const char *get_basename(const char *);
208 * Given a pathname, return a string containing everything but the
209 * last component. NOTE: this overwrites the pathname handed into
212 extern char *get_dirname(char *);
215 * Given a pathname, return:
217 * the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
219 * EISDIR, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
222 * 0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
225 extern int test_for_directory(const char *);
228 * Given a pathname, return:
230 * the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
232 * ESPIPE, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
235 * 0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
238 extern int test_for_fifo(const char *);
241 extern gboolean deletefile (const char *path);
244 * Check, if file is existing.
246 extern gboolean file_exists(const char *fname);
249 * Check if two filenames are identical (with absolute and relative paths).
251 extern gboolean files_identical(const char *fname1, const char *fname2);
254 * Copy a file in binary mode, for those operating systems that care about
255 * such things. This should be OK for all files, even text files, as
256 * we'll copy the raw bytes, and we don't look at the bytes as we copy
259 * Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure. If a failure, it also
260 * displays a simple dialog window with the error message.
262 extern gboolean copy_file_binary_mode(const char *from_filename,
263 const char *to_filename);
267 * utf8 version of getenv, needed to get win32 filename paths
269 extern char *getenv_utf8(const char *varname);
272 #endif /* FILESYSTEM_H */